Financial Controller
- Toronto, ON, Canada
Full-time
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Job details
- Job type
- Full-time
- Apply by
- Experience
- 7-10+ years of experience which includes experience in the role.
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the monthly financial close process, including journal entries, account reconciliations, accruals, and financial reporting.
- Ensure timely and accurate submission of financial results, forecasts, budgets, and other required reporting to WPP.
- Prepare and review monthly financial statements, management reports, and variance analyses.
- Assist with forecasting and monitoring of agency expenses against budget.
- Oversee accounts payable, client billing, accounts receivable, and collections to ensure timely and accurate processing.
- Monitor cash flow, payment schedules, and working capital requirements.
- Monitor client revenue, project costs, employee expenses, and agency profitability.
- Ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP, WPP reporting requirements, internal controls, and financial policies.
- Manage and support accounting team members, ensuring accurate work and adherence to deadlines.
- Partner with client service, production, and agency leadership teams to resolve financial and billing issues.
- 7-10+ years of experience which includes experience in the role.
- Strong technical accounting and financial reporting expertise.
- Commercial awareness and understanding of agency profitability drivers.
- Analytical thinking and problem-solving.
- Attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.
- Effective communication and stakeholder management.
- Leadership, accountability, and sound judgment.
- Process improvement and operational efficiency.
- Ability to operate effectively within a complex, matrixed organization.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Lead day-to-day financial operations, manage the monthly close and reporting process, and support budgeting, forecasting, cash flow monitoring, and agency profitability analysis. Oversee the accounting team and financial controls, ensure accurate and timely reporting to WPP, and partner with agency teams to resolve financial and billing issues.
Requirements
Requires 7–10+ years of experience, including experience in the role, with strong technical accounting and financial reporting expertise. Candidates should bring commercial awareness, analytical and problem-solving ability, attention to detail, effective communication, leadership, sound judgment, and the ability to work in a complex, matrixed organization.
Skills
- Technical Accounting
- Financial Reporting
- Monthly Financial Close
- Journal Entries
- Account Reconciliations
- Accruals
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Variance Analysis
- Accounts Payable
- Client Billing
- Accounts Receivable
- Collections
- Cash Flow Management
- U.S. GAAP
- Team Leadership
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Categories
- Finance & Accounting
- Management & Leadership
Keywords
- Financial Controller
- Financial Operations
- Monthly Close
- Journal Entries
- Account Reconciliations
- Accruals
- Financial Statements
- Management Reports
- Variance Analysis
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Accounts Payable
- Client Billing
- Accounts Receivable
- Collections
- Cash Flow
- Working Capital
- Agency Profitability
- U.S. GAAP
- WPP Reporting
- Internal Controls
- Financial Policies
- Expense Monitoring
- Commercial Awareness
- Process Improvement
- Operational Efficiency
- Stakeholder Management
- Accounting Team Leadership
- Advertising Services
- Matrixed Organization