Accounting Intern (12 Months)

What awaits you?

Reporting to the Accounting Manager, the Accounting Intern is primarily responsible for facilitating month-end close processes, general ledger and bank reconciliations and journal entries pertaining to the Retail Finance, Commercial Finance and Accounts Payables business lines of BMW Group Financial Services Canada.

• Perform general ledger accounting functions such as journal entry preparation, month-end close processes, financial reporting accuracy and compliance to IFRS, GL account reconciliations and analysis of key balance sheet and income statement account balance movements.
• Provide support to the accounting team for efficient month-end, quarter-end and year-end close.
• Prepare mid-year, interim, year-end audit working papers and coordinate with manager for both internal and external auditors.
• Discuss reoccurring variances with the Accounting team, identify system problems and recommend solutions to the US IT team in order to fix at the root cause.
• Collaborate with other business functions to proactively identify opportunities for efficiencies and internal control gaps, and address findings to the Accounting manager.
• Act as an additional resource for Accounts Payable related functions.
• Ad hoc Projects/Analysis.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

What should you bring along?

• Recent graduate (within the last 12 months) with a bachelor's degree in a related area.
• Any knowledge in the use of accounting software and Tableau Reporting would be an asset.
• Prior experience with preparing and analyzing account reconciliations would also be an advantage.
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills.

Ready to transform insights into action and strategy into results? Apply now!

Note: Please apply exclusively online via our career portal. Applications via other channels (esp. e-mail) cannot be considered.

What we offer?

• An award-winning culture.
• Cutting edge innovation and creativity.
• Flexible working models.
• World-class office space.
• Fresh & nutritious meals in our amazing fully staffed, and subsidized, onsite cafeteria.
• Fully stocked coffee/tea bar.

At the BMW Group, we place great importance on equal treatment and equal opportunities. Our recruiting decisions are based on the personality, experience, and skills of the applicants. Learn more here.

BMW Canada is committed to being an equal opportunity employer and to fostering an inclusive and accessible experience for all candidates. We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodation is available on request. Candidates may contact accessibility@bmw.ca for accessibility assistance/ support during the recruitment process.