Controller, Finance & Banking, Financial Analyst

THE FUNCTION'S RAISON D'ÊTRE:

Reporting to the Financial Planning and Analysis Manager, the person's main responsibility will be to plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate operations related to financial services and accounting.

• Assist operations managers in achieving financial performance;
• Alert and report to the management committee any critical trends concerning the company's financial performance;
• Prepare monthly financial statements and corresponding analysis reports;
• Participate in the budgeting and financial planning process, providing analysis and forecasts;
• In collaboration with the Richmond and Sherbrooke teams, coordinate the development of the annual budget and ensure its timely completion;
• Regularly monitor the budget with the various departments;
• Prepare documentation for annual audits of Canadian operations;
• Assist the management team in preparing requests for capitalization projects;
• Track capital expenditures and other projects (e.g. tool manufacturing, R&D, training, grants, etc.);
• Validate the cost price of the main products manufactured at the plant;
• Ensure internal control of financial activities at plant level.

• Bachelor's degree in accounting;
• CPA accounting designation required;
• 7 to 9 years' experience in a similar position;
• Experience in manufacturing companies;
• Knowledge of integrated management systems;
• Fluency in spoken and written French and English;
• Strong analytical skills;
• Meticulous, systematic, organized & autonomous;
• Leader with good communication skills;
• Good priority management.