Job Description

Fantastic opportunity to join a growing and dynamic team - Controller $120k - $130k (US GAAP and Consolidations)
Contact this reputable company through Robert Half about their Controller position, if you have a knack for leading with high standards, positively motivating others, and making critical decisions and have experience taking charge of an accounting and clerical department. If you are good at planning and directing all accounting operational functions, handling the accumulation and consolidation of financial data for internal and external financial statements, evaluating accounting and internal control systems, and leading departmental staff, this role might be right for you. In this role, it will be critical for you to lead with integrity and reliability and have the ability to manage self and others with urgency, practicality and accountability when providing client services. We're looking for creative team players with a talent for challenging the status quo, coming up with unique ideas, negotiating and influencing. You could advance your career through this very competitive and generous compensation and benefits package. This permanent position is for a Controller who will work in the Ottawa, Ontario region.
Your responsibilities in this role
- Evaluate, implement and streamline policies, procedures, controls and most methodologies
- Work closely with executive team and partners to ensure efficient and successful firm-wide operation
- Inspect deliverables of self and team to ensure that they meet client expectations
- Manage the production of the annual budget and forecasts and monitor them monthly
- Lead the operations of the finance department which includes accounts payable, billings & collections, and payroll
- Handle monthly and annual close of income statement and balance sheet, account reconciliations & G/L analysis
- Comfortable in taking on tasks beyond formal job responsibilities
- Handle daily cash management and produce cash-flow reports, calculating cash needs at weekly and monthly intervals
- Drive the timing for monthly billing and other cash management techniques to ensure the timely cash collection
- Research, plan and implement Finance Department initiatives including software and systems implementation and other departmental or firm-wide improvements, as needed

Requirements

- Progressive accounting experience, including as a Controller preferred
- Earlier experience in public accounting is highly valued
- Strong communication skills, excellent interpersonal skills, both oral and written, and ability to build as well as deliver effective presentations
- Comfortable working in a changing and dynamic environment
- Detailed and have the ability work independently
- Takes action on items beyond formal job responsibilities
- Excellent analytical, quantitative and social skills
- Strong communication and social skills and able to receive criticism well
- Prior work in technology, analytics and management experience desired
- Account Setup experience preferred
- Proven knowledge of month end closings
- Expertise in financial analysis
- Solid understanding of US GAAP
- Solid understanding of Consolidation Processes
- Hands-on experience with budgeting
- Comprehension of Annual Operating Budget
- Well-founded grasp of Acquisition Integration
- Earlier work involving Analyze Variance
- Account analysis experience
- Practical knowledge of Analyze Financial Statements
- Proven knowledge of Accounts Receivable (AR)
- General familiarity with Actual Variance Analysis
- Skills in Annual Forecasts
- Foundational knowledge in risk management
- Wide ranging experience with Analyze Trends
- Accounts Payable (AP) experience
- Strong familiarity with consolidations
- Experience with Monthly Statements
- Account Records experience
- Command of account reconciliation
- Previous experience working with Annual Financial Reporting
- Experience with Budget Processes
- Quality experience with Analyze Revenues
- Prior experience with budget forecasting\
- Ability and willingness to meet business critical deadlines
- CPA/MBA preferred