<p>Our client, A well-established and growing Canadian company (17 years in operation) is seeking an experienced Logistics Manager to lead and modernize its logistics and international supply chain operations. Due to significant new business growth and expanding operational needs, this is a key leadership hire with strong executive visibility.</p><p><br></p><p>This is a confidential search until shortlisted candidates are identified.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>About the Company</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Our client operates in a dynamic, international trade environment with complex import/export requirements across North America and overseas markets. The organization has built a strong reputation over nearly two decades and is now entering an exciting growth phase with increased volume, new facilities, and expanded supplier relationships.</p><p>The leadership team is hands-on, commercially driven, and highly supportive of its people. This role offers strong executive exposure, reporting directly to senior leadership.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Position Summary</strong></p><p><br></p><p>The Logistics Manager will oversee and optimize end-to-end logistics operations including ocean freight, trucking, inventory control, documentation, regulatory compliance, and vendor management. The successful candidate will strengthen international logistics solutions, improve container and freight processes, support facility expansion, and lead a growing team.</p><p>This role requires both operational depth and strong negotiation capability with external carriers and suppliers.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p><p><br></p><p>1. International Logistics & Freight Management</p><p>• Lead ocean freight operations (minimum 7+ years’ experience required)</p><p>• Oversee container management, load planning, and carrier coordination</p><p>• Manage trucking operations across Canada and cross-border routes</p><p>• Implement risk control measures for international shipments</p><p>• Ensure efficient booking, documentation, and on-time delivery</p><p><br></p><p>2. Inventory & Facility Expansion</p><p>• Manage inventory accuracy across locations (FIFO implementation)</p><p>• Support and coordinate the setup of new facilities</p><p>• Improve logistics workflows to support growing business volume</p><p>• Optimize warehouse and inbound/outbound operations</p><p><br></p><p>3. Documentation & Regulatory Compliance</p><p>• Oversee shipping documentation and export processes</p><p>• Coordinate regulatory compliance with authorities (e.g., CFIA, USDA)</p><p>• Ensure accuracy and timeliness of international documentation</p><p><br></p><p>4. Vendor & Negotiation Leadership</p><p>• Negotiate transportation rates and service agreements</p><p>• Build and manage strong relationships with freight forwarders and carriers</p><p>• Source and negotiate new supplier partnerships</p><p>• Drive cost optimization initiatives</p><p><br></p><p>5. Team Leadership</p><p>• Lead a team of 4 (expanding to 6)</p><p>-1 Coordinator</p><p>-1 Assistant</p><p>• Provide hands-on guidance and mentorship</p><p>• Strengthen collaboration across logistics, operations, and documentation teams</p><p>• Deliver clear, timely feedback and performance improvements</p>
We are looking for a detail-oriented Accounts Payable Clerk to join our team in Burnaby, British Columbia. In this Contract to permanent position, you will play a key role in managing vendor invoices, expense reports, and payment processing to ensure smooth financial operations. This opportunity is ideal for candidates with a background in accounts payable and a strong ability to handle manual systems efficiently.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Receive and accurately record vendor invoices, ensuring proper documentation and tracking.<br>• Match invoices to purchasing and receiving records, or route non-inventory invoices to the appropriate manager for approval.<br>• Address and resolve discrepancies in invoices by liaising with internal teams and external vendors.<br>• Process employee and consultant expense reports using Nexonia software, adhering to company policies.<br>• Assign appropriate coding to invoices and expense reports for accurate financial reporting.<br>• Set up vendor payments and reimbursements for employees and consultants promptly.<br>• Provide updated credit references to Procurement Specialists to secure favourable terms with vendors.<br>• Process accounts payable invoices using a two-way matching system, handling 20-40 invoices daily.<br>• Manage payments in foreign currencies and ensure proper reconciliation.<br>• Utilize Sage X3 software for accounts payable tasks and ensure data accuracy.
