Assistant Controller

TEEMA; Surrey; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visible leadership exposure to senior/

Ownership of divisions and team

Job summary

TEEMA is seeking an experienced Assistant Controller to join its Corporate Accounting team in Surrey, BC. This hands-on, business-partnering role will oversee financial administration for divisions across Western Canada and act as the Controller's right hand.

You will own month-end reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and audits while leading a team of five to seven finance professionals. Travel to field sites is required to connect financial results with operations.

Qualifications

• CPA designation and a Bachelor’s degree in business or finance.
• 7-10 years of progressive accounting experience in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, including 3-5 years in a leadership-focused role.
• Demonstrated people leadership and supervisory experience, including coaching, performance management, and team development.
• Strong knowledge of month-end close, financial reporting, reconciliations, budgeting, forecasting, and audit support.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and strong proficiency across Microsoft Office.
• Experience with accounting software; Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central strongly preferred.
• Proven use of automation, reporting, workflow, or data tools to simplify finance processes and improve the quality of business information.
• Experience with RTA Fleet Management Software, Navusoft, or Materials Manager is considered an asset.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, time-management, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication, relationship-building, and business-partnering skills, with the curiosity and operational mindset to learn the business and influence decisions at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the financial administration of assigned divisions and operations across Western Canada.
• Lead month-end close, balance sheet reconciliations, and provide analysis and commentary for senior leadership.
• Manage AP/AR activity, vendor invoicing, and cash reporting.
• Maintain Dynamics 365 BC and build reporting tools in Excel.
• Partner with site leaders to translate financial results into actionable business insight.
• Support audits, budgets, forecasts, and strategic initiatives with the Regional Controller.
• Travel regularly to assigned operating sites and spend time in field environments.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Analytical thinking

Time management

Problem solving

Field-based mindset

Business partnering

Education

CPA designation

Bachelor's degree in business/finance

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Microsoft Excel

Navusoft

Materials Manager

Job description

Job Title: Assistant Controller
Job ID: 90196
Location: Surrey, British Columbia

Overview:
We partnered with a well-established Western Canadian operating company to find an experienced Assistant Controller to join its Corporate Accounting team in Surrey, BC. Reporting to the Western Regional Controller, you will oversee the financial administration of assigned divisions and operations across Western Canada and act as the Controller's trusted right hand. This is a hands-on business-partnering role - you will learn how the operations actually run, build credibility with operational leaders, and spend regular time in the field at assigned sites. You will translate financial information into practical business insight, find opportunities to automate and streamline, and help make the finance function faster, more accurate, and more scalable. You will also own month-end reporting, reconciliations, analysis, budgeting, forecasting, audit support, and special projects, while leading a finance team of approximately five to seven people.

What you will be doing:

• Leading and coordinating the financial administration of assigned divisions and operations.
• Preparing timely monthly financial statements, variance analysis, and commentary for senior leadership and Corporate Accounting.
• Managing month-end close, including balance sheet and intercompany reconciliations, bank reporting, and supporting schedules.
• Maintaining accurate accounting records in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and building production, statistical, and financial reporting tools in Excel.
• Evaluating and implementing automation tools, system capabilities, and standardized workflows to reduce manual effort, eliminate duplication, strengthen controls, and improve the speed and accuracy of reporting.
• Serving as the Controller's right-hand partner - anticipating needs, helping manage priorities, resolving issues, supporting key decisions, and providing reliable leadership coverage when required.
• Supporting annual audits, budgets, forecasts, strategic initiatives, and special projects alongside the Regional Controller.
• Preparing municipal invoices, revenue-share schedules, HST filings, Statistics Canada reports, and other required financial reporting.
• Overseeing vendor invoice processing, customer collections, and related AP and AR activity.
• Acting as a finance business partner to operational leaders - providing practical insight, challenging assumptions, and identifying opportunities to improve profitability and performance.
• Spending regular time in the field at assigned operating sites to understand operational processes and cost drivers, and to connect financial results to day-to-day activity.
• Building strong relationships with site leaders and frontline teams, and using field observations to sharpen forecasts, reporting, controls, and decision-making.
• Leading, coaching, and developing a team of approximately five to seven finance employees - setting expectations, delegating, monitoring performance, and providing regular feedback and training.
• Building effective working relationships with employees, vendors, clients, and municipal contacts.
• Preparing ad hoc analysis and reporting, and other related duties as assigned.

What you must have:

• CPA designation and a Bachelor’s degree in business or finance.
• 7-10 years of progressive accounting experience in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, including 3-5 years in a leadership-focused role.
• Demonstrated people leadership and supervisory experience, including coaching, performance management, and team development.
• Strong knowledge of month-end close, financial reporting, reconciliations, budgeting, forecasting, and audit support.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and strong proficiency across Microsoft Office.
• Experience with accounting software; Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central strongly preferred.
• Proven use of automation, reporting, workflow, or data tools to simplify finance processes and improve the quality of business information.
• Experience with RTA Fleet Management Software, Navusoft, or Materials Manager is considered an asset.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, time-management, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication, relationship-building, and business-partnering skills, with the curiosity and operational mindset to learn the business and influence decisions at all levels.
• A proactive, resourceful, and highly dependable approach, with the judgment to anticipate the Controller's needs, take ownership, and follow issues through to resolution.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, meet tight deadlines, and follow through on commitments.
• Willingness and ability to travel regularly to assigned operating sites and spend time in field environments.

Salary/Rate Range: $100,000-$115,000

Other Information:
What's in it for you

• A visible, high-impact seat with direct exposure to senior leadership and operational decision-makers across Western Canada.
• Genuine ownership: your own divisions, your own team, and a real mandate to modernize how finance works.
• A stable, established operating platform with room to grow toward a Controller role.

Thank you for your interest in this opportunity. If you are selected to move forward in the process, we will contact you directly. If you do not hear from us, we encourage you to continue visiting our website for other roles that may be a good fit.

For more information about TEEMA and to consider other career opportunities, please visit our website at www.teemagroup.com