Corporate Controller

Rohit Group; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Rohit Group, a leading Canadian real estate development and investment organization, seeks a Corporate Controller to own the accounting function, standardize controls, and lead payroll and tax compliance absorption planned for 2027. You will partner with the Director of Accounting and other senior leaders to drive transformation, improve processes, and ensure accurate reporting.

Reporting to the Director of Accounting, you will shape the close process, manage audits, and oversee multiple

Qualifications

• CPA designation and a degree in accounting, finance, business or a related field.
• Ten or more years of progressive accounting experience, including senior responsibility for reporting, controls, audit or accounting operations.
• Experience in real estate, construction, property development, investment or another complex, project-based environment is an asset.
• Strong technical accounting, audit leadership, internal control and process-improvement experience.
• Experience with ERP, reporting, analytics or automation initiatives; Microsoft Dynamics 365 experience is preferred.
• A clear, practical leadership style and a record of building capable teams and repeatable processes.
• A valid driver’s license is an asset; no travel outside Edmonton is required.

Responsibilities

• Own the accounting control, compliance and quality framework for a complex, multi-entity organization.
• Own day-to-day sales-tax and corporate-income-tax compliance, filing calendars, notices, remittances and the external tax accountant relationship, while partnering with the Director of Tax Planning on executing long-term tax strategy.
• Lead technical accounting positions and memos for complex transactions and judgmental matters.
• Own the audit strategy, timetable, escalations and path to timely sign-off.
• Set standards for close governance, reconciliations, journal entries, working papers and reporting quality.
• Lead the Financial Reporting Manager, Accounts Payable Manager and Payroll Analyst, absorb Tax Compliance by Q2 2027; payroll transition by Q1 2027.
• Oversee AP controls, vendor readiness, payment runs, Dynamics and Yardi subledgers, Concur, reconciliations and construction-payment compliance.
• Help design transformation initiatives across Dynamics, Fabric and the migration of consolidated reporting out of Solver; bank reconciliation, Concur and corporate-card processes.
• Transformation Controller leads execution through the Accounting Continuous Improvement team.
• Build SOPs, onboarding checklists, capability plans and succession depth across Accounting.
• Advise executive and divisional leaders on accounting risk, process design, systems and reporting decisions.

Skills

Senior leadership

Accounting leadership

Tax compliance

Audit leadership

Internal controls

Process improvement

ERP systems (Dynamics 365)

Education

CPA designation

Accounting/Finance degree

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics 365

Yardi

Concur

Job description

Rohit Group is a fully diversified Canadian real estate development and investment organization with more than $1.3 billion in assets under management and annual revenue above $500 million. We deliver homes, serviced lots, rental communities, commercial assets and infrastructure across Canada, and we are building the operating capacity to more than double our assets under management by 2032.

We are looking for a Corporate Controller to own the quality, discipline and evolution of our Accounting function. This is a senior leadership role for someone who can combine technical accounting judgment with practical operating leadership: setting the framework, leading the audit relationship, improving controls and working papers, and turning systems and process opportunities into measurable gains.

The Role

Reporting to the Director of Accounting, you will be accountable for overall day-to-day Accounting delivery, payroll oversight and the planned absorption of Tax Compliance.

Due to an ongoing reorganization, the Corporate Controller will absorb Payroll by Q1 2027 and Tax Compliance by Q2 2027.

You will lead the Accounting framework and sponsor transformation and productivity improvements while partnering closely with the Financial Reporting Manager, who leads close execution and reporting delivery.

You will also partner with the Director of Tax Planning, who owns long-term tax strategy; the Transformation Controller, who leads the Accounting Continuous Improvement team and reports to the Director of Accounting; and the FP&A Lead, who reports to the Director of Accounting.

What You Will Do

• Own the accounting control, compliance and quality framework for a complex, multi-entity organization.
• Own day-to-day sales-tax and corporate-income-tax compliance, filing calendars, notices, remittances and the external tax accountant relationship, while partnering with the Director of Tax Planning on executing long-term tax strategy.
• Lead technical accounting positions and memos for complex transactions and judgmental matters.
• Own the audit strategy, timetable, escalations and path to timely sign-off.
• Set standards for close governance, reconciliations, journal entries, working papers and reporting quality.
• Lead the Financial Reporting Manager, Accounts Payable Manager and Payroll Analyst, and absorb the Tax Compliance function by Q2 2027. The Payroll function will transition under the Corporate Controller by Q1 2027.
• Partner with the Transformation Controller, who leads the Accounting Continuous Improvement team and reports to the Director of Accounting.
• Oversee AP controls, vendor readiness, payment runs, Dynamics and Yardi subledgers, Concur, reconciliations and construction-payment compliance.
• Help design and sponsor transformation initiatives across Dynamics, Fabric and the migration of consolidated reporting out of Solver before Finance & IT decommissions it, as well as bank reconciliation, Concur and corporate-card processes.
• The Transformation Controller leads execution through the Accounting Continuous Improvement team.
• Build SOPs, onboarding checklists, capability plans and succession depth across Accounting.
• Advise executive and divisional leaders on accounting risk, process design, systems and reporting decisions.

What You Bring

• CPA designation and a degree in accounting, finance, business or a related field.
• Ten or more years of progressive accounting experience, including senior responsibility for reporting, controls, audit or accounting operations.
• Experience in real estate, construction, property development, investment or another complex, project-based environment is an asset.
• Strong technical accounting, audit leadership, internal control and process-improvement experience.
• Experience with ERP, reporting, analytics or automation initiatives; Microsoft Dynamics 365 experience is preferred.
• A clear, practical leadership style and a record of building capable teams and repeatable processes.
• A valid driver’s license is an asset; no travel outside Edmonton is required.

What You Are Measured On

• Results are accurate, complete and published on time.
• The annual audit is planned, controlled and signed off without avoidable late surprises.
• Sales-tax and corporate-income-tax filings and remittances are complete, timely, supported and escalated appropriately.
• AP payments, subledgers, vendor files and construction-payment controls are accurate, compliant and audit-ready.
• Controls, reconciliations and working papers are consistent, traceable and audit-ready.
• Transformation initiatives produce measurable improvements in efficiency, quality or risk reduction.
• Accounting has the capability, coverage and succession depth required for Rohit’s growth.