Controller

Our Client

Our client is a private investment firm focused on building and managing a growing portfolio of companies in the mining and natural resources sector. The organization is seeking an experienced Controller, Portfolio Companies to join its Toronto-based finance team.

Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer, this newly created role will provide financial oversight, reporting leadership and strategic guidance across the portfolio. 

Responsibilities

• Oversee financial reporting and month-end, quarter-end and year-end close processes across approximately 10 portfolio companies, ensuring compliance with US GAAP and IFRS.

• Establish and manage reporting timelines, financial reporting packages and accounting standards across the portfolio.

• Review portfolio company financial statements, provide variance analysis and deliver financial reporting to senior leadership, investors and other stakeholders.

• Act as the primary point of contact for portfolio companies on financial reporting, accounting and other finance-related matters.

• Provide technical accounting guidance and oversight to portfolio company finance teams, including stepping into operational accounting matters when required.

• Oversee treasury, cash flow forecasting, liquidity management, budgeting and financial planning across the portfolio.

• Support acquisitions and the financial integration of newly acquired businesses, including implementing reporting processes, controls and accounting systems.

• Assist with IPO readiness, public company reporting requirements and related financial reporting initiatives.

• Develop and maintain consistent internal controls, accounting policies and financial reporting procedures across portfolio companies.

• Provide leadership and guidance to finance personnel, including direct and functional oversight of accounting teams.

• Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, reporting efficiency and accounting systems across the portfolio.

Requirements

• CPA designation required.

• 10+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including senior-level Controller or financial reporting responsibilities.

• Strong technical knowledge of both US GAAP and IFRS is essential.

• Demonstrated industry experience.

• Experience overseeing financial reporting and accounting functions across multiple entities, subsidiaries or business units.

• Strong full-cycle accounting experience, including financial statement preparation, consolidations, budgeting, forecasting and treasury management.

• Ability to provide strategic financial oversight while remaining technically proficient and capable of taking a hands-on approach when necessary.

• Experience within private equity, investment management, mining, natural resources or other asset-intensive industries is strongly preferred.

• Exposure to public company reporting, SEC requirements, IPO readiness or financial integration following acquisitions is an asset.

• Experience with ERP systems, particularly Microsoft Dynamics 365, is an asset.

• Strong leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across multiple businesses and finance teams.

• Highly organized, detail-oriented and comfortable managing competing priorities in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

• Ability to work in-office five days per week in downtown Toronto.

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