This posting is for an existing permanent full-time vacancy.

SUMMARY:
Manager, Cash Control is responsible for overseeing the financial operation and cash management processes within the company’s Store Retail locations. This includes ensuring accurate cash handling, reconciliation, reporting, implementing, and maintaining effective cash control procedures. This role is essential in preventing and detecting fraud, as well as ensuring compliance with company policies and regulations.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITES:
- Manages a Team of 6+ employees. 2 Accounting Services Supervisors as direct reporting relationships. 6+ Accounting Services Coordinators as indirect reporting relationships. 
- Regularly conduct meetings with Head Office Business Partners & Front-End Specialist to resolve critical problems related to errors in weekly reporting and/or reconciliation errors.
- Analyze and resolve weekly Cash Reconciliation Reports discrepancies.
- Analyze and reconcile company supported and in store fund raising campaigns.
- Analyze and ensure the accurate processing and reconciliation of employee taxable benefits.
- Develop and maintain enhanced reports to key Metro and Food Basic Business partners.
- Establish and maintain all written documentation provided to Metro and Food Basics Stores regarding procedure and policy changes.
- Communicate any new and/or changes to existing procedures and policies to Metro and Food Basics Stores, and Business Partners to ensure the uniform application of controls, accountability, and reporting.
- Participates in various store related projects and initiatives. 
- Collaborate and participate with internal and external customers to develop innovative solutions for various initiatives and projects.
- Conduct store visits to review store cash control processes to improve efficiency and controls.
- Participate in internal and external audits related to cash and financial controls.
- Develop, establish, and follow up procedures with Cash Reporting Supervisor to ensure Stores provides the accounting required for reconciliation.
- Investigate, resolve, and respond to Stores regarding inquiries, balancing and reporting issues.
- Facilitate the reconciliation of store statements by investigating and resolving accounting balance discrepancies with store locations.
- Collaborating with Front End Specialist to address cash management issues and ensure proper implementation of procedures. 
- Collaborate with all relevant external customers to resolve store-related issues, address accounting balance discrepancies, and initiate new processes for our stores.
- Provide Store Close instructions and disposal of Store records and equipment.
- Ensuring all cash handling activities adhere to company policies, legal requirements, and internal audit guidelines. 

QUALIFICATIONS:
- College diploma or University studies in finance/accounting 
- Working towards or currently holding the Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) Accounting designation 
- 5 to 7 years of progressive accounting analysis work experience and has experience managing a Team. Retail experience is an asset and preferred. 
- Requires advanced knowledge of MS Office, SAP, BDMS, and Sweda POS essential.
- Advanced Excel skills required including macros, VLOOKUP, pivot tables, advanced formulas and working with complex spreadsheets with multiple tabs and links.
- Must be able to prioritize multiple tasks and manage regular, strict, and urgent deadlines.
- Decision-making skills, accuracy and attention to detail is essential. 
- Required to streamline the work to reduce the time required and to be cost effective to the Department. Ensure the work is completed with resources available.
- Requires strong analytical skills. Ability to analyze and manage General Ledger accounts.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, internally (stores) and externally (suppliers).

RELATIONSHIPS: 
Toronto and Quebec Head Office Business Partners, Ontario Stores, Suppliers, Customers, Internal and external auditors. 
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