National Controller - Road Logistics and Customs

Kuehne + Nagel AS; Toronto; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a National Road Logistics Controller to join their Finance team in Toronto. This role offers the chance to leverage your financial expertise to support the Road and Customs Logistics Business Unit. You'll be responsible for providing strategic development, ensuring financial accuracy, and driving process improvements. With a focus on collaboration and risk assessment, you'll play a crucial role in fostering profitable growth. Join a dynamic team that values innovation and offers a great compensation package along with opportunities for international career growth in a stable logistics environment.

Benefits

Medical/Dental Benefits

Employee Discounts

Tuition Reimbursement

Excellent Training Programs

Qualifications

• 7-10 years experience in a financial controlling position or senior FP&A role.
• Experience in logistics and freight forwarding environments is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic development and support to ensure financial integrity and profitable growth.
• Analyze financial reports and KPIs to drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Financial Analysis

Strategic Development

Risk Assessment

Cost Savings

Process Improvement

Business Planning

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Finance

Certification in Lean Six Sigma

CMA or CPA designation

Job description

Would you like to launch your career with one of the most successful logistics organizations worldwide? Here at Kuehne+Nagel, our Toronto site is looking for a new National Road Logistics Controller to join our Finance team.

Your Role

As our National Controller supporting our Road and Customs Logistics Business Unit, you will act as the business partner to provide financial expertise, strategic development support and collaboration and robust risk assessment, to drive and challenge sustainable, profitable growth whilst ensuring financial health. To show your financial and business expertise, you will ensure financial transactional accuracy, remain ICS compliant, provide accurate forecasting, and pro actively improve BU processes and efficiencies for our Road and Customs Logistics Business Unit.

Your Responsibilities

• Working as the Financial Business Partner to provide strategic development and support to the road and customs business units to ensure financial integrity, profitable growth and strong KPI health
• Analyze customer and product profitability and monitor with a view to mitigate loss making departments and customers
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to drive and enhance business/product growth
• Analyze financial reports and KPIs and ensure improvement actions taken
• Produce accurate forecast / target in conjunction with the business unit operations
• Identify risks and sensitivities provide guidance and recommendations
• Drive continuous improvement of financial reporting regarding data quality, completeness and relevancy
• Independently process month end closing to ensure accurate revenue, GP and cost recognition, with minimal losses
• Control, monitor and adhere to ICS (internal audit controls) and corporate policies and guidelines
  
  

If you require an accommodation for the recruitment /interview process (including alternate formats of materials, or accessible meeting rooms or other accommodation), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Your Skills and Experiences

• Diploma/Degree in Business or Finance Bachelor’s Degree
• 7-10 years experience in a financialControlling position or senior FP&A role
• Experience in logistics, freight forwarding environments strongly beneficial, particularly in Road Logistics and Customs
• Certification in Lean Six Sigma beneficial
• CMA or CPA designation strongly preferred
• Demonstrable experience incost savings, simplify and improve processes, implement efficiency gains and measure and report on key indicators
• Have independently built business plans, defining gaps and opportunities and assess all risks involved and make decisions
• Flexibility to travel as required to support the Canada National operations

Good Reasons to Join

There has never been a better time to work in logistics. Bring your skills to an industry that offers stability and international career growth. We offer a great compensation and medical/dental benefits package, employee discounts, tuition reimbursement, excellent training programs, and a fun, and interesting global work environment. #LI-KE1