Controller

Group Controller

Location: Markham IN-OFFICE with (frequent travel in the GTA)

$140-150k plus benefits, bonus and RSP

Industry: Building Materials, Construction

Job# 16817961

Company Overview

Our client is a global leader in the building materials and construction space with a successful portfolio of multiple entities, spanning multiple countries.

Role Overview

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage financial accounting and reporting
• Perform detailed general ledger analysis and collaborate with operations and finance teams to prepare complex or high-risk journal entries.
• Support the monthly consolidation and group close process.
• Ensure the accuracy and integrity of financial reporting in accordance with IFRS, including review of balance sheet reconciliations, management provisions and P&L analysis.
• Oversee the day-to-day accounting operations, including accounts payable, receivables, inventory, fixed assets, and the general ledger.
• Strengthen and maintain a robust internal control environment to safeguard assets, ensure data integrity, and best practices across all business units
• Lead the development of annual budget, quarterly/monthly forecasts acting as trusted financial business partner.
• Partner with operational and functional leaders to align on financial operating model, key performance indicators (KPIs), financial objectives, and strategic initiatives.
• Lead, develop, and mentor the business unit's finance and accounting team
• Drive standardization and alignment of processes, reporting formats, and systems across business
• units as part of the organization's transformation efforts, including new ERP implementation.
• Serve as the primary finance conduit between business operations and North American finance leadership. Qualifications:
• CPA designation
• Minimum 8+ yrs progressive senior financial leadership experience
• Strong financial reporting expertise, ideally gained in the construction or manufacturing industry
• or an adjacent and similarly complex sector.
• Solid technical grounding in accounting principles (IFRS), compliance, reporting and internal
• controls.
• Strong ERP system knowledge and demonstrated experience within process improvements, upgrades or implementation projects are valued.
• Experience within a fast paced growing organization

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