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Division Controller

  • Vaudreuil-Dorion, QC, Canada

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RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Lead Financial Reporting: Direct the preparation and review of accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements and management reports.

• Ensure IFRS Compliance: Maintain compliance with IFRS, ASSA ABLOY Accounting Policies, statutory requirements, and other applicable regulatory standards.

• Maintain Accounting Governance: Develop, implement, and maintain accounting policies, procedures, reporting calendars, and documentation standards.

• Deliver Stakeholder Reporting: Ensure complete, accurate, and timely statutory, corporate, and stakeholder reporting.

Financial Planning, Performance Management & P&L Reporting

• Lead Planning & Forecasting: Own the annual budgeting process and develop and maintain rolling financial forecasts.

• Direct P&L Reporting: Lead monthly P&L reporting, financial reviews, and analysis against budget, forecast, and prior-year performance.

• Manage KPIs: Develop, monitor, and report financial and operational KPIs that support accountability and performance improvement.

• Identify Risks & Opportunities: Assess financial trends, risks, opportunities, and business drivers and translate findings into actionable recommendations.

• Support Strategic Decisions: Provide financial insight for strategic planning, investment evaluation, capital allocation, pricing, and management decision-making.

Cost Accounting & Inventory Management

• Ensure Accurate Inventory Valuation: Oversee inventory valuation, accounting, reconciliations, and related controls in accordance with corporate accounting policies.

• Manage Inventory Reserves: Oversee obsolescence provisions, excess and slow-moving inventory assessments, and inventory reserve methodologies.

• Monitor Working Capital: Track inventory turnover, days inventory on hand, product availability, and working capital performance.

• Analyze Product Profitability: Evaluate product margins, cost drivers, landed costs, freight, duties, rebates, and other acquisition costs.

• Partner Across Functions: Work with Supply Chain, Procurement, Operations, Sales, and Commercial teams to optimize inventory, availability, margins, and working-capital utilization.

Transactional Accounting Oversight

• Oversee Finance Operations: Provide governance and oversight of Accounts Receivable, collections, Accounts Payable, vendor processes, general ledger, and period-end close activities.

• Manage Cash & Working Capital: Oversee bank reconciliations, liquidity, cash management, and working-capital optimization.

• Oversee Payroll Coordination: Provide financial oversight and coordination of payroll processes, where applicable. • Strengthen Accountability: Establish clear ownership, approval authorities, segregation of duties, and accountability across the finance team.

• Improve Processes: Drive standardization, automation, data integrity, and continuous improvement across transactional finance processes.

Internal Controls & Risk Management

• Lead the Control Framework: Design, implement, maintain, and monitor an effective internal-control framework. • Manage Financial Risk: Identify, assess, mitigate, and report enterprise and financial risks. • Monitor Compliance: Ensure compliance with corporate policies, delegated authorities, and internal controls. • Prevent & Detect Fraud: Maintain appropriate fraud-prevention, detection, investigation-support, and remediation processes.

• Test & Remediate Controls: Coordinate control testing, address deficiencies, and report progress to leadership, corporate stakeholders, and Audit as required.

• Promote Accountability: Foster a culture of transparency, sound judgment, ethical conduct, and continuous improvement.

External Audit & Taxation

• Lead External Audit: Act as the primary liaison with external auditors and coordinate annual audits, interim reviews, audit schedules, supporting documentation, and management responses.

• Ensure Tax Compliance: Oversee corporate income tax compliance, filings, provisions, disclosures, and applicable federal and provincial requirements.

• Manage Indirect Taxes: Oversee GST/HST, QST, and other applicable indirect-tax obligations. • Coordinate External Advisors: Work with external tax advisors, auditors, and tax authorities to ensure efficient and value-added outcomes.

• Manage Tax Risk & Planning: Monitor legislative changes, assess tax risks and opportunities, and support appropriate tax-planning and business-structure initiatives.

Governance & Corporate Administration

• Support Corporate Governance: Ensure compliance with corporate governance requirements, internal policies, approval authorities, and delegated limits.

