Assistant Controller
- Fredericton, NB, Canada
$115,000 to $130,000 CAD / year · Full-time
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- Pay
- $115,000 to $130,000 CAD / year
- Job type
- Full-time
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- Experience
- Minimum of 5-7 years of financial or accounting related experience
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Job Title: Assistant Controller
Job Type: Permanent position, Hybrid 4 days On-Site, Fredericton, NB
Job Salary: $115,000 - $130,000 / Year
Primary Duties & Responsibilities:
- Maintain an efficient and effective process to ensure that revenue is accurately recognized in a timely manner throughout the fiscal year.
- Support and lead month end close activities by providing financial analysis related to revenue, prepaids and accruals, fixed assets and intangibles, and various other accounts.
- Prepare, maintain, and update documentation of SOX controls and ensure collection of appropriate evidence to ensure compliance with financial controls to satisfy operational and audit requirements.
- Maintain fixed asset records in accordance with company policies
- Manage intercompany project billings and periodically confirm balances with trading partners.
- Prepare departmental variance report for submission and review by Functional and Product managers.
- Improve utilization of financial reporting tools and processes and maintain/improve turnaround of financial results by making processes more efficient, accurate and less manual
- Seek opportunities in financial analysis to drive and influence improvements in efficiencies and costs
Job Qualifications:
- Minimum of 5-7 years of financial or accounting related experience
- Advanced knowledge using Excel and other Microsoft Office products
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize multiple assignments simultaneously while maintaining strong attention to detail
- Strong financial and variance analysis
- Prior experience with budgeting and forecasting
- Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)
- Business partnering and commercial judgment
- Strong accounting / US GAAP foundation
- Experience providing stakeholders with financial direction and sound financial strategies
- Ability to work collaboratively as well as independently
- Prior experience with SAP is an asset
- Ability to communicate a financial story to management
- CPA designated
- Must come from Technology, Manufacturing, or Construction industries.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Oversee timely and accurate revenue recognition, support month-end close, maintain fixed asset records, manage intercompany billings, and prepare departmental variance reports. Maintain SOX control documentation and evidence, improve financial reporting processes, and use analysis to identify efficiency and cost improvements.
Requirements
Requires a CPA designation, a strong accounting and US GAAP foundation, and 5–7 years of financial or accounting experience, preferably in technology, manufacturing, or construction. Candidates should have advanced Excel skills, experience with budgeting and forecasting, strong financial analysis and communication abilities, and the capacity to work collaboratively and independently; SAP experience is an asset.
Skills
- Revenue Recognition
- Month-End Close
- Financial Analysis
- Variance Analysis
- SOX Controls
- Fixed Asset Accounting
- Intercompany Billing
- Financial Reporting
- Process Improvement
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Microsoft Excel
- US GAAP
- Business Partnering
- Communication
- SAP
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Categories
- Finance & Accounting
- Management & Leadership
- Data & Analytics
Keywords
- CPA
- US GAAP
- SOX Controls
- Revenue Recognition
- Month-End Close
- Financial Analysis
- Variance Analysis
- Fixed Assets
- Intangibles
- Prepaids
- Accruals
- Intercompany Billing
- Financial Reporting
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
- SAP
- Audit Compliance
- Process Improvement
- Cost Analysis
- Technology
- Manufacturing
- Construction