Assistant Controller

Dumas; Timmins; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading underground mining contractor is seeking an Assistant Controller to join their finance team in Timmins. This role involves managing financial processes, ensuring compliance, and providing critical analysis to support profitability. The ideal candidate will have a strong accounting background, knowledge of IFRS, and the ability to work within a team while managing various financial duties.

Qualifications

• Working towards a CPA designation is required.
• Minimum 3 years accounting experience, preferably in mining or contracting.
• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, science, or business-related field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial analyses to support Controller and department heads.
• Assist in developing accounting controls and ensure policy compliance.
• Prepare and maintain operating and capital lease schedules.

Skills

Knowledge of IFRS

ERP systems

Excel

Problem-solving

Analytical skills

English language skills

Spanish language skills

Education

Professional accounting designation

Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting

Job description

Assistant Controller

Take on the challenges and rewards of a career that will take you far.

Dumas is a leading full-service underground mining contractor operating in the Americas. The company’s client list includes some of the world’s largest and most respected mining companies. Dumas is the contractor of choice for the most technically challenging underground projects, including mine construction, full-scale mine development, production mining, mine services and engineering.

Take on a role as an integral member of the Dumas finance team, by actively contributing to the profitability and strategic direction of the company. The Assistant Controller will assist in the management of the business financial processes and systems in compliance with Company policy, and as appropriate, government and other independent financial organizations regulations. The primary focus will be on general ledger and fixed asset register activity, but also assist the controller in developing appropriate policies, procedures and guidelines or reports to support the Controller and operational department heads.

Position Title:

Division:

Dumas Contracting Ltd.

Department:

Finance

Location:

Timmins

Reports to:

Financial Controller

Assistant Controller

The Assistant Controller will assist in the management of the business financial processes and systems in compliance with Company policy, and as appropriate, government and other independent financial organizations regulations. The primary focus will be on general ledger and fixed asset register activity, but also assist the controller in developing appropriate policies, procedures and guidelines or reports to support the Controller and operational department heads.

SPECIFIC DUTIES ANDRESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide financial analyses to support the Controller and department heads.
• Assist in the development of accounting controls and ensuring policy compliance.
• In the Controller’s absence, approve and control regular expenses.
• Prepare and maintain operating and capital lease schedules and fixed asset register.
• Month end tasks as assigned including preparation of account reconciliations, fixed asset continuity schedules and review of work prepared by other accounting staff.
• Calculating hourly depreciation of equipment, monthly depreciation run and other fixed assets accounting.
• Making project job costing or GL entries in system as part of month end process.
• Preparing capital spending requests and updating reports of capital spending.
• Assist with the annual audit information preparation.
• Assist in preparation of income and retail sales tax.
• Perform other ad hoc duties that may be assigned.

COMPETENCIES, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:

• Knowledge of IFRS is required.
• Knowledge of ERP systems is required (Sage 300 preferred but not required).
• Must possess a strong understanding of and practical use of Excel, including pivot tables, and able to demonstrate good financial modeling skills.
• The successful candidate will be self-directed and have the ability to use sound judgment when setting priorities and meeting deadlines.
• He or she will possess and be able to demonstrate excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong English language skills, both written and spoken required, some Spanish would be an asset.

WORK EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATIONAL LEVEL:

• A professional accounting designation or working towards a CPA designation and well along that path is required.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or any science or business-related field is preferred.
• Minimum 3 years of accounting experience, preferably in mining, contracting industries or from big four audit firms.