Senior Financial Controller — Close to Operations & Growth

Elby Professional Recruitment; Shelburne; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Group insurance benefits

RRSP match

Job summary

Our client, a growing agri-food group with operations across Ontario, seeks a Senior Financial Controller to build a financial function close to operations. You will have direct access to senior management to influence decisions and streamline reporting.

The role offers on-site, permanent employment with a strong focus on process improvement, controls, and collaboration with multi-entity entities in Ontario. You will lead the accounting team and drive strategic financial initiatives.

Qualifications

• CPA designation and university accounting degree.
• 10+ years of financial control experience, ideally in multi-entity environments.
• Experience supervising an accounting team.
• Strong Excel and ERP skills (Sage); Power BI is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly and annual close, including general ledger review and validation of accounting entries.
• Prepare financial statements, bank reconciliations and intercompany reconciliations.
• Maintain and improve accounting policies and financial procedures.
• Oversee expense approvals, payments and significant entries, with clear responsibilities to reduce error and fraud risk.
• Coordinate external audits and keep tax, regulatory and documentation requirements on track.
• Lead and support the accounting team, keeping closing deadlines on schedule.
• Standardize reports, procedures and ways of working across the Ontario entities.
• Contribute to annual budgets and forecasts, and analyze variances against actuals.
• Track costs, margins and profitability by activity, customer, product or entity.
• Build dashboards and KPIs that help management make decisions.
• Flag financial and operational risks and recommend practical improvements.
• Support banking files, audits and special projects.
• Bring AI and automation into reporting and finance processes.

Skills

Financial controls

Accounting leadership

Advanced Excel

ERP systems (Sage)

Power BI (asset)

Education

University degree in accounting

CPA designation

Tools

Sage

Power BI

Job description

Our client, a growing agri-food group with operations across Ontario, seeks a Senior Financial Controller to build a financial function close to operations. You will have direct access to senior management to influence decisions and streamline reporting.

The role offers on-site, permanent employment with a strong focus on process improvement, controls, and collaboration with multi-entity entities in Ontario. You will lead the accounting team and drive strategic financial initiatives.