Controller

Bradford Greenhouses Limited; Barrie; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A family-owned business in Barrie, ON is looking for a Controller to lead financial operations and ensure compliance. Candidates must have a CPA designation, extensive accounting experience, and knowledge of ERP systems. The role includes safeguarding assets, preparing financial reports, and mentoring the finance team within a collaborative work environment.

Benefits

Health/dental benefits

Employee discounts

Job advancement opportunities

Supplemental training

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of accounting experience, ideally with 5+ years in a management role.
• Strong knowledge of Canadian tax regulations and financial reporting.
• Experience in the manufacturing industry is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Safeguard the assets by maintaining proper internal controls.
• Lead preparation of financial statements, budgets, and reports.
• Ensure compliance with tax and reporting requirements.
• Supervise all accounting functions and the finance team.

Skills

Professional accounting designation (CPA)

Strong knowledge of Canadian GAAP

Proven experience with ERP systems

Advanced Microsoft office skills

Ability to motivate teams

Experience with Power BI

Education

University degree in Accounting/Business/Finance

Tools

Microsoft Navision

Quick Books

Job description

Bradford Greenhouses, awarded Canada’s Best Managed Companies since 2018, is a long-established family owned and operated business dating back to 1961, carrying with us for sixty plus years traditional values of integrity and commitment to customer service engrained by the founder Francis Ferragine.

We are well renowned as a retail/wholesale leader and a good responsible corporate citizen in Central Ontario.

Environmentally friendly; Bradford Greenhouses capture rainwater in cisterns for plant watering, heat glass houses with natural solar heat, engage in plastic product recycling, retailer’s plastic collection/recycle program, heat recovery systems on boilers, and composting organic materials for garden soils.

Community aware Bradford Greenhouses is fortunate to provide community support through such items as the Poinsettia Program (school fundraiser), and golf tournament (Roots for Youth Foundation).

Believing that diversity brings in creativity and teamwork, we annually hire a great mix of students, retirees, regular full time, seniors, and seasonal staff who better serve our diverse community.

Bradford Greenhouses offers health/dental benefits, employee discounts, job advancement opportunities, supplemental training, wrapped in a culture of learning and empowering people to be motivated toward company goals.

Here we GROW again! We are looking for an experienced Controller to join our Corporate Finance team in Barrie, ON. Successful candidates hold integrity and accountability while being passionate about driving financial performance and strategic initiatives.

Summary

The Controller is a strategic and hands-on individual. This role is responsible for safeguarding the assets of the business, overseeing all fiscal and fiduciary responsibilities for the organization. The Controller plays a crucial role in managing the financial operations of the group of companies.

Job Duties

• Safeguard the assets of the group of companies by maintaining, improving, creating and testing proper internal controls
• Lead the preparation of all monthly, quarterly and yearly financial statements, budgets and report. This includes managing the budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis processes, as well as overseeing cash flow management, banking operations, and debt compliance.
• Ensuring reporting is completed to meet company deadlines so that information can be properly used as a meaningful tool to help in the reviews of company performance with the leadership team
• Supervise all accounting functions, A/R, A/P, billing, general ledger, inventory, etc.
• You will ensure compliance with local, provincial, federal tax and reporting requirements as well as bank reporting requirements.
• Serve as an active member of the leadership team contributing to direction and goals of the organizations
• Leading and mentoring the finance team, providing clear direction, development and providing regular feedback both positive and constructive
• Assist in ERP system implementation and optimization.
• Lead all external audits, internal audits as well a providing all documentation required.

Requirements

• Professional accounting designation (CPA), university degree in Accounting/Business/Finance, with 5-10 years of accounting experience, ideally including a minimum of 5+ years of management level industry experience.
• Strong knowledge of Canadian GAAP, Tax regulations, and financial reporting standards.
• Proven experience with ERP systems is required; Microsoft Navision/Business Central/Quick Books is a definite asset.
• Advanced Microsoft office skills are required (e.g. pivot table, VLOOKUP).
• Experience with Power BI would be an asset.
• Ability to motivate teams to produce quality information and simultaneously manage several projects.
• Experience in the manufacturing industry is highly desirable.