Financial Controller

This is not a senior oversight role. You will enter daily sales into QuickBooks, reconcile floor plan statements, process payroll and you will also sit at the management table making decisions that determine whether we reach hit our revenue targets. We need someone who owns our complete financial function. You will be responsible for maintaining accurate books while simultaneously providing the financial insight that drives business decisions.

**Core Responsibilities**
- Record sales transactions
- Process and record bank deposits
- Monitor cash position and flag concerns
- Complete payroll processing
- Manage source deductions & HST remittances
- Corporate tax
- Full AP cycle: enter, reconcile statements, process payments
- AR management and customer statement distribution
- Bank and credit card reconciliations
- Floor plan statement reconciliation and inventory verification
- Provide key financial metrics within days of month-end close
- WSIB remittance
- T4 preparation and filing
- Year-end close and working paper preparation

**Ongoing Strategic Work**:

- Data and inventory analysis to inform operational decisions
- Budget development and variance analysis
- Financial forecasting and scenario modeling
- Financial statement preparation and interpretation
- Support for audit processes
- Contribution to management team discussions on growth initiatives, hiring decisions, and capital investments

**What This Role Requires**

You must have demonstrated experience with QuickBooks Online - this is non-negotiable. You will work in the system daily, and we cannot allocate time for platform training.

CPA designation or equivalent experience in a full-cycle accounting role is strongly preferred. We need someone who can handle complexity, ambiguity, and the technical demands of maintaining accurate books while managing regulatory compliance.

You must be capable of working independently. There is no finance team to consult. No corporate infrastructure to rely on. When you have questions about operational processes, you will need to ask them. When you identify issues in the numbers, you will need to investigate and propose solutions.

What We're Screening For

**Curiosity**
Do you naturally investigate variances rather than just recording them? When margins compress in a service category, do you want to understand the operational driver? We need someone genuinely interested in the business operations, not just the accounting of those operations.

**Resilience**
Small business finance is unpredictable. Customer payments arrive late. Unexpected warranty claims impact margins. Forecasts require revision. Can you maintain effectiveness and composure when dealing with these inevitable disruptions?

**Humility**
You may bring significant experience, possibly from larger organizations or different industries. Can you set aside assumptions and invest time learning how a powersports and automotive service business actually operates? Will you ask questions when you need to understand context?

**Flexibility**
Your work will span from transaction-level data entry to strategic business analysis. Some decisions you'll own completely. Others you'll inform. You need to be energized by this variety rather than frustrated by the lack of specialization.

**Authority and Decision-Making**

This role carries real authority to commit, not merely authority to approve others' recommendations. We will establish clear dollar thresholds and decision frameworks. Within those boundaries, you will own the decisions and the outcomes.

You will have direct access to ownership and the management team. Your analysis will inform hiring decisions, inventory investments, pricing strategies, and capital expenditure choices. This requires the ability to translate financial data into operational recommendations.

**Who Should Not Apply**
- Prefer to delegate tactical work while focusing exclusively on analysis
- Require established processes and mínimal ambiguity
- View finance as a control function rather than a business partner role
- Need consistent daily schedules with predictable demands
- Expect extensive training periods or gradual responsibility increases

**What We Value**

We prioritize character over credentials. We care more about your demonstrated ability to own outcomes than your resume pedigree.

If you built your expertise through non-traditional paths - night school while working full-time, progression from entry-level roles through increasing responsibility - that signals something valuable to us. We want people who have proven they can learn, adapt, and take ownership.

We distinguish between responsibility (completing assigned tasks) and accountability (owning decisions and outcomes). This role requires accountability. You will make decisions, implement solutions, and own the results.

**Our Commitment**

You will receive meaningful responsibility from the beginning. We will provide support and context, but we will not micromanage