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Corporate Controller

Employment Permanent Date display: 25/09/2024 #Ref.: 118

City : Montréal

Province / State : Quebec

Job description :

Reporting to the Group Chief Financial Officer, the Corporate Controller is responsible for all management control activities under their responsibility to ensure proper management of the P&L (with a focus on accounting margin) and the balance sheet, with particular attention to working capital requirements (WCR) and its financing.

Main Responsibilities

MANAGEMENT CONTROL

  • Drafts, adapts, and updates management control procedures in line with Group procedures.
  • Conducts subsidiary reviews on the application of management procedures in subsidiaries.
  • Controls, in conjunction with the financial teams in the area, the knowledge and application of management rules.
  • Participates with the CFO in the preparation of forecasts.

MARGIN MONITORING AND FRAMING

  • Ensures the monitoring and reliability of information related to commercial margins, transportation costs, supplier discounts, and any other elements influencing profitability.
  • Controls purchase price deviations and specific price agreements (valuation, tracking of credit requests, discrepancy between requests/credits received).
  • Controls rebates granted to customers and those given by suppliers.

STOCKS AND INVENTORIES

  • Ensures that goods receipt operations are correctly processed, using available tools and control statements on the commercial/stock management tool.
  • Monitors/controls stock indicators (number of active, dormant, inactive days) and associated action plans.
  • Controls the proper application of specific stock monitoring procedures.

TEAM SUPERVISION

  • Supervises teams on management control topics.
  • Acts as the main contact in Canada with Group finance teams.
  • Will participate in the deployment of the Group’s financial tools (e.g., implementation of SAP4HANA) in Canada.
  • Supervises the production of budgets and forecasts for various companies in collaboration with financial controllers.

Skills and qualifications :

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance and/or Accounting
  • CPA designation required
  • Minimum 10 years in accounting, including 3 to 7 years in a similar position
  • Knowledge of management control tools/principles
  • Proficient in Excel, comfortable with commercial and stock management tools
  • Good knowledge of accounting
  • Ability to write, interpret, and support the deployment of procedures
  • Analytical and synthesis skills, autonomous, rigorous, and methodical
  • Priority management and meeting deadlines
  • Strong results-oriented culture
  • Bilingual in French/English, both oral and written

If you are ready to take on this leadership role, please contact Julie MacDonald at 514-312-3013 (EXEC) poste 460. You can also send your cover letter and resume to jmacdonald@stratoexec.ca, indicating the job title in the subject line of your email.

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