• Exercise Signing Authority: Act as a designated signing authority in accordance with corporate policies and approved authorization limits.

• Safeguard Corporate Resources: Ensure appropriate stewardship of corporate assets, resources, records, and financial commitments.

• Oversee Plans & Administration: Provide oversight of pension-plan administration, employee benefit plans, and selected corporate administrative functions.

• Promote Ethical Governance: Support policy development and reinforce accountability, ethical conduct, and sound governance practices across the organization.

Systems & Data Governance

• Govern Financial Systems: Provide oversight of financial systems, ERP governance, access, configuration, and finance-related process design.

• Protect Data Quality: Ensure the integrity, security, completeness, and quality of financial and management data. • Leverage Technology: Use technology, automation, and analytics to improve reporting, controls, productivity, and decision-making.

• Support ERP Transformation: Provide financial leadership for ERP planning, data preparation, testing, implementation, training, and post-launch stabilization.

Leadership Responsibilities

• Serve as a Trusted Partner: Contribute financial and business expertise to the development and execution of organizational strategy.

• Lead Growth & Change: Support organizational growth, transformation, business improvement, and change initiatives.

• Drive Collaboration: Promote cross-functional alignment and financial discipline across the organization. • Develop Finance Talent: Set clear expectations, coach and mentor finance employees, and build team capability and succession strength.

• Strengthen Leadership Culture: Contribute to a high-performing, transparent, accountable, and collaborative leadership team.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field; a CPA designation is not required.

• Experience: Ten or more years of progressive finance and accounting experience, including significant financial leadership responsibility in a manufacturing, distribution, or comparable business environment. • Financial Reporting: Advanced knowledge of IFRS, corporate reporting, financial statements, consolidation, budgeting, forecasting, P&L management, and financial analysis.

• Cost & Inventory Accounting: Strong experience with product costing, inventory valuation, reserves, margins, landed costs, and working-capital management.

• Controls, Audit & Tax: Demonstrated leadership of internal controls, risk management, external audit, corporate taxation, and regulatory compliance.

• Systems & Analytics: Strong ERP, financial-systems, Excel, reporting, data-governance, and analytical capabilities; experience supporting ERP implementation or transformation is an asset.

• Leadership: Proven ability to lead, develop, and hold teams accountable while influencing peers and senior stakeholders.

• Communication: Bilingual in English and French, with strong executive communication, presentation, negotiation, and business-partnering skills.

• Judgment & Integrity: Exceptional judgment, discretion, ethical standards, resilience, and the ability to manage complex priorities and deadlines.

We thank you for your application; however, only successful candidates will be contacted

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Titre : Contrôleur de division

Lieu : Vaudreuil-Dorion, QC (Hybride)

Type de contrat : Permanent, temps plein

Rémunération : Compétitive + assurance collective

RESPONSABILITÉS :

Rapports corporatifs et conformité aux IFRS

• Diriger l’information financière : Diriger la préparation et la révision des états financiers et rapports de gestion mensuels, trimestriels et annuels.

• Assurer la conformité aux IFRS : Veiller au respect des IFRS, des politiques comptables d’ASSA ABLOY, des exigences statutaires et des autres normes réglementaires applicables.

• Maintenir la gouvernance comptable : Élaborer, mettre en œuvre et maintenir les politiques, procédures, calendriers de production et normes de documentation comptables.

• Produire les rapports aux parties prenantes : Assurer la production complète, exacte et ponctuelle des rapports statutaires, corporatifs et destinés aux parties prenantes.

Planification financière, gestion de la performance et rapports de résultat

• Diriger la planification et les prévisions : Assumer la responsabilité du processus budgétaire annuel et élaborer et maintenir des prévisions financières continues.

• Diriger les rapports de résultat : Diriger les rapports mensuels de résultat, les revues financières et l’analyse comparative avec le budget, les prévisions et l’exercice précédent.

• Gérer les indicateurs : Élaborer, surveiller et communiquer les indicateurs financiers et opérationnels favorisant la responsabilisation et l’amélioration du rendement.

