Assistant Controller

3 days ago


Montréal, Canada Essilor Full time

Powering Vision

Essilor is an international company and the leading provider of eyeglass lenses in the world. Our mission is improving lives by improving sight, and we work every day to bring good vision to the 4.5 billion people around the globe in need of visual correction. Our products are worn by one billion people daily in 130 countries. Essilor Canada employs more than 1,000 visionaries nationwide throughout its 30 locations.

Join our team as an Assistant controler and be a visionary. Pave the way to a brighter future, both for yourself and all Canadians needing visual correction.

Your mission

You will assist in preparing statements that follow all regulatory and accounting guidelines under the supervision of a Corporate Controller. You will be responsible for preparing management reports, identifying and preventing discrepancies, helping set up control systems and supervising an accounting team.

Your main challenges
- Prepare monthly and annual consolidated financial statements;
- Manage the month-end closing process, including inter-company balance management and analysis of variances;
- Recommend and participate in the implementation of improvement measures (this includes being a key participant in computer system troubleshooting, improvements and conversions);
- Work with external auditors to complete their audit by providing the required information;
- Monitor and record financial transactions according to company policies, and provide guidance to other personnel;
- Ensure compliance with accounting policies and procedures;
- Provide systems and accounting support to company-owned locations and partner labs;
- Work with government auditors when required;
- Participate in process improvements and special projects;
- Provide daily assistance to the corporate controller and actively support all projects related to accounting functions and objectives;
**Profile**:

- Possess a CPA (CA) designation;
- 5-7 years of experience including experience in an accounting firm and 2+ years in a similar, full-cycle accounting role;
- Good knowledge of IFRS standards and internal control principles
- Solid and recent knowledge of SAP, Oracle, Hyperion and Cognos BI, would be an asset;
- Proficient in MS Office;
- Experience with consolidation in a multi-divisional and multi-currency environment;
- Organized, able to set priorities, develop work schedules, monitor progress towards goals, and track details, data, information, and activities;
- Strong analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills to evaluate alternatives and provide recommendations on business issues;
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ease in communicating at all organizational levels
- Bilingual - French and English - written and spoken

Why work with us?

At Essilor Canada, diversity is one of our most important values. If you have any particular needs, don’t hesitate to contact us and we will work with you at each step of the recruitment process to ensure that you feel at home.


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