Senior Controller

Socket.dev; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Summerhill Market is seeking a Senior Financial Controller to lead accounting and financial management across retail and food production operations in Toronto. You will oversee month-end close, budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis while driving internal controls and process improvements.

The role requires strong leadership, CPA preferred, extensive experience in financial reporting, budgeting, and cost management in inventory-heavy environments.

Qualifications

• CPA designation strongly preferred.
• Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related discipline.
• Progressive accounting and finance experience, including Controller or senior financial leadership experience.
• Strong experience with financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, analysis, and financial controls.
• Advanced Excel, financial modelling, and accounting/ERP system capabilities.
• Strong leadership, communication, analytical, and business partnering skills.
• Experience within retail, grocery, food manufacturing, CPG, hospitality, or another inventory-intensive business is strongly preferred.
• Experience with production costing, inventory, gross margins, labour, and food manufacturing operations is a significant asset.

Responsibilities

• Lead accounting operations, including month-end/year-end close, reconciliations, financial statements, AP, AR, banking, and general ledger management.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting and provide meaningful analysis to Executive Leadership.
• Lead annual budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning across the organization.
• Analyze sales, gross margin, labour, operating expenses, EBITDA, cash flow, and profitability.
• Develop KPIs, dashboards, and reporting tools to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Partner with Retail, Commissary, Bakery, Purchasing, and Operations leaders to improve financial and operational performance.
• Support our food production operations through analysis of ingredient costs, recipe/product costing, labour, yields, waste, packaging, inventory, and product profitability.
• Analyze performance by store, department, production area, and product category.
• Oversee inventory controls, valuation, shrink, cost of goods sold, and margin analysis.
• Monitor cash flow, liquidity, working capital, and banking relationships.
• Maintain strong accounting policies, financial controls, and risk management processes.
• Support business cases, capital investments, equipment purchases, new products, and operational initiatives with financial analysis.
• Improve accounting, reporting, budgeting, and financial systems through automation and continuous improvement.
• Lead, coach, and develop the Finance and Accounting team.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Analytical

Business partnering

Education

CPA designation

Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related discipline

Tools

Advanced Excel

ERP systems

Financial modelling

Job description

Senior Financial Controller

Location: Toronto, ON
Company: Summerhill Market
Employment: Full-Time

Position Summary

Summerhill Market is seeking an experienced, hands‑on Financial Controller to lead our accounting and financial management functions across our retail and food production operations.

This senior leadership role is responsible for accounting, reporting, budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, internal controls, cash flow, inventory, and costing. The Financial Controller will work closely with Executive Leadership and operational teams to provide meaningful financial insight, strengthen controls, and support continued business growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead accounting operations, including month-end/year-end close, reconciliations, financial statements, AP, AR, banking, and general ledger management.

• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting and provide meaningful analysis to Executive Leadership.

• Lead annual budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning across the organization.

• Analyze sales, gross margin, labour, operating expenses, EBITDA, cash flow, and profitability.

• Develop KPIs, dashboards, and reporting tools to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.

• Partner with Retail, Commissary, Bakery, Purchasing, and Operations leaders to improve financial and operational performance.

• Support our food production operations through analysis of ingredient costs, recipe/product costing, labour, yields, waste, packaging, inventory, and product profitability.

• Analyze performance by store, department, production area, and product category.

• Oversee inventory controls, valuation, shrink, cost of goods sold, and margin analysis.

• Monitor cash flow, liquidity, working capital, and banking relationships.

• Maintain strong accounting policies, financial controls, and risk management processes.

• Support business cases, capital investments, equipment purchases, new products, and operational initiatives with financial analysis.

• Improve accounting, reporting, budgeting, and financial systems through automation and continuous improvement.

• Lead, coach, and develop the Finance and Accounting team.

Qualifications

• CPA designation strongly preferred.

• Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related discipline.

• Progressive accounting and finance experience, including Controller or senior financial leadership experience.

• Strong experience with financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, analysis, and financial controls.

• Advanced Excel, financial modelling, and accounting/ERP system capabilities.

• Strong leadership, communication, analytical, and business partnering skills.

• Experience within retail, grocery, food manufacturing, CPG, hospitality, or another inventory-intensive business is strongly preferred.

• Experience with production costing, inventory, gross margins, labour, and food manufacturing operations is a significant asset.

What We're Looking For

We're looking for someone who goes beyond reporting the numbers. The ideal candidate understands the business behind the financials, asks the right questions, identifies risks and opportunities, and translates data into practical recommendations.

This is an opportunity to become a trusted financial partner to Summerhill Market's leadership team while helping strengthen our financial systems, controls, reporting, and decision-making as we continue to grow.