• Repérer les risques et occasions : Évaluer les tendances, les risques, les occasions et les facteurs opérationnels, puis formuler des recommandations exploitables.

• Appuyer les décisions stratégiques : Fournir des analyses financières pour la planification stratégique, les investissements, l’affectation du capital, la tarification et les décisions de gestion.

Comptabilité analytique et gestion des stocks

• Assurer une évaluation exacte des stocks : Superviser l’évaluation, la comptabilisation, les rapprochements et les contrôles liés aux stocks conformément aux politiques comptables corporatives.

• Gérer les provisions sur stocks : Superviser les provisions pour obsolescence, les stocks excédentaires ou à faible rotation et les méthodes de provisionnement.

• Surveiller le fonds de roulement : Suivre la rotation des stocks, le nombre de jours de stocks, la disponibilité des produits et le rendement du fonds de roulement.

• Analyser la rentabilité des produits : Évaluer les marges, les facteurs de coût, les coûts rendus, le transport, les droits, les rabais et les autres coûts d’acquisition.

• Collaborer entre les fonctions : Travailler avec la Chaîne d’approvisionnement, l’Approvisionnement, les Opérations, les Ventes et les équipes commerciales afin d’optimiser les stocks, la disponibilité, les marges et le fonds de roulement.

Supervision des opérations comptables

• Superviser les opérations financières : Assurer la gouvernance et la supervision des comptes clients, du recouvrement, des comptes fournisseurs, des processus fournisseurs, du grand livre et des clôtures. • Gérer la trésorerie et le fonds de roulement : Superviser les rapprochements bancaires, les liquidités, la gestion de trésorerie et l’optimisation du fonds de roulement.

• Superviser la coordination de la paie : Assurer la surveillance financière et la coordination des processus de paie, le cas échéant.

• Renforcer la responsabilisation : Établir des responsabilités, pouvoirs d’approbation, séparations des tâches et mécanismes de reddition de comptes clairs au sein de l’équipe.

• Améliorer les processus : Promouvoir la normalisation, l’automatisation, l’intégrité des données et l’amélioration continue des processus comptables transactionnels.

Contrôles internes et gestion des risques

• Diriger le cadre de contrôle : Concevoir, mettre en œuvre, maintenir et surveiller un cadre de contrôle interne efficace.

• Gérer les risques financiers : Repérer, évaluer, atténuer et communiquer les risques d’entreprise et les risques financiers.

• Surveiller la conformité : Veiller au respect des politiques corporatives, des pouvoirs délégués et des contrôles internes.

• Prévenir et détecter la fraude : Maintenir des processus appropriés de prévention, de détection, de soutien aux enquêtes et de correction.

• Tester et corriger les contrôles : Coordonner les tests de contrôle, corriger les lacunes et communiquer les progrès à la direction, aux parties prenantes corporatives et à l’Audit.

• Promouvoir la responsabilisation : Favoriser une culture de transparence, de jugement sûr, de conduite éthique et d’amélioration continue.

Audit externe et fiscalité

• Diriger l’audit externe : Agir comme principal point de contact des auditeurs externes et coordonner les audits annuels, examens intermédiaires, tableaux, pièces justificatives et réponses de la direction.

• Assurer la conformité fiscale : Superviser la conformité et les déclarations d’impôt sur le revenu des sociétés, les provisions, les informations à fournir et les exigences fédérales et provinciales.

• Gérer les taxes indirectes : Superviser la TPS/TVH, la TVQ et les autres obligations applicables en matière de taxes indirectes.

• Coordonner les conseillers externes : Collaborer avec les conseillers fiscaux, les auditeurs et les autorités fiscales afin d’obtenir des résultats efficaces et à valeur ajoutée.

• Gérer les risques et la planification fiscale : Surveiller les modifications législatives, évaluer les risques et occasions fiscales et soutenir les initiatives appropriées de planification et de structuration.

Gouvernance et administration corporative

• Soutenir la gouvernance corporative : Veiller au respect des exigences de gouvernance, des politiques internes, des pouvoirs d’approbation et des limites déléguées.

• Exercer le pouvoir de signature : Agir comme signataire désigné conformément aux politiques corporatives et aux limites d’autorisation approuvées.

