Finance Controller

Stoakley-Stewart Consultants Ltd.; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Stoakley-Stewart Consultants Ltd. in Mississauga, ON, is seeking a hands-on Finance Controller to lead the finance and accounting functions on-site.

You will guide a multi-person team, strengthen controls, improve reporting, and provide leadership with practical financial insight to support decision-making. The role emphasizes accuracy, urgency, and collaboration with cross-functional partners in a fast-moving transportation and logistics environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a Finance Manager/Controller or similar senior finance role.
• Experience independently leading an accounting or finance team.
• Strong knowledge of accounting practices, corporate tax regulations, and internal controls.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day leadership of finance and accounting functions (AP, AR, billing, payroll, GL, month-end close).
• Prepare monthly/ quarterly/ annual financial statements and cash flow analyses.
• Monitor cash flow, identify deficiencies, and provide timely visibility of financial risk and performance.
• Improve financial processes and internal controls; recommend practical efficiency improvements.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a multi-person accounting team.
• Prepare and present financial reports to leadership, auditors, and stakeholders.

Skills

Team Leadership

Budgeting

Forecasting

Cash Flow Management

Variance Analysis

Financial Reporting

Internal Controls

Process Improvement

Communication

Job description

Mississauga, ON | On-Site

Job ID 10576

Company Description

Our client, seeking a Finance Controller in Mississauga, Ontario (on-site), is a well-established transportation and logistics organization with a strong operating footprint in container movement, storage, and freight-related services. The company supports customers that depend on reliable movement of goods, accurate documentation, disciplined cost control, and responsive service across a busy transportation environment.

Compensation

A lucrative and comprehensive compensation package is on offer.

The Opportunity

This is a hands-on, permanent, full-time, Finance Controller role for someone who enjoys being close to the business, not tucked away from it.

The successful candidate will oversee finance and accounting operations, guide a multi-person accounting team, strengthen controls, improve reporting, manage cash flow visibility, and help leadership make better decisions with better financial information.

This position is especially well-suited to a finance leader who has worked in transportation, trucking, logistics, shipping containers, or a similarly fast-moving operational environment. The work will require accuracy and structure, but also judgment, urgency, communication, and the ability to support different departments with practical financial insight.

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Position Description

The Finance Controller will be responsible for the day-to-day leadership of the finance and accounting function, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing, payroll, internal audit support, reconciliations, general ledger work, journal entries, month-end close, year-end close, and financial reporting.

This person will prepare monthly financial indicators, monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements, cash flow analyses, budget variance reporting, and other financial tools required by leadership and operating teams. The role will also involve monitoring cash flow, identifying potential deficiencies, and ensuring management has timely visibility into financial risk, cost pressures, and operational performance.

A key part of the mandate will be improving financial processes and internal controls. The Finance Controller will assess current procedures, identify duplicated reporting or inefficient workflows, support cost control initiatives, and recommend practical improvements that help the business operate more effectively.

The role will also provide leadership to the accounting team. This includes mentoring staff, involving team members in higher-level discussions where appropriate, supporting performance and development, and helping hire, train, and retain strong accounting talent.

The Finance Controller will also prepare and present financial reports to key stakeholders, including leadership, auditors, and other parties involved in financial review or investment-related decisions.

Experience

The ideal candidate will bring progressive finance and accounting experience in a role with team leadership responsibility.

• 5+ years in a Finance Manager, Controller, or similar senior finance role
• Experience independently leading an accounting or finance team
• Budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management, and variance analysis experience
• Hands-on involvement with financial statements, reconciliations, month-end close, year-end close, GL entries, and journal entries
• Experience with cost control, financial reporting, internal controls, and process improvement
• Transportation, trucking, logistics, shipping container, or similar operational industry experience is strongly preferred
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities and deadline-sensitive reporting

Qualifications

The successful candidate will have strong technical accounting ability combined with the confidence to lead people, challenge processes, and communicate financial information clearly.

• Strong knowledge of accounting practices, financial techniques, local accounting rules, and tax requirements
• Strong knowledge of corporate tax regulations
• Ability to lead, mentor, and develop a multi-person accounting team