Tul - Controller

Martinrea is a diversified global automotive supplier engaged in the design, development and manufacturing of metal parts, assemblies and modules, complex fluid management systems and aluminum products. We employ approximately 15,000 skilled and motivated people at manufacturing, engineering and technical centers in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, Slovakia, Spain and China. Our business strategy leverages world‑class technologies, motivated and talented people, and high‑quality products.

Our Mission is to make people’s lives better by:

• Delivering outstanding quality products and services to our customers;
• Providing meaningful opportunity, job satisfaction, and job security for our people;
• Being positive contributors to our communities; and,
• Providing superior long‑term investment returns to our stakeholders.

Our strength is our people

We invite you to follow your dreams and explore a challenging and rewarding career at Martinrea.

The Controller is responsible for the entire financial function at the plant, including cash flow, accounts receivable, inventory, capital assets, accounts payable, inter‑company transactions and other related accruals and receivables. They must have the desire to act as a business partner to the General Manager, supporting decision making by thoroughly understanding the business, providing accurate and timely information to the management team, taking the initiative and support Operations to identify, evaluate and implement costs saving projects (OPEX) that will assist in improving the overall profitability of the plant.

• The Controller is responsible for the review of the monthly reconciliation binder prepared by the financial team that provides support for all balance sheet accounts.
• They will comply with Corporate reporting requirements on a weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual basis ensuring compliance with Martinrea accounting policies and procedures.
• The Controller will, on a weekly basis, prepare and review the plants weekly forecast and communicate any changes from the previous weeks forecast to the General Manager and Corporate. On a monthly basis, they will explain the differences between the actual results and the previous weeks forecast, budgets and the previous month’s actual results using the monthly financial bridge template.
• They will review and approve standard and non‑standard journal entries each month.
• The Controller will implement and maintain internal controls at the plant to ensure compliance with the SOX/Bill
  198 TSX public company requirements.
• They will proactively provide continuous improvement ideas relating to both financial and production processes.
• The Controller will take a leadership role in the entire preparation of the annual budget for the plant including involving various departmental managers in the development of manpower and controllable spending budgets to encourage accountability and ownership of plant/department performance vs. budget. Work closely with the General Manager to ensure that all of the budgeted changes, cost saving initiatives, and new or lost business awards are correctly captured in the budget.
• They will work closely with all departmental heads to identify any inefficiencies in processes and potential cost saving initiatives including freight costs savings, outsourced production parts savings, improvements in inventory management, reduced scrap, evaluate buy/make decision and develop/lead projects to ensure timely realization of the identified costs savings.
• The Controller will create/support Cash Culture in the plant by engaging required resources (within the plant and/or Corp Martinrea), review accounts receivable aging each month and proactively follow‑up on collections issues with subordinates and escalate to Corp Sales Group, as required, by following escalation protocols.
• They will prepare Cash Flow Action Plan (CAP Report) and review with GM and Director of Operations on monthly basis to improve cash position of plant and total MRE.
• The Controller will manage the annual external audit for the plant by completing the year‑end audit kit with all the required supporting…