Equipment and Materials Controller

Job title: Equipment and Materials Controller

Job description: Mission

Uses and streamlines figures to analyze profitability and provide the management with decision support to optimize performance.

Main Responsibilities

Strategy: develops and executes strategies and standards related to accounting policy, financial reporting, general ledger maintenance, budgeting, and financial systems and controls

Develops, builds and controls the budget monitoring: defines and ensures compliance with budget creation procedures, analyszes results and performance in relation to the budget, produces summary documents, defines the main control guidelines and indicators, designs activity dashboards, carries out reporting, etc.

Participates in performance improvement: anticipates deviations, monitors risks and opportunities, checks the effectiveness of corrective actions, defines drivers for optimization, etc.

Ensures the interface with accounting: performs reconciliations between statements, controls inventory operations, provides non-accounting elements, etc.

Planning and coordinating management accounting functions for the materials and equipment groups (Financial Reporting).

Assessing current accounting operations, offering recommendations for improvement, and implementing new processes in the Equipment and Materials department of a large national construction company.

Coordinating and preparing monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements and budgets for the materials and equipment groups, including notes.

Evaluating the effectiveness of accounting software and supporting database/reports, and implement changes as needed with the IT Department.

Financial review of CAPEX projects and acquisition/divestment of assets, and preparation of business case files.

Profile

Accounting Designation required (CPA, CA, CMA, CGA).

Bachelor’s degree in business or related field.

Minimum 3+ years of private sector experience, preferably in a multi-local construction or manufacturing organization would be ideal.

JDE, Microsoft Office suite and Power BI experience. Computer proficient with demonstrated ability to use complex spreadsheet software within a Windows based environment.

Prior work in construction or construction materials an asset.

Company: Colas

Expected salary:

Location: Toronto, ON

Job date: Thu, 27 May 2021 07:55:01 GMT