• Protéger les ressources corporatives : Assurer la saine gestion des actifs, ressources, dossiers et engagements financiers de l’organisation.

• Superviser les régimes et l’administration : Superviser l’administration du régime de retraite, les avantages sociaux et certaines fonctions administratives corporatives.

• Promouvoir une gouvernance éthique : Soutenir l’élaboration de politiques et renforcer la responsabilisation, la conduite éthique et les pratiques de saine gouvernance.

Gouvernance des systèmes et des données

• Gouverner les systèmes financiers : Superviser les systèmes financiers, la gouvernance ERP, les accès, la configuration et la conception des processus financiers.

• Protéger la qualité des données : Assurer l’intégrité, la sécurité, l’exhaustivité et la qualité des données financières et de gestion

• Exploiter la technologie : Utiliser la technologie, l’automatisation et l’analytique pour améliorer les rapports, les contrôles, la productivité et la prise de décisions.

• Soutenir la transformation ERP : Assurer le leadership financier de la planification ERP, de la préparation des données, des essais, de la mise en œuvre, de la formation et de la stabilisation après lancement.

Responsabilités de leadership

• Agir comme partenaire de confiance : Apporter une expertise financière et commerciale à l’élaboration et à l’exécution de la stratégie organisationnelle.

• Diriger la croissance et le changement : Soutenir la croissance, la transformation, l’amélioration des affaires et les initiatives de changement.

• Favoriser la collaboration : Promouvoir l’alignement interfonctionnel et la discipline financière dans l’ensemble de l’organisation.

• Développer les talents financiers : Établir des attentes claires, encadrer et accompagner les employés des Finances et renforcer les capacités et la relève.

• Renforcer la culture de leadership : Contribuer à une équipe de direction performante, transparente, responsable et collaborative.

QUALIFICATIONS :

• Formation : Baccalauréat en comptabilité, finance, administration des affaires ou dans un domaine connexe; titre de CPA non requis.

• Expérience : Au moins dix ans d’expérience progressive en finance et comptabilité, incluant d’importantes responsabilités de leadership financier dans un environnement manufacturier, de distribution ou comparable. • Information financière : Connaissance approfondie des IFRS, des rapports corporatifs, des états financiers, de la consolidation, des budgets, des prévisions, de la gestion du résultat et de l’analyse financière. • Comptabilité analytique et stocks : Solide expérience des coûts de produits, de l’évaluation des stocks, des provisions, des marges, des coûts rendus et de la gestion du fonds de roulement.

• Contrôles, audit et fiscalité : Leadership démontré en matière de contrôles internes, gestion des risques, audit externe, fiscalité des sociétés et conformité réglementaire.

• Systèmes et analytique : Solides compétences en ERP, systèmes financiers, Excel, rapports, gouvernance des données et analyse; expérience d’une mise en œuvre ou transformation ERP, un atout.

• Leadership : Capacité démontrée à diriger, développer et responsabiliser une équipe ainsi qu’à influencer les pairs et les hauts dirigeants.

• Communication : Bilinguisme français-anglais et excellentes aptitudes en communication de direction, présentation, négociation et partenariat d’affaires.

• Jugement et intégrité : Jugement exceptionnel, discrétion, normes éthiques élevées, résilience et capacité à gérer des priorités et échéances complexes.

Nous vous remercions de votre candidature. Toutefois, seules les personnes retenues seront contactées.

Pour en savoir davantage sur nos services de recrutement, veuillez consulter notre site Web : WWW.GROOMASSOCIES.COM.

Title: Division Controller

Location: Vaudreuil-Dorion, QC (Hybrid)

Status: Permanent, Full-time

Salary: Competitive + Bonus

RESPONSIBILITIES :

Corporate Reporting & IFRS Compliance

• Lead Financial Reporting: Direct the preparation and review of accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements and management reports.

• Ensure IFRS Compliance: Maintain compliance with IFRS, ASSA ABLOY Accounting Policies, statutory requirements, and other applicable regulatory standards.

