Site Controller 6 months

Our client is looking for a Site Controller for a 6-month contract to permanent opportunity.

This Operations Finance role is responsible for the financial oversight of mining operations, ensuring accurate cost accounting, timely reporting, and strong financial controls across all assigned sites. During the contract term, this individual will be expected to partner closely with site leadership and corporate finance to drive timely month end reporting, cost discipline, forecasting accuracy, and operational financial visibility. Travel requirements 50% of the time to Northeastern Ontario.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee a team of 10-15 people to drive monthly close and cost accounting, ensuring timely, accurate, and insightful financial reporting to executive leadership
• Consolidate and analyze site-level budgets, forecasts, and variance reports;
• Drive financial accountability and operational discipline across mining, milling, maintenance, technical services, supply chain, and support functions
• Review and validate capital expenditure tracking against approved budgets for each site
• Ensure accurate models are maintained for inventory and ore stockpile valuation, capitalized stripping and closure activities
• Maintain and strengthen internal controls at the site level
• Standardize accounting practices and reporting templates in cooperation with Corporate
• Support external and internal audit requests related to site operations
• Develop a high-performance culture focused on accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and operational partnership

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive mine site accounting/finance experience, including cost accounting
• Strong knowledge of mining-specific accounting (reserve/resource accounting, stripping costs, ARO)
• Working knowledge of SOX internal controls and public company reporting requirements
• Advanced Excel skills; SAP experience required
• Strong communication skills with ability to work cross-functionally with both site and corporate teams
• Requirement to travel regularly to operating sites in Northeastern Ontario (2-3 days a week, 2 weeks a month)

DISCLAIMERS -----

This position for employment is for a current vacancy with Highspring’s client. You must currently reside within the Greater Toronto Area and be permitted to work in Canada to be considered for this opportunity. A recruiter will be in touch with you if your profile meets our client’s requirements for this role.

By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present you as a candidate for the foregoing position. Additionally, you agree to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. Lastly, you also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.

Vaco by Highspring values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of colour, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply. The company is also committed to ensuring that persons who need them are provided with reasonable accommodations; if one is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact HR@vaco.com .

Vaco by Highspring respects your privacy and is committed to providing transparent notice of our policies in English here and in French here. Additionally, the company uses AI to perform preliminary screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco/Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client’s use of AI products in hiring.

Pay Transparency Notice

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

• the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
• licensure and certification requirements;
• office location and other geographic considerations;
• other business and organizational needs.

Having said that Vaco by Highspring believes that the salary range referenced reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses and/or participation in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company’s retirement plan (or similar retirement benefits).