Controller - Consumer Goods
Location: Toronto, ON
Work Arrangement: Onsite
About the Role
A growing consumer goods company is looking for a Controller to join their Toronto team. This hands-on role is ideal for a CPA with Big 4 experience who thrives in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
You'll bring strong technical accounting and financial reporting skills, while taking a hands-on approach across finance. This is an opportunity to wear multiple hats, work closely with the broader business, and play a key role in supporting continued growth.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the month-end and year-end close processes, ensuring accurate and timely reporting.
- Oversee full-cycle accounting, including general ledger, reconciliations, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, expenses, and related accounting activities.
- Prepare and oversee monthly financial reporting and management reporting packages.
- Develop and maintain global sales and business performance reports.
- Lead the budgeting and forecasting process and monitor performance against budget.
- Perform financial analysis and develop financial models to support business decisions.
- Provide financial insights and recommendations to senior leadership.
- Ensure the accuracy and integrity of financial data and reporting.
- Support year-end audit and related external reporting requirements.
- Identify opportunities to improve finance processes, systems, controls, and reporting.
- Work cross-functionally with teams across the business to understand financial performance and provide commercial insight.
- Take ownership of ad hoc finance initiatives and projects as the business evolves.
- Manage and support one direct report.
Qualifications
- CPA designation is required.
- 3+ years of Big 4 experience, with at least 1 year at the Senior level or above.
- Experience within the consumer goods, retail, pharmaceutical, or technology industries would be ideal.
- Strong experience across financial reporting and full-cycle accounting.
- Strong analytical and financial modelling capabilities.
- Experience with budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, changing environment with a high degree of ownership.
If you're an entrepreneurial CPA looking for a hands-on Controller role with a growing company, apply now!
