Controller HR Responsibilities Status: Active For over 40 years, EM Bakery Equipment has been a trusted partner to artisan bakeries, large-scale producers, institutions, and supermarket chains across North America. As a family-directed company with deep industry roots, EM supplies and services premium baking equipment from leading global manufacturers. The team combines hands-on expertise with exceptional customer support to help clients build efficient, modern production environments.

EM Bakery Equipment is seeking a Controller to make a valuable contribution to the team.

The Role: The Controller ensures that financial systems, reporting, and HR administration run smoothly, accurately, and on time. This role oversees full-cycle accounting, monthly reporting, budgeting, compliance, and internal controls, providing leadership with clear insights for confident decision-making. The Controller maintains financial and people records, supports managers with structure and tools, and strengthens cross-functional processes in finance, HR, and operations.

The Responsibilities

- Manages financial policies and all full-cycle accounting systems and processes.
- Takes ownership of financial operations by actively managing key financial drivers, assessing current accounting systems and workflows.
- Maximizes efficiency and ensures compliance with corporate, regulatory, and management requirements.
- Streamlines financial processes and maintains strong internal controls with appropriate checks and balances at every stage.
- Ensures timely CRA compliance: payroll remittances, GST/HST, corporate tax filings, and T-slips.
- Manages foreign currency transactions (e.g., purchasing Euros)



with accurate accounting treatment and variance analysis.
- Implements short and long-range policies and accounting procedures to meet the company’s goals and objective.
- Monitors key performance metrics, provide leadership and support to team, works closely with team providing accounting guidance when required.
- Respects and brings out the best in people, contributes to building a culture of accountability The Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business; CPA preferred with 5 years progressive full-cycle accounting and reporting experience.
- Strong decision-making, emotional intelligence, and interpersonal skills; effective with leadership, operations, and administrative teams.
- Experience in manufacturing, distribution, or service environments; understanding of inventory flow, pricing, and multi-period transactions; family-business experience an asset.
- Hands‑on expertise in payroll, AP/AR, financial statements, budgeting, forecasting, and revenue recognition; proven accuracy in month-end and year-end close.
- Process‑driven mindset with ability to improve systems, SOPs, and workflows.
- High integrity, confidentiality, professionalism, and solid organizational and time‑management skills.
- Solutions‑focused communicator who works well with varied personalities.
- Thrives in structured and entrepreneurial settings; adaptable, proactive, and deadline‑driven.
- Proven expertise in compliance, tax rules, labour regulations, and reporting standards.
- Advanced Excel skills;

experience with accounting/ERP systems (Zoho One an asset). We thank all applicants for their interest in this role.

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