Controller
<p>This is not a typical corporate desk role. We need someone who will partner with operations, understands job costing, payroll, WIP, and construction-style billing — and can operate independently.</p><p> </p><p>You will oversee full-cycle accounting, monthly reporting, compliance (HST, CRA, WSIB, EHT), and help modernize our processes toward a more digital, paperless system.</p><p> </p><p>We are practical. If you understand fabrication margins, labour tracking, and project-based accounting — we want to talk.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p><p> </p><p>· Full-cycle accounting (AP, AR, GL, payroll oversight)</p><p>· Progress billings, change orders & holdbacks</p><p>· Job costing and WIP tracking</p><p>· Monthly financial reporting to ownership</p><p>· HST, CRA, WSIB, EHT compliance</p><p>· Cash flow monitoring and margin protection</p>
<p><strong>Essential skills & experience</strong></p><p> </p><p>· CPA or working towards one</p><p>· Experience working in a manufacturing or construction business</p><p>· Strong knowledge of job costing and WIP billing</p><p>· Experience with AP, AR and payroll</p><p>· Familiar with payroll process for field workers under iron workers union or similar</p><p>· Familiarity with STAT decks, change orders, etc.</p><p>· Proficient in Excel: ability to manipulate large datasets, use advanced formulas, and create dynamic, error-free, and visually clear reports</p><p>· Proficient in ADP, QuickBooks, Dext accounting systems is also a bonus</p>
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- Whitby, ON
- onsite
- Permanent
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85000.00 - 100000.00 CAD / Yearly
- <p>This is not a typical corporate desk role. We need someone who will partner with operations, understands job costing, payroll, WIP, and construction-style billing — and can operate independently.</p><p> </p><p>You will oversee full-cycle accounting, monthly reporting, compliance (HST, CRA, WSIB, EHT), and help modernize our processes toward a more digital, paperless system.</p><p> </p><p>We are practical. If you understand fabrication margins, labour tracking, and project-based accounting — we want to talk.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p><p> </p><p>· Full-cycle accounting (AP, AR, GL, payroll oversight)</p><p>· Progress billings, change orders & holdbacks</p><p>· Job costing and WIP tracking</p><p>· Monthly financial reporting to ownership</p><p>· HST, CRA, WSIB, EHT compliance</p><p>· Cash flow monitoring and margin protection</p>
- 2026-02-27T21:33:43Z