Contrôleur Financier / Financial Controller

Rolls-Royce•Montreal, QC

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

An interesting opportunity for a Financial Controller has arisen in our Montreal facilities. The Financial Controller will have overall accountability for the integrity of the financial results of the Rolls-Royce Canada Limited statutory legal entity and will ensure the operation of a robust financial control environment. The Financial Controller will provide financial leadership, working in close collaboration with colleagues from other functional areas to proactively drive business performance and influence strategic direction. The Financial Controller is also accountable for the effectiveness of the Commercial, Tax, Legal and Indirect Purchasing functions and is a key player involved in the IT & Export Control activities. The Financial Controller reports into the President of Rolls-Royce Canada and has a dotted line report into the Senior Finance Business Partner, Business Aviation, and also sits on the Rolls-Royce Canada board of directors. You must be available to work at least 3 days a week at the Lachine office to support training, operational efficiency and cross-functional collaboration.

Requirements

CPA designation or similar relevant designation, required
8 to 12 years of experience in reporting and financial accounting in manufacturing environment.
Fluency in French and English, written and spoken
Must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada
Strong track record in financial planning, forecasting, cost control, and reporting.
Experience within Financial Controllership and Accounting to a Senior level
Experience of implementing and maintaining a robust financial control environment
Strong experience of operating a financial close process
Experience of Senior stakeholder engagement (internal and external)
Strong track record of driving business performance

Responsibilities

Be an integral and credible member of the leadership team, creating value by improving the quality of decisions and ensuring the chosen business strategies deliver the highest financial benefit
Be accountable for financial accounting of all Rolls-Royce Canada business units, governance and integrity of internal and external financial reporting, ensuring compliance with company policy and external accounting standards. This includes APly results and variance analysis, headcount, external and internal audits, and ad-hoc analysis
Be accountable for the planning, budgeting and forecasting processes in accordance with the company requirements. (5YP, QFs, cost rate calculations and related analysis, determination of cost centres annual budget)
Be accountable for the operation of a strong financial control environment to protect Rolls-Royce Canada’s assets
Regularly review financial performance against plans / latest forecast, working with the leadership team to analyse financial variances and recommend corrective actions
Apply Board Delegated Authorities, risk management and internal control standards for transactional processes
Proactively identify risks and issues that may impact financial statements
Support the resolution of queries and accounting issues raised by internal/external auditors
Ensure changes to the compliance framework, tax, regulation and transfer pricing requirements are implemented
Manage the capital planning process including the review and buy-off of capital schemes, establishing and/or validating appropriate business cases and ensuring fixed asset verification and scheme PIRs (post implementation reviews) take place, when applicable
Manage Foreign Exchange exposure – minimize the effect of exchange rate fluctuations on the company’s profitability, cash flow and competitiveness by following Group Policy hedging strategy.
Be accountable in the development of financial systems and structure changes to improve quality and effectiveness of reporting
Develop, manage and the coach the team