Controller
- Toronto, ON, Canada
Full-time
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- Job type
- Full-time
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- Experience
- 3+ years of Big 4 experience, with at least 1 year at the Senior level or above.
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Controller - Consumer Goods
Location: Toronto, ON
Work Arrangement: Onsite
About the Role
A growing consumer goods company is looking for a Controller to join their Toronto team. This hands-on role is ideal for a CPA with Big 4 experience who thrives in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
You'll bring strong technical accounting and financial reporting skills, while taking a hands-on approach across finance. This is an opportunity to wear multiple hats, work closely with the broader business, and play a key role in supporting continued growth.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the month-end and year-end close processes, ensuring accurate and timely reporting.
- Oversee full-cycle accounting, including general ledger, reconciliations, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, expenses, and related accounting activities.
- Prepare and oversee monthly financial reporting and management reporting packages.
- Develop and maintain global sales and business performance reports.
- Lead the budgeting and forecasting process and monitor performance against budget.
- Perform financial analysis and develop financial models to support business decisions.
- Provide financial insights and recommendations to senior leadership.
- Ensure the accuracy and integrity of financial data and reporting.
- Support year-end audit and related external reporting requirements.
- Identify opportunities to improve finance processes, systems, controls, and reporting.
- Work cross-functionally with teams across the business to understand financial performance and provide commercial insight.
- Take ownership of ad hoc finance initiatives and projects as the business evolves.
- Manage and support one direct report.
Qualifications
- CPA designation is required.
- 3+ years of Big 4 experience, with at least 1 year at the Senior level or above.
- Experience within the consumer goods, retail, pharmaceutical, or technology industries would be ideal.
- Strong experience across financial reporting and full-cycle accounting.
- Strong analytical and financial modelling capabilities.
- Experience with budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, changing environment with a high degree of ownership.
If you're an entrepreneurial CPA looking for a hands-on Controller role with a growing company, apply now!
More about this job
Responsibilities
Lead the close and full-cycle accounting processes, oversee financial and management reporting, and manage budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, and business performance reporting. Provide financial insights to leadership, support audits, improve finance processes and controls, collaborate across the business, and manage one direct report.
Requirements
A CPA designation and at least three years of Big 4 experience, including at least one year at Senior level or above, are required. Candidates should have strong financial reporting and full-cycle accounting experience, analytical and modeling capabilities, budgeting and forecasting experience, and comfort working in a fast-paced environment; experience in consumer goods, retail, pharmaceutical, or technology is ideal.
Skills
- Month-End And Year-End Close
- Full-Cycle Accounting
- Financial Reporting
- Management Reporting
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Modeling
- General Ledger
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Payroll
- Audit Support
- Process Improvement
- Business Performance Reporting
- Team Management
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Categories
- Finance & Accounting
- Management & Leadership
- Data & Analytics
Keywords
- CPA
- Big 4
- Consumer Goods
- Retail
- Pharmaceutical
- Technology
- Month-End Close
- Year-End Close
- Full-Cycle Accounting
- General Ledger
- Reconciliations
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Payroll
- Financial Reporting
- Management Reporting
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Modeling
- Business Performance Reporting
- External Audit
- Finance Process Improvement
- Internal Controls
- Commercial Insight