Controller

6 days ago

Burnaby, Canada DP World Full time
Job Description

Role Purpose

DP World Canada is looking for a strategic and collaborative leader to join our Finance Team in Burnaby as a Controller. In this role you will oversee all accounting, tax, and financial reporting for our various legal entities, ensuring compliance with accounting principles and procedures. You will be responsible for managing financial operations, including billing, accounts receivable, and accounts payable, and will lead the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports, ensuring accurate controls are in place. Additionally, you will act as the key liaison for regional and head office reporting and will lead the annual audit process with external auditors, including annual tax filings.

Key Responsibilities

  • Owns the accountability for accurate and timely reporting of IFRS Financial reports.
  • Ensures systems are efficient and controls are appropriate and working effectively.
  • Owns and keeps current all financial policies and procedures.
  • Acts as the key liaison to both ARO and HO financial accounting departments and is responsible for insuring we are implementing global standards and approaches.
  • Continuously challenges the status quo and sponsors initiatives to reduce low value work and promote efficiencies and automation.
  • Provides supportive leadership and creates a rewarding team-based culture for the finance team, including mentorship and development of Finance staff.
  • Works closely with FP&A and Procurement in driving value added process changes and system enhancements.
  • Develops KPI’s and monitors performance of key A/R, A/P, working capital and billing metrics.
  • Proactively anticipates and develops executive level reports to executives to aid in improving company performance.
  • Leads and manages the preparation of accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and annual financial results with supporting information to the business.
  • Leads the annual audits in conjunction with the third-party auditor and owns responsibility for all tax fillings and tax audits.
  • Ensures that company policies and procedures are adhered to, and strong internal controls are in place to safeguard the company’s assets.

Knowledge & Qualifications

  • A degree in Finance or Accounting, combined with a CPA (CA, CGA, CMA) designation is required.
  • A minimum of 15 years’ experience post-designation in a controllership department, and experience managing a team of employees.
  • Previous controllership experience or #2 position in a complex capital-intensive business.
  • Ability to simplify and communicate results and issues to senior management.
  • Knowledge of IFRS accounting procedures, management accounting and the ability to produce detailed financial projections to support internal analysis.
  • Ability to strategically plan, analyse, implement and review a variety of projects and assignments.
  • Strong commitment to client service excellence with the ability to develop and maintain trusting relationships across all levels and functional areas of an organization.
  • High level analytical, conceptual and problem-solving skills and ability to recommend appropriate courses of action using procedures, practices, guidelines and the application of professional knowledge.
  • Strong business acumen and bottom-line orientation as it relates to decision making that impacts the organization.
  • Outstanding leadership skills and the ability to motivate, develop and encourage staff to positively contribute to business goals and objectives.
  • Knowledge of Oracle Fusion is highly desirable.
  • Familiarity with PowerBI and/or Maximo would be an asset.
  • Fluent in English.
  • Previous Canadian work experience or experience working directly with Canadian industries.

About Us

We are the leading provider of smart logistics solutions, enabling the flow of trade across the globe. Our comprehensive range of products and services touches every aspect of life.

We're a global network of; 181 business units in 64 countries across six continents. From marine services and inland terminals to industrial parks as well as technology driven customer solutions.

Wherever we operate, we integrate sustainability and responsible corporate citizenship, striving for a positive contribution to the economies and communities where we live and work.

Our dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 56,000 employees from 64 countries are committed to bringing every customer and partner unrivaled value.

We do this by building and growing long lasting relationships – with governments, shippers, traders, and other stakeholders along the global supply chain.

We think ahead, anticipate change and deploy industry-leading technology to create the smartest, most efficient and innovative trade solutions, while ensuring a positive and sustainable impact on economies, societies and our planet.

DP World is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO). We strongly believe that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success and we make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, gender, disability, race, religion or belief.

By submitting your resume and application information, you authorize DP World to transmit and store your information in the world-wide recruitment database, and to circulate that information as necessary for the purpose of evaluating your qualifications for this or other job vacancies.

About The Team

With a global reputation built on nearly a century of experience, DP World Canada also provides stevedoring services at ports and terminals throughout British Columbia. Our world-renowned professionals provide safe, innovative, and unsurpassed cargo handling trusted by top manufacturers around the world. We handle a wide range of cargoes such as breakbulk, yachts, roll-on roll-off and forest products. We are your global leader in container handling services.

Our corporate head office houses our Shared Services team and is ideally located in the Metrotown Office Complex which features convenient accessibility from Downtown Vancouver and all surrounding communities. The office complex directly connects to BC’s largest shopping center, provides access to the SkyTrain and is a quick stroll to Central Park.

Joining DP World means joining a people-oriented company. You will be amongst great colleagues, enjoying a relaxed environment that values your contributions. We pride ourselves on our openness, approachability, excellence in safety and customer service and our commitment to growth and innovation. We also offer top-notch benefits and perks, including an extensive extended health benefits plan, lifestyle spending account, pension with employer contributions, retirement savings plan, and support for professional development. On top of that, we realize it takes world-class people to run world-class operations, so we offer competitive total compensation packages.

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