Controller / Assistant Controller

Job Title: Controller / Assistant Controller

Job Summary:

Are you passionate about accounting, but even more so about continuous improvement, technology, and automation? Are you looking for a position where you can really make a difference, contribute your ideas, optimize processes, and thrive in a stimulating production environment? We have the ideal position for you!

We are looking for an Assistant Controller who doesn't just manage accounting "as before," but actively seeks to simplify, automate, and improve working methods. Proactive, curious, resourceful, and comfortable with new technologies, you will be a key player in the evolution of our financial and operational processes.

Your responsibilities:

• Be at the heart of month-end activities: reconciliations, entries, analyses, financial statements, and constantly seek to improve these processes.
• Automate what can be. Optimize what needs to be.
• Participate in inventory analysis: validate inventory, explain discrepancies, track adjustments, and optimize associated processes.
• Contribute to the preparation, review, and control of budgets, financial forecasts, and expense analyses; Explain variances and support management in decision-making.
• Actively participate in treasury management and associated banking transactions.
• Collaborate closely with all company departments to improve production, financial, accounting processes, and internal controls.
• Participate in internal and external audits and ensure the quality of process documentation.
• Work closely with operations, purchasing, and production to ensure reliable and smooth financial information flows.
• Propose and implement concrete technology and AI solutions to improve efficiency.

Essential interpersonal skills:

• Excellent oral and written communication (French and English).
• Ability to influence colleagues, partners, and suppliers; Ability to explain financial concepts in simple terms and support internal and external clients throughout the process.
• Ability to coach, motivate, and advance the finance/accounting team in understanding processes and improving their daily tasks.

Your profile:

• Natural proactivity and ingenuity: you find solutions even before you are asked.
• Excellent understanding of accounting principles (ASPE and IFRS standards, an asset).
• Good knowledge of industrial environments: you understand production flows and their financial impact.
• Passionate about technology, comfortable with ERP systems, digital tools, and artificial intelligence applied to accounting.
• Obsessed with continuous improvement. "We've always done it this way" is not an acceptable answer for you.
• Rigor, analytical mind, and attention to detail.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting (required)
• CPA designation obtained or working towards (a major asset)
• Relevant experience in financial accounting, ideally in a manufacturing context