About the Company

Our client is a leading food manufacturer. They are looking for a Plant Controller to join their team!

Why Work Here

- Join a recognized leader in the Canadian food manufacturing industry
- Take on a unique role that blends commercial finance, operations support, and business performance insights
- Benefit from a strong compensation package paired with comprehensive benefits

Operations Reporting

- Identify opportunities to improve/expand plant reporting to enable better business decisions
- Provide analysis and commentary to financial results
- Support the month end financial statement close process
- Identify and develop tools/reports to assist plant supervision in the management of their business units
- Review monthly balance sheet reconciliations including those relating to prepaid expenses and AP accruals, and support payroll functions in Kronos with payroll supervision
- Prepare ad hoc analysis as required by the Controller III, Sales, Plant Manager, Business Performance, and other departments
- Actively participate in daily, weekly, monthly CI meetings providing insights on results and identifying areas of focus




- Support in identifying areas of continuous improvement and cost reduction through a shop floor presence

Business Case Modelling

- Provide analysis to support plant decisions and finance (crewing patterns, capital acquisitions, return on investment, OH analysis, etc.)

System Support / Integration

- Provide recommendations for streamlining existing processes and system to help generate synergies between locations
- Support testing and implementation of system improvements/changes

Team Leadership

- Ensure that the Accounting Staff have sufficient financial and support in automation and process improvements
- Identify and implement development opportunities for staff

About You

- CPA designation (Canadian or internationally recognized equivalent)
- 4–6 years of progressive accounting experience with increasing responsibility
- Manufacturing industry experience: food manufacturing experience preferred
- Supervisory or team lead experience in an accounting or finance environment
- Robust cost accounting expertise, including standard costing and/or activity based costing (ABC)

Salary Range

$115,000 - $129,000/year

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