Controller RF0014
Role and Responsibilities
Reporting to the Director genetal, the Controller has the mandate to ensure a sound management of the accounting and financial operations for St-Albert Cheese. He is responsible for financial forecasting, internal control. The controller is in charge of maintaining a control on finances and precision and integrity for all accounting. He must also process and analyze information regarding the business keeping in mind possibilities for improvement.
Main Tasks
- Manage and supervise Accouting and IT team
- Prepare, produce and analyze reliable monthly financial statements within the required timeframe
- Ensure adequate communication of financial information internally and exernally, as needed
- Enfore accounting rules and policies and see the implementation of internal control system in a effective and on going basis
- Enhance and conduct a close financial control and an optimal cash flow management
- Oversee the implementation and follow-up with all inventory count processes and assets management
- Prepare financial forecasts as well as perform the analysis and interpretation of the financial statements for the strategic planning process, and for performance review
- Participate in the continuous improvement of the financial information system and of the month-end and year-end process
- Participate in improving the company’s profitability
- Participate in negotiations with major suppliers
- Participate in improving the company’s profitability
- Establishment of different selling prices and gross margins
- Review and analyse the profitability of various investment projects
- Other related tasks requested by the Director general
Qualifications and Experiences
- Minimum of five years experience in a similar position
- Undergraduate degree in accounting, finance or other relevant discipline or equivalent experience
- Experience in a manufacturing company and cost accounting
- Posses an accounting designation (an asset)
- Excellent knowledge of MS Office, especially Excel and abilities with IT
Skills required
- Leadership : mobilizes and motivates the team to achieve the goals of the department.
- Integrity
- Rigorous
- Analytical skills, problem solving and decision making
- Planning and organizational skills : planning and organizing a task from start to finish, keeping the focus on the objectives and results
- Teamwork : Contributing to the company’s growing success by participating in the development of the team by sharing information, expertise and supporting all stakeholders face the challenges andchanges
- Open minded : Open to change and other opinions and demonstrates a positive attitude
- Independent : Can demonstrate independence in the performance of the mandates and responsabilities entrusted to him
- Risk management : analyzes and evaluates information and the situation and thenmakes good decisions quickly
- Resourcefulness : identifies et uses appropriate means to fulfill its mandate
- Bilingual : French and English, spoken and written
Full time position offering a competitive salary. Deadline to Apply: July 23th, 2015
We thank each candidate for their interest however, only selected candidates will be contacted.
Please send your resume along with a cover letter to RH@fromage-st-albert.com indicating the job title and Ref No as subject