Your new company

A leading home-building company in the Calgary market has an immediate need for a new Controller to lead the division.

Your new role

• Drive the month-end and quarter-end activities, ensuring complete and accurate financial records
• Conduct detailed review of financial records, prepare account reconciliations to identify and resolve discrepancies
• Post accruals and adjustments, reconcile G/L accounts and maintain working papers
• Prepare monthly financial statements and reporting package, provided analysis of financial results
• Analyse and review budget to actual results with managers, help managers understand results and underlying information

• Lead annual operating budgeting cycle for home building
• Providing periodic re-forecasts, as needed
• Work closely with operations group to assist managers with understanding their budgets and the actual results
• Financial modelling and analysis as needed
• Forecasting revenue, overhead and net income for home building; advise executives on associated risks in the forecasts

• Prepare monthly divisional cash flow projections and advise of any risks to cash flow projections, whether to make loan draws or not. Make loan draws as needed
• Prepare monthly reports for financing line including covenant and margin limit calculations
• Prepare monthly draw reports for construction and lot financing

• Oversee project costing, including costs to complete analysis
• Update and maintain project proformas and inventory schedules
• Review and process purchase and sale transactions, statement of adjustments

• Maintain strong internal controls
• Manage relationships with external auditors and prepare supporting documentation
• Prepare GST returns and maintain related documentation
• Review and sign-off on GST returns and GST New Housing Rebates etc.
• Regulatory reporting & compliance – including but not limited to T4A, T5018 reporting, Statistics Canada reporting, vehicle taxable benefits etc.
• Assist with external audit and prepare financial statements and notes, as needed

• Supervise home building accounting staff
• Act as a key resource and mentor for the accounting team
• Provide technical accounting guidance to team members
• Work closely with operational departments to ensure financial reporting meets users' needs

• Partner with the VP Finance and Director, Finance on strategic initiatives and special projects
• Support special projects and analysis as needed for strategic decision-making
• Liaise with banks, consultants, lawyers and auditors, as required
• Other tasks as assigned

• CPA designation with strong technical accounting skills
• Minimum of 5 years of accounting industry experience
• Demonstrated ability to independently investigate and resolve complex accounting issues
• Advanced Excel skills
• Experience with project costing
• Proven ability to meet deadlines while maintaining accuracy
• Strong analytical mindset with exceptional attention to detail

What you'll need to succeed

• CPA designation with strong technical accounting skills
• Minimum of 5 years of accounting industry experience
• Demonstrated ability to independently investigate and resolve complex accounting issues
• Advanced Excel skills
• Experience with project costing
• Proven ability to meet deadlines while maintaining accuracy
• Strong analytical mindset with exceptional attention to detail

• Strong Technical Accounting
• Accuracy
• People skills
• Critical Thinking
• Attention to Detail
• Budgeting
• Financial Analysis
• Time Management
• Independent Judgment
• Deadline driven
• Initiative
• Self-Starter
• Team Player
• Problem Solving
• Analytical Skills
• Efficient
• Process improvement

• Public company experience
• Experience with Sage 300 CRE and Homefront
• Experience in home building and/or construction industry
• Experience with Caseware
• Experience with loan draws and construction financing
• Knowledge of process improvement and system implementations

What you'll get in return

You will be joining a successful and generally fantastic organization that truly values its team members, as evidenced by the extremely low employee turnover rate there.

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.

If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.