Financial Controller

If you thrive on the unique complexities of project-based accounting, budget management, and media buying oversight within a fast-paced agency environment, and you're ready to make a tangible impact on profitability, this is your moment. This role demands a blend of strategic foresight and hands-on execution.

If you're ready to bring your financial expertise to a place where it truly matters, where your insights directly fuel growth, and where you can build something impactful, we want to hear from you.

Strategic Financial Partnership & Growth Enablement

• Collaborate closely with department heads to design and refine budgets that ensure every dollar spent directly enhances profitability and resource allocation
• Translate complex financial data into clear, actionable insights, empowering leadership with intelligence for informed, data-driven decisions on agency performance and strategic direction
• Provide critical financial analysis and support for new business development, helping evaluate opportunities and structure profitable, sustainable deals

Process Innovation & Operational Excellence

• Design and champion financial policies and controls that streamline operations, enhance transparency, and ensure robust financial integrity across all agency functions
• Develop and implement standardized, agile workflows for all finance operations, identifying bottlenecks and building solutions that optimize our financial engine
• Create and refine financial tracking methods tailored specifically to marketing agency nuances, capturing every detail relevant to client work and campaign performance

Hands-On Financial Operations & Oversight

• Own the end-to-end project accounting lifecycle—from initial scoping and budget setup to real-time tracking and final reconciliation, ensuring precise profitability analysis for every client campaign and retainer. Navigate retainer management and client billing, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and clear communication that strengthens client relationships
• Deliver rigorous financial oversight for all media buying activities, ensuring optimal budget utilization, accurate vendor reconciliation, and real-time performance tracking against campaign KPIs
• Managing and processing AR & AP. Run payment based on schedule.
• Quickly and effectively resolve operational financial issues, turning challenges into opportunities for process improvement

Compliance, Controls & Risk Mitigation

• Ensure unwavering regulatory compliance across all financial activities
• Oversee tax compliance processes and coordinate external audits with precision
• Maintain and continuously strengthen internal controls, safeguarding financial accuracy and asset integrity
• Strategically manage agency cash flow and working capital, identifying opportunities to maximize liquidity while supporting operational needs and growth initiatives
• Additional tasks assigned by manager.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• 5-7 years of progressive finance and accounting experience
• Professional accounting qualification (CPA, ACA, ACCA) highly preferred
• Marketing agency or project-based accounting experience strongly preferred

Technical Expertise:

• Expert-level proficiency in Excel and advanced financial software, QB online etc.
• Proven experience with client billing, retainer management, and media buying financial intricacies
• Experience with project-based accounting systems (Function Point) and profitability analysis

Core Competencies:

• Strategic thinking combined with hands-on execution capability, bridging high-level vision with day-to-day financial realities
• Ability to translate complex financial concepts into clear, digestible insights for non-finance colleagues
• Sharp analytical capabilities to dissect data, identify trends, and uncover improvement opportunities
• Thrives in dynamic, fast-paced marketing agency environment, embracing change and navigating ambiguity with problem-solving mindset
• Leadership potential to grow with the organization, building and guiding teams as the agency expands

Career Progression Opportunities:

• Foundation role for scaling finance operations
• Potential team leadership as organization grows
• Strategic influence on company financial direction
• Professional development in marketing industry finance

Benefits:

• Extended Health, Dental & Drug Group Plan
• Life & Disability Insurance
• Performance based bonuses
• Matching RRSP