VP, Controller - 2600652

At Raymond James,

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Raymond James Ltd. is Canada’s leading independent investment dealers offering high quality investment products and services to Canadians seeking customized solutions to their wealth management needs.

Vice President, Controller

How does the role impact the organization?

The Vice President, Controller is a senior finance leader responsible for the integrity of the organization’s financial records, consolidated financial statements, regulatory reporting, accounting policies, controls, and core accounting operations. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, the role provides trusted advice to executive leadership, ensures compliance with applicable accounting tax and regulatory requirements, and builds scalable processes that support accurate, timely, and decision-helpful financial information. The Vice President, Controller leads the financial reporting team and promotes accountability, operational discipline, sound risk management, inter-departmental teamwork, service excellence and continuous improvement.

What will your role be responsible for?

Controllership and Executive Leadership

Serve as the organization’s authority on accounting, financial reporting, corporate tax and controllership matters.

Advise the Chief Financial Officer and executive leadership on accounting conclusions, reporting risks, control matters, and regulatory developments.

Establish the operating model, service standards, and priorities in alignment with enterprise objectives.

Provide clear, balanced recommendations on complex transactions, organizational initiatives,



and matters affecting financial integrity.

Financial Reporting and Close

Lead accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, and annual close, consolidation, and financial statement preparation.

Ensure financial reporting complies with IFRS, applicable U.S. GAAP requirements, corporate policies, and disclosure obligations.

Own accounting policies and conclusions for complex, unusual, or significant transactions, ensuring decisions are appropriately documented.

Provide executive and governance reporting that clearly explains financial results, material judgements, emerging issues, and required actions.

Regulatory Reporting and Capital Compliance

Oversee complete, accurate, and timely regulatory reporting and regulatory capital calculations for the organization and applicable subsidiaries.

Maintain current knowledge of CIRO requirements and, where applicable, FINRA, OSFI, CSA , and other regulatory obligations.

Establish effective review, certification, escalation, and evidence-retention processes for regulatory submissions.

Monitor capital, liquidity, and reporting risks and advise leadership promptly on emerging requirements, issues, or potential breaches.

Internal Controls, Audit, and Compliance

Design, maintain,



and continuously improve the internal control framework over financial and regulatory reporting.

Safeguard the integrity of the general ledger, reconciliations, financial systems, and supporting data through clear ownership and effective review controls.

Lead relationships with internal and external auditors, coordinate audit deliverables, and ensure findings are resolved appropriately and on time.

Promote compliance with legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, and corporate policy requirements while ensuring material issues are transparently escalated.

Accounting Operations and Finance Transformation

Oversee accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting in accordance with applicable accounting standards and organizational requirements.

Maintain effective close, consolidation reconciliation, and reporting processes.

Ensure financial data, policies procedures and records are complete, consistent, secure and audit ready.

Ensure finance systems, the chart of accounts, data flows, and reporting structures support reliable consolidation, analysis, and regulatory reporting.

Lead process simplification, standardization, automation, and responsible adoption of emerging technologies to improve timeliness, accuracy, and scalability.

Partner with, Private Client & Equity Capital Markets Leadership, Treasury, Risk, Operations, Technology, and other functions to support business decisions, transactions, integrations, and enterprise initiatives.

Build, lead, and retain a high-performing finance team with strong technical, operational, and business-partnering capabilities.

Set clear expectations, decision rights, service standards, and accountabilit

📌 VP, Controller (Winnipeg)
🏢 Raymond James Financial
📍 Winnipeg