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Our Client

Our client is one of Canada’s largest and most diversified infrastructure companies. They de-risk the most challenging parts of construction by offering vertically integrated infrastructure solutions for public and private projects of every scale.

For over 40 years, their teams have been designing, delivering, and maintaining infrastructure for Canada’s growing cities. From excavating and demolition to foundations, paving, and the production of materials, they have the unique ability to complete an entire project without the need for subcontractors. Our client is a leader in energy efficiency and are at the forefront of incorporating recycled and reused materials.

With their sights set on building a better tomorrow, they are committed to long-term relationships and long-term thinking. They uphold the highest standards of safety and quality, ensuring every project provides the greatest benefits to their customers with the least disruption to the communities. The work they do shapes the future of our cities and will pave a new path for the future of the industry.

Position Overview:

Our client has an opportunity available for a Construction Controller in our Integrated Infrastructure Division in North York , ON.

Reporting to the VP Finance, the successful candidate will take a leadership role in the management of day-to-day operations and financial reporting within the Integrated Infrastructure (Roads and Paving) division.

Role Responsibilities:

• Prepare monthly business unit statements, financial review information and annual business unit budgets and assist business unit managers in the financial planning processes
• Manage and control the accounting and construction administration staff to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting across all regions in Ontario.
• Provide analysis and support to business unit managers to ensure understanding of business unit statements and financial implications of business decisions
• Investigate profitability issues and forecasts changes
• Providing ongoing leadership and best practices in accounts payable and receivables processing through ensuring:
• Understand and support implementation of cost control, job costing and forecasting systems at the project level
• Working with accounting staff, regional general managers on month-end job costing and revenue recognition.
• Reconcile, analyze and report regional P&L’s and job cost data.
• Perform monthly divisional profit/revenue recognition, develop and analyze monthly cost reporting, and project forecasts

1. review, audit and validate incoming documentation for accuracy.
2. matched packing slips to authorized purchase orders.
3. AP Invoices meet scheduled cheque runs and balance customer statements.
4. customer project billings, investigate issues with outstanding invoices; and
5. effective timely resolution of payment issues.

• Assist with internal and external audits as required.
• Compare actual costs to estimates and analyze variances including labour, materials, vendor and subcontractor payables, equipment and hired trucking.
• Monthly balance sheet reconciliations and lead sheet preparation. Reconciling and closing sub ledgers with efficiency and pressure deadlines.
• Working with Corporate Reporting Team to close off the GL month-end and report results into Corporate Head Office.

Desired Qualifications:

• Worked with ERP system. Know how to use not build.
• Strong accounting discipline. Have all the 14 divisions close at the same time. Consistent message to the 14 lead Job Costing Analysts and the 30 Job Costing
• Analysts (very experienced people). New polices come down from corporate, this Controller must implement and enforce.
• Strong people skills. Must be great communicator to staff of 30 cost analysts.
• Building Industry background. Must have strong background in building industry to get respect of reports. Knows about dealing with trades, vendor, when to recognize revenue.

Please note that at present, legal eligibility to work in Canada is a prerequisite for this role.

We appreciate your interest in this role.

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Those who most closely meet our client’s requirements will be contacted for an interview.

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