Controller

Our Client

Our client is a private investment firm focused on building and managing a growing portfolio of companies in the mining and natural resources sector. The organization is seeking an experienced Controller, Portfolio Companies to join its Toronto-based finance team. Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer, this newly created role will provide financial oversight, reporting leadership and strategic guidance across the portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Oversee financial reporting and month-end, quarter-end and year-end close processes across approximately 10 portfolio companies, ensuring compliance with US GAAP and IFRS.
• Establish and manage reporting timelines, financial reporting packages and accounting standards across the portfolio.
• Review portfolio company financial statements, provide variance analysis and deliver financial reporting to senior leadership, investors and other stakeholders.
• Act as the primary point of contact for portfolio companies on financial reporting, accounting and other finance-related matters.
• Provide technical accounting guidance and oversight to portfolio company finance teams, including stepping into operational accounting matters when required.
• Oversee treasury, cash flow forecasting, liquidity management, budgeting and financial planning across the portfolio.
• Support acquisitions and the financial integration of newly acquired businesses, including implementing reporting processes, controls and accounting systems.
• Assist with IPO readiness, public company reporting requirements and related financial reporting initiatives.
• Develop and maintain consistent internal controls, accounting policies and financial reporting procedures across portfolio companies.
• Provide leadership and guidance to finance personnel, including direct and functional oversight of accounting teams.
• Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, reporting efficiency and accounting systems across the portfolio.

Requirements

• CPA designation required.
• 10+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including senior-level Controller or financial reporting responsibilities.
• Strong technical knowledge of both US GAAP and IFRS is essential.
• Demonstrated industry experience.
• Experience overseeing financial reporting and accounting functions across multiple entities, subsidiaries or business units.
• Strong full-cycle accounting experience, including financial statement preparation, consolidations, budgeting, forecasting and treasury management.
• Ability to provide strategic financial oversight while remaining technically proficient and capable of taking a hands-on approach when necessary.
• Experience within private equity, investment management, mining, natural resources or other asset-intensive industries is strongly preferred.
• Exposure to public company reporting, SEC requirements, IPO readiness or financial integration following acquisitions is an asset.
• Experience with ERP systems, particularly Microsoft Dynamics 365, is an asset.
• Strong leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across multiple businesses and finance teams.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented and comfortable managing competing priorities in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Ability to work in-office five days per week in downtown Toronto.

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