Controller

Regal Rexnord; City of Langley; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Regal Rexnord is seeking an experienced Controller for a six‑month contract, onsite at Thomson Power Systems. The role partners with plant and finance leadership, guiding month‑end closes, reporting, and cost control while ensuring GAAP compliance.

Hands‑on leadership, SAP proficiency and cross‑functional collaboration are essential. You will manage payroll, AP/AR, budgets, and variance analysis, with potential for extension to permanent.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in operational accounting.
• Hands-on experience with SAP or similar ERP systems.
• Five years of supervisory/leadership experience preferred.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Direct the accounting department activities in accordance with GAAP, including month-end close, budgets, forecasts, and internal controls.
• Review and approve daily/monthly revenue recognition and payroll activities.
• Ensure timely submission of corporate reporting requirements and timely variance analysis.
• Participate in SAP ERP implementation and support plant management with reporting improvements.
• Collaborate with operations, finance and external auditors to drive cost control and process improvements.

Skills

GAAP knowledge

Leadership

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance

Tools

SAP

MRP

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Work Model: This is a fully onsite role, with work performed at your designated Regal Rexnord office.
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At Thomson Power Systems, strong financial governance is essential to supporting our operations and growth. We are seeking an experienced Controller to join our Finance team on a six‑month contract, with the potential for extension to permanent, to support business continuity. This role will provide hands‑on accounting leadership and ensure the accuracy and integrity of our financial operations.
The Controller position functions primarily as a business partner for plant and financial management but is also required to be hands‑on and highly interactive with operations & commercial leadership as well as with Division, corporate finance and external audit firms.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Direct the activities of the accounting department (in accordance with GAAP guidelines) including personnel assignments, month end close, budgets, forecasts, and continuous improvement programs within the department. Coordinate accounts payable, receivable, and payroll functions.
• Review and approval of daily/monthly over-time revenue recognition.
• Direct and approves the payroll activity in the Finance Department.
• Ensure timely, accurate submission of all corporate reporting requirements.
• Monthly completion of variance analysis, evaluation of financial performance and identification of cost over-runs or cost reduction opportunities including product costing, department budgets and inventory value.
• Maintain actual costing system and internal controls.
• Participate in the implementation of the SAP ERP system
• Support to other departments to facilitate process improvements as related to info systems and business process reporting.
• Participate & contribute as member of the plant management staff including decision making, policy development, strategic planning and plant functions or presentations.
• Develop, through team participation, methods and procedures to increase productivity and improve service.
  

Critical Competencies
To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.

• Fluent in computer use of MRP or SAP software packages.
• Fluent using Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Access.
• Experience with using Power BI
• Ability to analyze situations and react in an appropriate and timely manner.
• Excellent verbal, writing and people skills.
• Have a “can-do” attitude and not be afraid to “roll their sleeves up” if the business/team(s) require it.
  

Education And Experience Requirements

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in accounting or a finance field required.
• Minimum 7 years’ experience in operational accounting required, preferably in a manufacturing environment
• Hands on experience utilizing a computerized MRP system such as SAP.
• Five years supervisory/leadership experience preferred.
  

About Regal Rexnord
Regal Rexnord is a publicly held global industrial manufacturer with 30,000 associates around the world who help create a better tomorrow by providing sustainable solutions that power, transmit and control motion. The Company’s electric motors and air moving subsystems provide the power to create motion. A portfolio of highly engineered power transmission components and subsystems efficiently transmits motion to power industrial applications. The Company’s automation offering, comprised of controls, actuators, drives, and precision motors, controls motion in applications ranging from factory automation to precision control in surgical tools.
The Company’s end markets benefit from meaningful secular demand tailwinds, and include factory automation, food & beverage, aerospace, medical, data center, warehouse, alternative energy, residential and commercial buildings, general industrial, construction, metals and mining, and agriculture.
Regal Rexnord is comprised of three operating segments: Industrial Powertrain Solutions, Power Efficiency Solutions, and Automation & Motion Control. Regal Rexnord has offices and manufacturing, sales and service facilities worldwide. For more information, including a copy of our Sustainability Report, visit RegalRexnord.com.
Notification to Agencies: Please note that Regal Rexnord Corporation and its affiliates and subsidiaries ("Regal Rexnord") do not accept unsolicited resumes or calls from third-party recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Master Service Agreement or similar contract and approval from HR to submit resumes for a specific requisition, Regal Rexnord will not consider or approve payment to any third-parties for hires made.