• Maintain Accounting Governance: Develop, implement, and maintain accounting policies, procedures, reporting calendars, and documentation standards.

• Deliver Stakeholder Reporting: Ensure complete, accurate, and timely statutory, corporate, and stakeholder reporting.

Financial Planning, Performance Management & P&L Reporting

• Lead Planning & Forecasting: Own the annual budgeting process and develop and maintain rolling financial forecasts.

• Direct P&L Reporting: Lead monthly P&L reporting, financial reviews, and analysis against budget, forecast, and prior-year performance.

• Manage KPIs: Develop, monitor, and report financial and operational KPIs that support accountability and performance improvement.

• Identify Risks & Opportunities: Assess financial trends, risks, opportunities, and business drivers and translate findings into actionable recommendations.

• Support Strategic Decisions: Provide financial insight for strategic planning, investment evaluation, capital allocation, pricing, and management decision-making.

Cost Accounting & Inventory Management

• Ensure Accurate Inventory Valuation: Oversee inventory valuation, accounting, reconciliations, and related controls in accordance with corporate accounting policies.

• Manage Inventory Reserves: Oversee obsolescence provisions, excess and slow-moving inventory assessments, and inventory reserve methodologies.

• Monitor Working Capital: Track inventory turnover, days inventory on hand, product availability, and working capital performance.

• Analyze Product Profitability: Evaluate product margins, cost drivers, landed costs, freight, duties, rebates, and other acquisition costs.

• Partner Across Functions: Work with Supply Chain, Procurement, Operations, Sales, and Commercial teams to optimize inventory, availability, margins, and working-capital utilization.

Transactional Accounting Oversight

• Oversee Finance Operations: Provide governance and oversight of Accounts Receivable, collections, Accounts Payable, vendor processes, general ledger, and period-end close activities.

• Manage Cash & Working Capital: Oversee bank reconciliations, liquidity, cash management, and working-capital optimization.

• Oversee Payroll Coordination: Provide financial oversight and coordination of payroll processes, where applicable. • Strengthen Accountability: Establish clear ownership, approval authorities, segregation of duties, and accountability across the finance team.

• Improve Processes: Drive standardization, automation, data integrity, and continuous improvement across transactional finance processes.

Internal Controls & Risk Management

• Lead the Control Framework: Design, implement, maintain, and monitor an effective internal-control framework. • Manage Financial Risk: Identify, assess, mitigate, and report enterprise and financial risks. • Monitor Compliance: Ensure compliance with corporate policies, delegated authorities, and internal controls. • Prevent & Detect Fraud: Maintain appropriate fraud-prevention, detection, investigation-support, and remediation processes.

• Test & Remediate Controls: Coordinate control testing, address deficiencies, and report progress to leadership, corporate stakeholders, and Audit as required.

• Promote Accountability: Foster a culture of transparency, sound judgment, ethical conduct, and continuous improvement.

External Audit & Taxation

• Lead External Audit: Act as the primary liaison with external auditors and coordinate annual audits, interim reviews, audit schedules, supporting documentation, and management responses.

• Ensure Tax Compliance: Oversee corporate income tax compliance, filings, provisions, disclosures, and applicable federal and provincial requirements.

• Manage Indirect Taxes: Oversee GST/HST, QST, and other applicable indirect-tax obligations. • Coordinate External Advisors: Work with external tax advisors, auditors, and tax authorities to ensure efficient and value-added outcomes.

• Manage Tax Risk & Planning: Monitor legislative changes, assess tax risks and opportunities, and support appropriate tax-planning and business-structure initiatives.

Governance & Corporate Administration

• Support Corporate Governance: Ensure compliance with corporate governance requirements, internal policies, approval authorities, and delegated limits.

• Exercise Signing Authority: Act as a designated signing authority in accordance with corporate policies and approved authorization limits.

• Safeguard Corporate Resources: Ensure appropriate stewardship of corporate assets, resources, records, and financial commitments.

• Oversee Plans & Administration: Provide oversight of pension-plan administration, employee benefit plans, and selected corporate administrative functions.

