Senior Controller (Vaughan)

CONTRACT: 6 months, with robust potential for permanent START DATE: ASAP SETUP: Hybrid, 3 days/weeks in office Key Responsibilities - Manage daily financial operations, including ledger maintenance, payroll coordination, payables, receivables, account reconciliations, and reporting obligations. - Prepare and review periodic financial reports, ensuring accurate analysis of business performance and operational results. - Coordinate financial close activities and support audit preparation through detailed schedules and supporting documentation. - Ensure adherence to applicable accounting standards, regulatory requirements, and reporting obligations across multiple jurisdictions. - Maintain and strengthen internal financial controls, policies, and operational procedures. - Monitor and manage financial areas such as inventory, fixed assets, vendor accounts, customer balances, and cash management activities. - Support ongoing improvements to financial systems, ERP platforms, and reporting processes. - Identify efficiencies and contribute to process enhancement initiatives across the finance function. - Assist with forecasting, budgeting, liquidity planning, and financial modeling activities. - Provide leadership teams with financial insights to support operational and strategic decisions. - Supervise and support finance personnel through coaching, training, performance management, and team development initiatives. - Coordinate departmental priorities, staffing support, and workflow planning to ensure timelines are achieved. - Work collaboratively with internal departments and external stakeholders on finance-related initiatives and reporting requirements. - Contribute to special projects and additional responsibilities as required. Qualifications - Accounting designation. - Experience at the Senior Controller or Director level. - Previous exposure to manufacturing, distribution, or operationally focused environments. - Prior experience with large ERPs (i.e. SAP, NetSuite, MS Dynamics, Oracle) - Ability to analyze financial data and provide meaningful operational recommendations. - Strong leadership, organizational, communication, and problem-solving abilities. JOB ID: 479399 ----- DISCLAIMERS ----- This position for employment is for a current vacancy with Highspring’s client. You must currently reside within the Greater Toronto Area and be permitted to work in Canada to be considered for this opportunity. A recruiter will be in touch with you if your profile meets our client’s requirements for this role. By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present you as a candidate for the foregoing position. Additionally, you agree to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. Lastly, you also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal. Vaco by Highspring values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of colour, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply. 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