ASSISTANT CONTROLLER

Are you ready to take on a new and exciting Assistant Controller opportunity with my highly valued client in the distribution industry?

Objectives

• To produce, review; analyze monthly and annual financial statements in accordance with Canadian ASPE (consolidated, for Canadian and US entities) and IFRS SME (Barbados entities) and report to executive management in a timely manner.
• To maintain the General Ledger by ensuring it is complete and accurate.
• To comply with routine monthly, quarterly, yearly financial statutory reporting and remittances.
• To manage and monitor cash inflows and outflows and ensure there is sufficient cash to fund company operations
• Team leadership of the Accounts Payable team, and also leadership support of Receivables team
• Management level reporting to executive management and Board of Directors; improving existing reporting tailored to precise management information needs
• Support for the Controller, and filling gap tasks on behalf of the Controller

Financial Reporting and Analysis

• Prepare and analyse monthly and yearly financial reports at entity level and at consolidation level.
• Prepare and submit monthly, quarterly, and annual surveys to Statistics Canada.
• Prepare and remit monthly, quarterly, and annual sales tax to Canada Revenue Agency (GST, QST, PST, SK, MB).
• Prepare and remit quarterly Sales Use Tax in Nevada and California.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly royalty reporting and payments
• Establishing and maintaining internal controls
• Managing all aspects of the general ledger

FP&A

• Collaborate with department managers on department budget relating to SG&A
• Collaborate with Director, Financial Analyst on inventory valuation and Cost of Goods Sold

Treasury

• Prepare reports on monthly bank covenant compliance
• Monitor security margin and LIBOR loans, and adjust borrowing
• Review bank reconciliations
• Coordinate with banks
  • ACH/EFT payment setup and monitoring
  • LIBOR loan borrowing
  • Set-up and close bank accounts

Annual Audit Report and Taxation:

• Coordinate with external auditors/tax preparers
  • PBC requests
  • Annual Audits (in Canada and Barbados)
  • Canadian and US Tax Preparations

Other:

• Supervise and mentor staff

Qualifications:

• CPA designation (minimum 4 years post qualification).
• Experience in large, multi-entity, multi-currency, international companies preferred.
• Experience using Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains and other complex ERP system preferred.
• Experience in accruals of program costs, and program costs management preferred
• Ability to supervise staff, work with limited supervision, and manage workload.
• Resourceful, enthusiastic, progressive thinker and not afraid to bring new ideas to the table.
• Previous supervisory experience required.
• Advanced Excel (VLookUp & Pivot Tables) and data analysis skills