• Promote Ethical Governance: Support policy development and reinforce accountability, ethical conduct, and sound governance practices across the organization.

Systems & Data Governance

• Govern Financial Systems: Provide oversight of financial systems, ERP governance, access, configuration, and finance-related process design.

• Protect Data Quality: Ensure the integrity, security, completeness, and quality of financial and management data. • Leverage Technology: Use technology, automation, and analytics to improve reporting, controls, productivity, and decision-making.

• Support ERP Transformation: Provide financial leadership for ERP planning, data preparation, testing, implementation, training, and post-launch stabilization.

Leadership Responsibilities

• Serve as a Trusted Partner: Contribute financial and business expertise to the development and execution of organizational strategy.

• Lead Growth & Change: Support organizational growth, transformation, business improvement, and change initiatives.

• Drive Collaboration: Promote cross-functional alignment and financial discipline across the organization. • Develop Finance Talent: Set clear expectations, coach and mentor finance employees, and build team capability and succession strength.

• Strengthen Leadership Culture: Contribute to a high-performing, transparent, accountable, and collaborative leadership team.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field; a CPA designation is not required.

• Experience: Ten or more years of progressive finance and accounting experience, including significant financial leadership responsibility in a manufacturing, distribution, or comparable business environment. • Financial Reporting: Advanced knowledge of IFRS, corporate reporting, financial statements, consolidation, budgeting, forecasting, P&L management, and financial analysis.

• Cost & Inventory Accounting: Strong experience with product costing, inventory valuation, reserves, margins, landed costs, and working-capital management.

• Controls, Audit & Tax: Demonstrated leadership of internal controls, risk management, external audit, corporate taxation, and regulatory compliance.

• Systems & Analytics: Strong ERP, financial-systems, Excel, reporting, data-governance, and analytical capabilities; experience supporting ERP implementation or transformation is an asset.

• Leadership: Proven ability to lead, develop, and hold teams accountable while influencing peers and senior stakeholders.

• Communication: Bilingual in English and French, with strong executive communication, presentation, negotiation, and business-partnering skills.

• Judgment & Integrity: Exceptional judgment, discretion, ethical standards, resilience, and the ability to manage complex priorities and deadlines.

We thank you for your application; however, only successful candidates will be contacted

For more information on our recruitment services, please visit WWW.GROOMASSOCIES.COM

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Responsibilities

Lead financial reporting, planning, performance analysis, cost and inventory accounting, and day-to-day finance operations. Oversee controls, risk, audits, taxation, corporate governance, financial systems, and the development of the finance team while partnering with leaders across the organization.

Requirements

Requires a bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related field, and at least 10 years of progressive finance and accounting experience with significant leadership responsibility. Candidates should bring advanced IFRS and manufacturing or distribution finance expertise, strong ERP and analytical capabilities, proven leadership, and bilingual English-French communication skills; a CPA designation is not required.

Skills

  • IFRS Financial Reporting
  • Budgeting And Forecasting
  • P&L Management
  • Financial Analysis
  • Cost Accounting
  • Inventory Valuation
  • Working Capital Management
  • Internal Controls
  • Risk Management
  • External Audit
  • Corporate Tax Compliance
  • ERP Governance
  • Data Governance
  • Financial Systems
  • Team Leadership
  • English-French Bilingual Communication

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Bonus

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Categories

  • Finance & Accounting
  • Management & Leadership
  • Manufacturing
  • Data & Analytics

Keywords

  • IFRS
  • ASSA ABLOY Accounting Policies
  • Financial Statements
  • Corporate Reporting
  • Consolidation
  • Budgeting
  • Rolling Forecasts
  • P&L Reporting
  • KPIs
  • Product Costing
  • Inventory Valuation
  • Inventory Reserves
  • Landed Costs
  • Working Capital
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Accounts Payable
  • General Ledger
  • Cash Management
  • Internal Controls
  • Fraud Prevention
  • External Audit
  • Corporate Income Tax
  • GST/HST
  • QST
  • ERP
  • Excel
  • Data Governance
  • ERP Transformation
  • Manufacturing
  • Distribution

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