Job Description

Do you want to be a Controller with a reputable company? Contact Robert Half 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. To succeed in this role, you will need to plan and direct all accounting operational functions, handle the accumulation and consolidation of financial data for internal and external financial statements, evaluate accounting and internal control systems, and lead departmental staff. You might be a good fit for this position if you can 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. Based in the Ottawa, Ontario area, this opening for a Controller is a permanent position.

Key responsibilities

- Prepare cash-flow reports, projecting cash needs at weekly and monthly intervals, daily cash management

- Occasionally perform duties beyond formal job responsibilities

- Perform tasks associated with month-end and year-end close of income statement and balance sheet, account reconciliations & G/L analysis

- Work closely with executive team and partners to ensure that firm-wide operation is efficient and effective

- Guide all operations of the finance department, including accounts payable, billings & collections, and payroll

- Give financial reports to executive committee and partners each month

- Evaluate, implement and streamline policies, procedures, controls and most methodologies

- Drive the timing for monthly billing and other cash management techniques to ensure the timely cash collection

- Manage the creation of the annual budget and forecasts and monitor them on a monthly basis

- Review deliverables of self and team to align with client expectations

- Support Finance Department initiatives, such as software and systems implementation and other departmental or firm-wide improvements, with research, planning, and implementation, as required

- Demonstrated ability to build and deliver effective presentations to audiences with wide-ranging backgrounds

- Well-founded grasp of Month-end Close Activities

- General familiarity with financial statement preparation

- Foundational knowledge in GAAP Accounting

- Proficiency in Cash Flow Reports

- People Management experience

- Expertise in policies & procedures

- Dynamics GP experience

- Proven knowledge of financial reporting

- Attention to detail and proven ability to follow standard procedures is a requirement

- Outstanding technology, analytics and management experience required

- 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including as a Controller or Accounting Manager preferred

- Dedication and requisite skills to meet critical business deadlines

- Strong analytical capabilities and discernment

- Ability to work in a dynamic and changing environment

- CPA required.

- Strong communication and interpersonal skills (verbal, written, and listening)

- Takes action on items beyond formal job responsibilities

If you would like to be in a not-for-profit organization where your work will make an impact, then this could be great for you. This position also comes with room to grow, generous vacation and benefits backs also. This a Hybrid (on site and home) opportunity.

Robert Half is the world's first and largest specialized talent solutions firm that connects highly qualified job seekers to opportunities at great companies. We offer contract, temporary and permanent placement solutions for finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, and administrative and customer support roles.

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Robert Half est la premiare et la plus grande firme de solutions de gestion des talents specialisees au monde, qui met en relation des chercheurs d'emploi hautement qualifies avec des opportunites au sein de grandes entreprises. Nous offrons...