Location: Hybrid / Remote-eligible (4 days onsite in Richmond location)

Department: Finance & Accounting

Reports To: Finance Director

Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Assistant Controller to support the accounting and financial operations of our multi-brand luminous surfaces products organization (including Cooledge Lighting, Nanometer, and Velaria Systems). This role partners closely with the Finance Director to manage day-to-day accounting operations, strengthen internal controls, and ensure accurate, timely financial reporting across all brands. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, comfortable working with sales order and margin data across multiple business units, and has hands-on experience with NetSuite or a similar ERP system.

Key Responsibilities

- Assist in managing the monthly, quarterly, and annual close process across all brand entities, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of financial statements.
- Review and reconcile sales order backlog, billing status, and unbilled receivables across brands; investigate and resolve discrepancies in a timely manner.
- Monitor and analyze SO margin, install margin, and product margin trends by brand, customer, and project; flag anomalies to the Finance Director
- Oversee accounts receivable and accounts payable functions, including invoicing, collections support, and vendor payment processing.
- Maintain and improve internal controls over revenue recognition, order-to-cash, and procure-to-pay cycles.
- Prepare and review journal entries, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules for the general ledger.
- Support the Finance Director in preparing management reporting packages, including backlog, margin, and cash flow summaries for leadership.
- Assist with the annual audit and tax preparation process, coordinating with external auditors and tax advisors as needed.




- Partner with sales operations and project management teams to ensure accurate order status tracking (Pending Approval, Pending Fulfillment, Partially Fulfilled, Pending Billing, etc.) within NetSuite.
- Help maintain and improve NetSuite workflows, saved searches, and reporting to support multi-brand financial visibility.
- Assist with ad hoc financial analysis, process improvement initiatives, and system enhancements.
- Supervise, train, and mentor accounting staff as needed.

Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA or CPA candidate strongly preferred.
- 5 years of progressive accounting experience, ideally within a distribution, manufacturing, or multi-entity/multi-brand environment.
- Hands-on experience with NetSuite (or comparable ERP system) required.
- Strong understanding of GAAP, revenue recognition, and order-to-cash processes.
- Advanced Excel skills; experience working with large sales order and margin datasets.
- Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills, with high attention to detail.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines across multiple brands/business units.
- Prior experience in a supervisory or team-lead capacity is a plus.

What We Offer

- Competitive base salary and performance-based bonus
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits
- Hybrid/remote flexibility
- Opportunity to grow into a Controller-level role within a growing multi-brand organization

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From $100,000.00 per year

Benefits

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Dental care
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- In office parking
- Paid time off
- Vision care

Flexible language requirement:
- French not required

Application question(s):
- How many years of progressive accounting experience do you have?
- What ERP systems do you have hands-on experience with?

Education:
- Master's Degree (preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Richmond, BC V6V 2L1

📌 Assistant Controller (Richmond)
🏢 Cooledge Lighting
📍 Richmond