Manulife is a leading international financial services provider, and they are seeking an Accountant I to join their property management accounting team. This role involves assisting in day-to-day accounting activities related to managing timberland property, including transaction recording, reconciliation, and month-end closing processes.
Responsibilities
- Accurately record, balance and review transactions associated with our forestry operations
- Processing of logging settlement packages received physically and electronically from contract loggers including organizing package contents, recording receipt and scanning settlement and load sheets to a pdf document
- Reconciliation of load data
- Contacting contractors to request data and follow up on outstanding items
- Daily updates to multiple shared excel spreadsheets
- Assist in the day-to-day accounting activities such as creating standard journal entries and basic general ledger account analysis
- Assist with yearly property tax processing
- Assist in a variety of month-end closing processes
- Provide backup assistance to other team members
- Participate in special projects
- Complete various accounting tasks as directed
Skills
- Completed or working towards Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance or Accounting
- Basic analytical, inquiry & reconciliation skills
- Intermediate skills in MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook & SharePoint
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Highly detailed-oriented and organized
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize tasks accordingly
- Ability to work independently
- Proficient 10-key skills
- Good interpersonal skills with the ability to work within a team-focused environment
- Coachable personality that is willing to learn and grow
- Ability to work in a hybrid environment & have adequate internet at home office
- Previous experience as an Accountant on a corporate accounting team
- Minimum 1-2 years in related field
- Previous experience with Microsoft Dynamics GP, Prophix, Esker, LIMS and/or workflow automation tools that pertain to areas of accounting and contracts
Benefits
- Health, dental, mental health, vision, short- and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance coverage
- Adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits
- Employee/family assistance plans
- Various retirement savings plans (including pension/401(k) savings plans and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions)
- Financial education and counseling resources
- Generous paid time off program in the U.S. includes up to 11 paid holidays, 3 personal days, 150 hours of vacation, and 40 hours of sick time (or more where required by law) each year
- Full range of statutory leaves of absence
Company Overview
- Manulife is a leading international financial services group that helps people make their decisions easier and lives better. It was founded in 1887, and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, CAN, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://www.manulife.com/.
Company H1B Sponsorship
- Manulife has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 2 in 2025, 5 in 2024, 1 in 2023, 1 in 2022. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.