Controller

Position:

Controller - Ralmax Group of Companies

Reports to:

Chief Financial Officer (Functional)

General Manager, (Operational)

Overview

The Ralmax Group is a privately held dynamic business environment with eleven industrial operating companies primarily based around Victoria's upper harbour. The Controller is a key member of the corporate Finance and Administration team with a functional reporting relationship to the CFO, but even more important is the role as a key member of the management team within the operating companies. The position will report to a General Manager of an operating company providing leadership and expertise in the areas of finance, job costing, insurance, and contract management while ensuring compliance with corporate policies and procedures and assisting with achieving strategic objectives.

Major responsibilities:

Planning

• Work with operations management and senior management to generate annual and multiyear operating and capital budgets. Perform analysis of forecasts to ensure budgets are representative of forecasted actual results
• Work with operations and senior management to develop key performance indicators for each business.

Financial Accounting

• Generate monthly internal financial statements and job reports for operating companies
• Ensure effective cash management including providing regular updates for inclusion in corporate cash management forecasts
• Responsible for ensuring timely and accurate invoicing, collections, accounts payable, accounting for capital assets, account reconciliations and other financial management functions for assigned operating companies
• Expert level knowledge of AP, AR, General Ledger, Capital Assets, GST, PST and payroll to provide direction to operations management and finance and administration staff

• Complete year end working papers for assigned companies
• Prepare loan and lease schedules, tax filings, and working papers for annual audits

Job Costing

• Leading monthly project cost control and department cost control meetings with budget holders
• Generate job/divisional profit margin reports utilizing standard costing methodologies
• Perform analysis of margin reports. Analyze costs, productivity and revenue data and prepare reports for management
• Provide direction to staff to ensure accurate cost allocations to jobs, reconciliation of job cost reporting to financial system
• Expert level knowledge of job costing systems to ensure operations management are provided with required tools to manage projects

Financial Analysis

• Generate written and quantitative reports in support of financial statements
• Generate regular management reports including variance analysis
• Assist operations management with the development of business cases and preparation of tender submissions
• Assist in financial analysis of regular and ad hoc management reports

Leadership and Performance Management
• Work with General Managers to develop or modify strategic plans, analyze business opportunities, identify and mitigate risks, assist in execution of tactical and strategic priorities
• Supervise Finance and Administration staff including managing performance, setting priorities, assigning tasks, clearly defining roles and responsibilities, training and development, and corrective actions where required

Other

• Provide quality and timely services and advice to the executive and senior management team
• Provide leadership to identify and implement innovative solutions, through the use of technology, to improve productivity, accuracy and better decision making for finance and operations
• Develop processes to improve efficiency and effectiveness of financial management department
• Assist the CFO with preparation of reports for the Executive team or Board of Directors
• Assist the CFO with projects as and when required

Qualifications:
• CPA Accounting designation
• At least 5 years experience in a controller role
• Advanced level in MS Excel; proficient in MS Word and MS Powerpoint
• Demonstrated knowledge of integrated accounting software
• Demonstrated knowledge of job costing principles
• Supervisory experience at a manager level
• Must be able to take on difficult tasks with limited direction
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills, work ethic and attention to detail
• Prefer expert level knowledge of job costing modules within an ERP system(s)
• Prefer knowledge and experience working in a private or public corporation
• Experience with Explorer Contract Manager / Eclipse Software an asset

Compensation:
• Competitive base salary
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Financial support for professional development
• Participation in bonus program

We thank all who apply, however only selected candidates will be contacted.