Contrôleur Financier / Financial Controller

Enviri Corporation•Contrecœur, QC

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Relevant directement du gestionnaire principal des finances pour l'Amérique du Nord, le contrôleur financier du Canada est responsable des prévisions, de la mise en place d'un environnement de contrôle financier efficace et du maintien de la qualité et de l'intégrité des rapports financiers ainsi que de la clôture de fin de mois. En tant que partie intégrante de l'équipe financière de l'Amérique du Nord, la personne nommée sera responsable de toutes les questions de contrôle financier dans la région du Canada. Ce poste compte trois subordonnés directs. Reporting directly to the Senior Finance Manager for North America, the Financial Controller of Canada is responsible for forecasting, establishing an effective financial control environment, and maintaining the quality and integrity of financial reporting and month-end closing. As an integral part of the North American finance team, the appointee will be responsible for all financial control matters in the Canada region. This position has three direct reports.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from four-year college or university in accounting or finance
Financial Planning and Analysis
Manufacturing or similar industry experience
In-depth Financial Controls knowledge
Advanced Excel Skills
Experience of Large company ERP systems (e.g. Oracle, SAP, etc.)
Influencing / negotiating skills
Customer care
Attention to detail
Team work – forms strong work relationships
Highly organised – ability to deliver to tight deadlines
Effective verbal & written communication in French and English

Nice To Haves

Certified Public Accountant (Preferred)

Responsibilities

Defines key performance indicators per business unit financial activities and assists in developing and attaining operational targets. Follow up and reporting of the implementation of KPIs, analyzing trends and variance against target.
Assists the sales and operations group in the development of cost estimates of new products or services.
Analyzes cost information for use in controlling expenditures. Communicates potential cost issues with operations management.
Provides management with reports specifying and comparing factors affecting prices and profitability of products or services.
Assist site management / operations with reviewing monthly financial statements.
Direct and manages the day-to-day activities of the administrative team, which includes the following areas: general accounting, order to cash, accounts payable, inventory, fixed assets, payroll, sales/use and property taxes.
Manage transaction accounting, SOX, the closing process, and other financial controls.
Manage all the monthly closing duties of direct reports to ensure financial statements are accurate and complete in accordance to US GAAP.
Work with the Finance Director to ensure clean and timely internal and external audits.
Establish, monitor, and enforce internal controls.
Maintains a highly skilled staff by coaching and counselling employees. Plan, monitor, and appraise their performance.
Coach and mentor the site administrative assistants to drive quality in the financial processes impacting revenues and expenses.
Compiles cost information to be used in the operating budget preparation. The Controller works directly with the commercial, operations, and asset management group to develop the annual plan and quarterly forecast. Update Hyperion Planning with the latest forecast/plan information.
Provide weekly financial projections utilizing the internal forecasting tool.
Manage the development of standard costs for the manufacturing sites. Plans, studies, and collects data to determine costs of business activity such as raw material purchases, inventory, and labor.
Analyzes actual manufacturing costs and prepares periodic reports comparing standard costs to actual production costs.
Provide ad hoc financial analysis as requested by operations and finance management.
Provide regular updates on the projection of capital expenditures.
Understand site service contracts in place and review annual price escalation clauses annually if applicable
Optimize working capital by engaging with the team to manage inventory levels, and accurately forecasting accounts receivable
Act as the gatekeeper for asset transfers, disposals, and authorizations for capital investments.
Participates in Month-End Closing procedures by ensuring accurate accounting of all revenue and cost in the month, reviewing site financials to detect any discrepancies and anomalies, and prepares detailed comments of the month results in Sales and Costs comparing actual numbers with Plan & latest Forecast financials by business unit activity.
Analyzes compliance reports and identify areas of improvement.
Help to identify and resolve technical US GAAP and other accounting related issues as they arise.
Identify process or cost issues and assist operations in the development of a remediation plan.
Prepare bridges detailing the nature of variances against projections and provide margin analysis.
Support the integrity of the financial results through rigorous review of the site P&L, ensuring the effectiveness of the sites internal controls
Maintain a thorough understanding and documentation of financial controls that drive revenues and expenses. Ensure appropriate financial control processes are in place across the sites.
Maintain a thorough understanding of customer contracts and the respective billing mechanisms to ensure all revenues are captured timely and accurately.
Quarterly spare parts physical inventories and bulk raw material and finished goods surveys.
Drive continuous improvement across all Financial Control and Financial Accounting activities, such as reporting processes, excel-based models, development of systems and optimization of transactional activities in collaboration with the business and regional leadership
Develop innovative solutions to meet the required outputs more efficiently, and to therefore improve the effectiveness of controls and support provided to the operational teams
Take the lead in ad hoc projects as required