Controller
Recruitment Partners
- Calgary, AB
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead internal accounting function, ensuring accurate, timely reporting and compliant monthly closes.
- Implement scalable internal controls, accounting policies, and efficient month‑end processes.
- Build dashboards, tools, and reporting that enable data‑driven decision‑making across the company.
- Manage audits, regulatory requirements, and all external accounting and banking relationships.
- Own budgeting, forecasting, long‑term planning, and scenario modeling.
- Develop models for unit economics, margins, inventory costing, and product profitability.
- Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, R&D, and Sales to improve visibility into COGS, manufacturing efficiency, and pricing.
- Optimize working capital through cash flow forecasting, inventory planning, and purchasing analysis.
- Support fundraising, including grants, equity processes, and financial modeling for investors.
- Implement financial systems, ERP tools, and workflows that reduce founder involvement and support scalable operations.
- CPA designation with 3-5 years of progressive finance/accounting experience.
- Experience in manufacturing, materials, climate tech, or CPG is highly valuable.
- Hands‑on experience building financial processes in a fast‑paced startup environment.
- Strong understanding of cost accounting, inventory management, and unit economics.
- Proficiency with ERP and accounting systems; ability to implement new tools.
- Excellent communication and leadership skills with a collaborative, solutions‑oriented mindset.