Corporate Controller

ML6 Search + Talent Advisory; Vaughan; On-site; CAD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The client is seeking a Corporate Controller in Canada for a national, multi-branch field services platform undergoing growth. This hands-on finance leader will own close processes, reporting, and controls while partnering with operational leaders to enable scale.

Responsibilities include leading external audits, improving financial systems, managing working capital, and supporting M&A integration. CPA designation and 5+ years in progressively responsible roles are required.

Qualifications

• CPA designation with 5+ years of progressive accounting experience.
• Experience owning month-end close, financial reporting, and external audit processes.
• Hands-on FP&A experience across budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial modelling.
• Demonstrated ability to build and improve processes, controls, and financial systems in a growing environment.
• Strong Excel and systems fluency with a knack for automation.

Responsibilities

• Own the month-end and year-end close, financial statements, reporting packages, and accounting across multiple entities and provinces.
• Lead the company’s first external audit, fiscal year-end transition, and ongoing tax and statutory compliance.
• Build and strengthen internal controls, accounting processes, and financial infrastructure as the business scales.
• Own working capital, including billing, collections, DSO, unbilled WIP, cash forecasting, and liquidity management.
• Partner with the VP Finance on budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, operating models, and KPI reporting.
• Drive finance systems improvement, automation, ERP implementation, and elimination of manual processes.
• Support M&A due diligence and accounting integration of acquired businesses, including opening balances, chart of accounts, and controls.
• Lead and develop the accounting team while partnering with branch and operational leaders to improve financial performance.

Skills

Month-end close

Financial reporting

FP&A

Process improvement

Team leadership

Excel

Systems fluency

Automation

Budgeting

Forecasting

Education

CPA designation

Tools

Power BI

Power Query

ERP systems

Job description

Our client is a Canadian multi-branch field services platform that has recently partnered with a leading Canadian private equity sponsor to build a national platform through organic growth and acquisition. The business is entering a significant period of growth, and the finance function is being rebuilt to support the next stage of the organization.

This is a newly created Corporate Controller position and the senior-most accounting role within the organization. Reporting directly to the VP, Finance & Strategic Operations, this individual will have broad responsibility across controllership, financial reporting, FP&A, controls, working capital, systems, and acquisition integration.

This is a hands-on opportunity for a finance leader who enjoys building processes, improving systems, and partnering directly with operational leaders in a growing, entrepreneurial environment.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Own the month-end and year-end close, financial statements, reporting packages, and accounting across multiple entities and provinces.
• Lead the company’s first external audit, fiscal year-end transition, and ongoing tax and statutory compliance.
• Build and strengthen the company’s internal controls, accounting processes, and financial infrastructure as the business scales.
• Own working capital, including billing, collections, DSO, unbilled WIP, cash forecasting, and liquidity management.
• Partner with the VP Finance on budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, operating models, and KPI reporting.
• Drive finance systems improvement, automation, ERP implementation, and the elimination of manual processes.
• Support M&A due diligence and accounting integration of acquired businesses, including opening balances, chart of accounts, and controls.
• Lead and develop the accounting team while partnering with branch and operational leaders to improve financial performance.

What You’ll Need to Be Successful:

• CPA designation with 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including senior accounting or controllership responsibility.
• Strong experience owning month-end close, financial reporting, and external audit processes.
• Hands-on FP&A experience across budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial modelling.
• Demonstrated ability to build and improve processes, controls, and financial systems in a growing or evolving environment.
• Strong Excel and systems fluency, with an ability to identify opportunities for automation and process improvement.
• Experience in private equity, M&A, multi-entity reporting, or a distributed/branch-based operating environment is an asset.
• Experience with ERP implementations, job costing/WIP, Power BI, Power Query, or similar tools is an asset.
• A hands-on, commercially curious leader who is comfortable working with operational leaders, navigating ambiguity, and building structure in a fast-growing environment.

Compensation Range: $130,000 - $160,000 base salary + bonus