Interim Controller

Location: Brampton, ON

Work Model: On-site, 5 days/week

Duration: 3 months (potential for extension or conversion)

Our client, is seeking an experienced Interim Controller. This is a hands-on leadership role supporting a division within a public company environment and partnering closely with senior finance and operational leadership.

Reporting into senior finance leadership, the Controller will oversee site finance activities, lead a capable team, and ensure accurate and timely reporting in a fast-paced environment. This role is well suited to a seasoned manufacturing finance leader who can quickly assess processes, navigate legacy systems, interpret complex data, and provide practical business support to operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the full finance function for a large manufacturing operation, including accounting, reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and working capital oversight

• Manage month-end close activities and ensure financial results are completed accurately and within reporting timelines

• Oversee journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, provisions, and other core accounting activities

• Provide leadership across accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, treasury, and related finance functions

• Review and analyze operating results, including margin performance, cost trends, and inventory-related impacts

• Partner closely with operations, engineering, and leadership teams to understand business drivers and provide financial insight

• Support budgeting and forecasting activities and help identify risks, opportunities, and areas for improved performance

• Liaise with corporate finance, tax, treasury, and other internal stakeholders on reporting and finance matters

• Coordinate audit support and assist with compliance-related requirements.

• Lead, coach, and support direct reports while providing broader oversight to the finance team

• Work through large volumes of data from multiple sources, extracting, validating, and interpreting information to support decision-making

• Identify issues quickly, trace root causes, and implement practical solutions in a deadline-driven environment

• Contribute to ongoing systems and process improvement initiatives, including future-state ERP modernization

Qualifications

·       CPA or equivalent accounting designation strongly preferred

·       10+ years of progressive finance and accounting experience, including leadership in a Controller or senior finance capacity

·       Strong manufacturing finance background is considered essential

·       Experience in a public company or complex reporting environment

·       Strong understanding of full-cycle accounting, including journal entries, provisions, reconciliations, and close management

·       Proven experience with budgeting, forecasting, margin analysis, and inventory-related accounting

·       Hands-on leadership style with the ability to roll up your sleeves and work through details

·       Strong systems capability, including extracting and validating data from legacy or non-streamlined environments

·       Advanced Excel skills, including pivots, lookups, and working with large data sets

·       Experience with ERP environments and finance systems transformation is an asset

·       Exposure to OneStream, Hyperion, treasury, or tax coordination is an asset

·       Strong communication skills with the ability to respond quickly and effectively to senior leadership requests

Interested?

If you are a hands-on Controller with strong manufacturing experience and a track record of stepping into complex environments, we’d welcome a conversation. This is an opportunity to take on a highly visible mandate, support senior leadership, and make an immediate impact.

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