Financial Controller

Plant Products; Leamington; On-site; CAD 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated finance professional to oversee accounting and reporting activities. This role involves ensuring compliance with accounting frameworks, managing financial records, and providing analytical insights into financial statements. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication and organizational skills, along with advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel. This dynamic workplace offers opportunities for personal growth, work-life balance, and a clear path for career advancement within a supportive team environment. If you are passionate about finance and eager to make a difference, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Learning and development opportunities

Commitment to work-life balance

Opportunities for global advancement

Fun and dynamic workplace

Qualifications

• CPA designation or intent to pursue CPA designation is an asset.
• Advanced knowledge in Microsoft Excel is essential.

Responsibilities

• Oversee finance, accounting, and reporting activities ensuring compliance.
• Prepare and post journal entries and assist with annual budgets.

Skills

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Analytical Skills

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Education

CPA designation

Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting

Tools

Microsoft Excel

ERP Systems

Job description

Whether you’re an employee or customer, our mission is to ensure you’re provided with everything you need to grow. Plant Products is proud to be the partner of choice for farms throughout Canada and the USA.

If you are a team player with a strong work ethic, a self-starter, and passionate about making a difference, then you are exactly who we are looking for!

What you'll do

Responsible for oversight of finance, accounting, and reporting activities. This includes, but is not limited to:

1. Overseeing accounts, ledgers, account mappings, and reporting systems ensuring compliance with appropriate accounting frameworks and regulatory requirements.
2. A hands-on approach to period-end close, including ERP System rollover as well as any necessary cleanup.
3. Completion of all local-level and group-level reporting, in adherence with the required timelines.
4. Proactive analysis of monthly financial statements for the business including analysis of any established KPIs.
5. Completion of necessary balance-sheet reconciliations and ensuring that the general ledger, subledgers, and other financial records are accurately maintained.
6. Review the monthly reconciliation of intercompany purchases, sales, and closing balances.
7. Prepare and post journal entries, adjusting journal entries, accruals and reversing entries if and when required.
8. Development of annual budgets, both locally and for group reporting purposes.
9. Oversee ESG and other regulatory reporting, as required.
10. Supervise inventory and costing adjustments, as well as production costing.
11. Support the design and creation of ad-hoc reports and KPIs.
12. Coordinate with external auditors and tax consultants, and oversee the completion of any necessary tax returns and payments as required.
13. Participate in ongoing review of cash needs and short-term and long-term cash flow forecasting.
14. Participate in AR collections meetings.
15. Assist in the administration of year-end inventory counts.
16. Ensure compliance with internal control policies, guidelines, and procedures, and recommend changes where appropriate.
17. Provide backup to other departmental functions as necessary.
18. Provide support to CFO and other senior management with reporting and other duties, as assigned.
19. Maintain absolute confidentiality with respect to all business-related information, including from co-workers, where appropriate.
20. Assist with the development of other finance team members by leveraging their strengths and helping to clarify roles and responsibilities, to maximize organizational and individual goals.

What you’ve done

• CPA designation or intent to pursue CPA designation an asset.
• Excellent written and oral English language communication skills.
• The ability to prioritize, organize, and manage workload, adapting to changes as they occur.
• Advanced knowledge in Microsoft Excel.
• Willingness to perform cross-functional tasks as needed to achieve departmental goals.
• Willingness to periodically travel to off-site locations as necessary.

What we offer

• Learning and development opportunities.
• A strong commitment to enabling work-life balance.
• We are open to training junior candidates from school and/or hiring and fully utilizing more senior candidates.
• Compensation will be adjusted based on the experience of the selected candidate.
• A fun and dynamic place to work, where the successful candidate can see a path to a long-term career.
• As part of the Biofirst Group we have many opportunities for global advancement.