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A growing farm and agribusiness located near Regina and Moose Jaw is hiring for the position of Financial Controller on a part time basis
Answering directly to the owners of the company, and overseeing our small bookkeeping staff, the controller will be responsible for all of the day to day financial operations of the firm
The successful applicant will be required to:
- Develop a complete understanding of the financial management of the company
- Provide a management level of oversight on all of the financial bookkeeping functions, including:
o Working closely with the bookkeepers in our locations
o Being a resource on Simply Accounting
o Creating policies and procedures for how work is completed
o Verifying and overseeing all work completed by bookkeepers
o Providing performance evaluations on the staff
- Manage the accuracy/productivity of the firm in terms of cash management managing AR, AP, inventory, billing, collections
- Develop short, medium, and long term budgets for the company to assist in cash management operations.
- Develop reporting tools on financial position of the company for internal and external use
- Be responsible for all direct communication with our accounting firm, as well as communication with the CRA when required.
- Accept responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of work
- Successfully coordinate our employee benefits
- Provide an HR function in terms of the accuracy of payroll and benefits and participate in the hiring process
- Execute on direction from Management on additional financial matters as required
Prior experience is essential, prior experience in an agricultural business is a significant asset
Pay/Benefits commensurate with experience
Must be able to give a regular and scheduled 2-3 days/week commitment
Required to travel amongst the various business locations
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Oral communication
- Critical thinking
- Computer use
Transportation/Travel Information
- Own transportation
- Willing to travel
Specific Skills
- Reconcile accounts
- Prepare trial balance of books
- Post journal entries
- Control inventory
- Calculate fixed assets and depreciation
- Maintain general ledgers and financial statements
- Calculate and prepare cheques for payroll
- Prepare other statistical, financial and accounting reports
- Prepare tax returns
Type of Bookkeeping
- Manual
- Computerized
Business Equipment and Computer Applications
- Windows
- Excel
- Electronic mail
- General office equipment
- Accounting software
- Internet browser
- Simply Accounting