Hands-On Controller – Luxury Millwork & Cabinetry

Location: Brampton, ON

Job Type: Full time

Salary: $90,000–$100,000 per year

Work Location: On-site

Job Summary

We are a growing group of companies operating in the luxury architectural millwork, custom cabinetry, manufacturing, and installation industry.

We are seeking a hands-on Controller to take ownership of the accounting function across multiple related companies.

This is not a position for someone who only wants to review reports prepared by others. We are looking for someone who is comfortable working at both the Controller level and transaction level when required.

The successful candidate should already have a strong accounting foundation and should not require training on core accounting principles. At the same time, we want someone who is practical, open-minded, adaptable, and willing to help improve systems and processes.

You should be comfortable reviewing financial statements one moment and then investigating a reconciliation, correcting an entry, reviewing a vendor invoice, or tracing a job-costing discrepancy the next.

We are looking for someone who takes ownership, works with urgency, and approaches problems with a solution-oriented attitude.

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for the accounting and financial reporting of multiple related companies, including:

- Managing the full accounting cycle
- Maintaining accurate general ledgers
- Preparing monthly financial statements
- Managing month-end and year-end closing procedures
- Preparing and reviewing Profit & Loss statements, Balance Sheets, and cash-flow reporting
- Managing multiple company books and intercompany transactions
- Reconciling bank accounts and credit cards
- Reviewing and managing Accounts Payable
- Monitoring Accounts Receivable and collections
- Managing customer deposits, progress billings, change orders, and final billings
- Maintaining weekly cash-flow forecasts
- Monitoring short-term cash requirements and working capital
- Maintaining accurate job costing by project
- Reviewing estimated versus actual project costs
- Monitoring material, manufacturing labour, installation labour, subcontractor, freight, and other direct project costs
- Maintaining and reviewing WIP reporting
- Identifying margin deterioration and project cost overruns
- Reviewing inventory and work-in-process balances
- Reviewing payroll accounting and payroll liabilities
- Assisting with Ontario HST and other applicable tax filings
- Supporting multi-entity and cross-border accounting matters
- Preparing schedules for external accountants and tax advisors
- Assisting with year-end financial reporting and tax preparation




- Maintaining proper accounting cut-off procedures
- Protecting closed accounting periods from unauthorized changes
- Improving accounting controls and financial procedures
- Helping improve ERP, job-costing, and reporting systems
- Providing ownership and management with clear financial reporting
- Investigating discrepancies and resolving accounting issues
- Working closely with project management, purchasing, production, installation, and administrative teams

Job Costing & Project Accounting A major part of this role will involve understanding the financial performance of individual projects. The Controller will be expected to:
- Track job profitability
- Review material usage
- Analyze labour performance
- Track /review installation costs
- Monitor project billing
- Maintain accurate WIP
- Compare estimated costs to actual costs
- Identify margin problems before projects are completed
- Ensure project costs are allocated to the correct jobs
- Help management understand where projects are making or losing money

Experience in construction, manufacturing, cabinetry, millwork, or another project-based industry is highly preferred.

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for someone who is:

- Technically robust in accounting
- Highly organized
- Detail-oriented
- Hands-on
- Self-motivated
- Practical
- Solutions-oriented
- Comfortable working independently
- Willing to investigate problems personally
- Comfortable questioning numbers that do not make sense
- Open to improving existing processes
- Able to manage multiple priorities
- Comfortable working in an entrepreneurial setting
- Able to remain productive during busy periods
- Positive and constructive when dealing with problems
- Willing to take ownership rather than pass issues to someone else

We value someone who sees a problem and thinks: “How do we fix this?”

rather than simply identifying what is wrong.

Required Qualifications

- 5+ years of progressive accounting experience
- Strong understanding of accrual accounting
- Strong understanding of financial statements
- Experience preparing monthly financial statements
- Strong general ledger knowledge
- Strong Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable knowledge
- Strong bank reconciliation experience
- Experience with month-end and year-end close
- Experience with payroll accounting




- Experience managing multiple companies or entities
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills
- Experience with QuickBooks Online or a comparable accounting system

Preferred Qualifications Experience in one or more of the following industries is strongly preferred:
- Architectural millwork
- Cabinetry
- Construction
- General contracting
- Manufacturing
- Furniture manufacturing
- Specialty trades
- Interior construction
- Project-based businesses

Experience with the following is considered a strong asset:
- Job costing
- WIP accounting
- Inventory accounting
- Manufacturing accounting
- Revenue recognition
- Project accounting
- Percentage-of-completion accounting
- ERP systems
- Multi-company accounting

CPA designation is preferred but not required. Strong practical accounting experience and demonstrated financial judgment are more important to us than designation alone.

What This Role Is Not

This is not a purely supervisory Controller role where all transaction-level accounting work is delegated.

The Controller will be expected to get involved in the details when necessary.

If an account does not reconcile, we expect you to investigate it.

If a project's margin does not make sense, we expect you to understand why.

If a transaction is incorrectly recorded, we expect you to correct it and improve the process that caused it.

We are looking for someone who is comfortable combining high-level financial responsibility with hands-on accounting work.

What Success Looks Like

Within the first several months, we would expect to see:

- Clean and reconciled books
- Reliable monthly financial statements
- Accurate intercompany balances
- Consistent month-end closing procedures
- Improved AP and AR controls
- Reliable weekly cash-flow forecasting
- Better job-costing accuracy
- Accurate WIP reporting
- Clear visibility into project profitability
- Improved inventory controls
- Stronger purchasing and accounting procedures
- Better financial reporting for management
- Fewer accounting surprises
- Historical accounting periods properly controlled

Compensation $90,000–$100,000 per year, depending on experience.

Schedule

- Full-time
- Monday to Friday
- Primarily on-site in Brampton, Ontario

How to Apply Please submit your resume along with a brief description of your experience with:
- Multi-company accounting
- Job costing
- WIP
- Manufacturing or construction accounting
- Month-end financial reporting

Candidates with experience in cabinetry, architectural millwork, construction, manufacturing, or project-based accounting will be given strong consideration. Pay: From $90,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person

📌 Controller (Brampton)
🏢 Luxury Custom Cabinetry u0026 Millwork
📍 Brampton