Controller

**Controller**
- Full-time, Permanent _

**Posting Date**: September 6, 2024

**Closing Date**: September 16, 2024

**About KidsAbility**:
Our mission at KidsAbility is to empower children and youth to realize their full potential. We are a not-for-profit, equal opportunity employer supporting over 17,000 children and youth to reach their communication, social, physical, and behavioural goals each year. Providing early and exceptional family-centred services in the Waterloo and Guelph-Wellington regions. We believe that by living our values, our impact can be profound, and together, we can build brighter futures.

We’re looking for the right people to join our team; supporting children, youth, and families to realize their potential, while realizing your own. At KidsAbility, we offer:

- Ongoing training and development opportunities, empowering you to enhance your skills
- A supportive, collaborative, and inclusive work environment dedicated to family-centred care
- Organizational commitment to innovation and research; continually evolving our approaches so we may serve with purpose and value
- Initiatives to support your well-being including social events, opportunities to give back to your community and access to Employee and Family Assistance Program
- Comprehensive benefits and optional group RRSP program, short
- and long-term disability income protection benefits, and generous vacation package and paid personal leave days

**About the Opportunity**:
The Controller is responsible for providing strategic guidance and planning for the successful delivery of financial services to the organization. As an exceptional leader and effective team builder, the incumbent of this role will form engaging, supportive and collaborative relationships with a variety of teams, and stakeholders, both internally and externally. They will work to ensure that quality supports are provided to staff, government funders, and vendors, by leading and supervising teams within their portfolio.

The Controller works closely with organizational leadership providing information and guidance to support effective decision-making regarding program development, implementation and evaluation. As well as, providing education surrounding financial and accounting processes, and collaborating with leadership to explore continuous improvement initiatives, that the Finance team can incorporate to enhance programs and facilities.

Additional areas of responsibility include, but are not limited to:

- Leads the external reporting processes to ensure that all reporting obligations are met, including but not limited to, year-end financial statements, T3010, and Broader Public Sector reporting requirements.
- Oversees and manages Sage/ADP Module Systems throughout implementation, launch and integration, and will continuously support and lead transformational projects, identifying opportunities and solutions.
- Establishes and maintains internal control and safeguards for receipt of revenue, costs, program budgets and expenditures, as well as managing the performance of invested assets, fund and cash flow requirements.
- Assists the Vice President of Finance in carrying out their fiduciary responsibilities including but not limited to, supporting the board’s audit and finance committee to review financial operating models and delivery, as well as assist in efforts towards financial sustainability and the identification of funding opportunities with appropriate Ministries.
- Responsible for managing and making decisions regarding insurance strategies, both property and liability insurance policies, as well as other duties as assigned.

**More About You**:
To qualify, applicants must have an accounting designation, and Bachelor of Commerce and/or related work experience, in addition to:

- Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in a senior accounting role in a complex, professional services environment, preferably combined with organization or system-wide experience in the funding of health or social services
- Supervisory and/or managerial experience to support, organize and establish a high performing finance team who can meet departmental objectives, mid-range policies and operational needs
- Strong analytical, detail-oriented and organizational skills, with the ability to manage changing priorities, meet strict deadlines and have excellent follow-up
- Confidence in navigating challenging situations, effectively problem-solving to make and influence decisions using sound judgment, drawing valid conclusions, recommendations and plans of action
- Ability to work collaboratively in a changing environment, demonstrating strong and effective communication, active-listening, and interpersonal skills while fostering positive professional relationships with all levels of the organization
- High level of discretion through demonstrated ability to adhere to confidentiality standards, and exhibit superior emotional intelligence and professionalism
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