- Location: Brantford, Ontario
- Salary: $65,000 – $70,000 per year
- Job Type: Permanent
Advantages
– Competitive Salary
– Professional development support provided for those pursuing their CPA
– Comprehensive Benefits: Extended group benefit plan and RRSP matching program
– Growth Environment: The chance to work in a growing, sales-centric organization and be recognized for your process improvement initiatives
– On-site parking
– Excellent leader and mentor, in the Controller
Responsibilities
The successful candidate will be a primary resource for the core finance function, expected to be proactive, solution-oriented, and contribute to automation efforts:
– Financial Operations Oversight: Oversee AP & AR functions, ensuring accurate and timely processing of invoices, payments, and collections.
– Cash Management: Lead daily bank monitoring and cash reporting. Prepare weekly payment schedules and process bill, wire, EFT payments, as well as intercompany and FX transfers.
– Month-End Execution: Perform month-end reconciliations, recurring entries, accruals, tax preparation, and account analysis.
– Analysis & Planning: Conduct basic financial analysis to support decision-making and contribute directly to the budgeting and forecasting processes.
– Process Improvement: Actively collaborate on process and procedure improvement initiatives to maximize efficiency and effectiveness, leveraging technology and tools.
Qualifications
– Experience: 2-4 years of accounting and/or financial experience if currently pursuing your CPA designation; 5-7 years if not pursuing a designation. Related post-secondary credentials required.
– Mindset: Must be proactive and solution-oriented, capable of demonstrating initiative and bringing ideas to the table. Must be comfortable with the 100% in-office requirement.
– Technical Skills: Tech-savvy with a knack for learning new ERP systems, Advanced Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUPs), and comfortable with multi-systems/platforms.
– Soft Skills: Strong interest in process optimization and continuous improvement; excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills to collaborate across teams effectively.
– Comfortable with criminal and credit background checks being processed.