<p>We are seeking an experienced and strategic Hotel Controller to oversee all financial operations of a luxury full-service hotel in British Columbia. Reporting to the Managing Director and working closely with ownership and corporate finance, the Hotel Controller will act as a trusted business partner, ensuring financial integrity, regulatory compliance, and strong financial performance in a dynamic luxury hospitality environment.</p><p><br></p><p>This person needs to have Opera Cloud experience.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Financial Leadership & Strategy</strong></p><ul><li>Serve as a member of the Hotel Executive Committee, providing strategic financial insight to support operational and commercial decision-making.</li><li>Partner with the General Manager and department leaders to drive profitability, cost efficiency, and long-term financial sustainability.</li><li>Lead the annual budgeting process, rolling forecasts, and long-range financial planning.</li><li>Accounting & Financial Reporting</li><li>Oversee all accounting operations including general ledger, accounts payable/receivable, payroll, cash management, and capital asset accounting.</li><li>Prepare timely and accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements in accordance with Canadian GAAP and corporate standards.</li><li>Ensure accurate revenue recognition across rooms, food & beverage, spa, retail, and events.</li><li>Look after the financial requirements ownership</li></ul><p><strong>Controls, Compliance & Risk Management</strong></p><ul><li>Maintain robust internal controls to safeguard hotel assets and ensure financial accuracy.</li><li>Ensure full compliance with British Columbia provincial legislation, including:</li><li>Employment Standards Act (BC)</li></ul><p><strong>WorkSafeBC Requirements</strong></p><ul><li>PST, GST, and municipal hotel taxes (MRDT)</li><li>Coordinate and lead external audits, tax filings, and statutory reporting.</li><li>Act as primary liaison with banks, auditors, insurance, legal and regulatory authorities.</li><li>Review Annual Hotel Contracts</li></ul><p><strong>Operational Finance</strong></p><ul><li>Collaborate with department heads to manage labor costs, operating expenses, and productivity benchmarks in a unionized and/or non-union environment.</li><li>Monitor inventory, purchasing controls, and vendor contracts to ensure compliance with corporate and brand standards.</li><li>Evaluate capital expenditure requests and track ROI on approved projects.</li></ul><p><strong>Leadership & Talent Development</strong></p><ul><li>Lead, mentor, and develop the hotel finance team, fostering a positive culture of accountability, accuracy, and service excellence.</li><li>Ensure proper training on financial policies, systems, and internal controls.</li></ul><p><br></p>
<p>Our global client is seeking a Senior Financial Accountant – Inventory to join their growing finance team. This role will be a key contributor to the accounting function, responsible for the integrity, analysis, and reporting of inventory across multiple business units.</p><p><br></p><p>This is an excellent opportunity for a CPA-designated accounting professional with strong inventory or cost accounting experience who is looking to step into a role with increasing leadership responsibility and a clear path toward management. The position will also indirectly oversee and mentor junior team members while partnering cross-functionally with operations, supply chain, and finance teams.</p><p>Working within a global organization, this role offers exposure to complex inventory environments, system enhancements, and process improvements while helping strengthen controls and reporting across the business.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p><p>• Maintain and reconcile inventory sub-ledgers to the general ledger on a regular basis.</p><p>• Ensure accurate inventory valuation in compliance with IFRS and US GAAP.</p><p>• Prepare month-end and year-end journal entries related to inventory, reserves, and adjustments.</p><p>• Ensure proper cut-off procedures for purchases and inventory transactions.</p><p>• Perform regular reconciliations between ERP systems and inventory tracking in MS Excel.</p><p>• Support physical inventory counts and cycle counts, ensuring compliance with internal control requirements.</p><p>• Ensure compliance with company policies, SOX/internal control frameworks, and financial reporting standards.</p><p>• Support system enhancements, and automation initiatives impacting inventory accounting.</p><p>• Assist with internal and external audit requests related to inventory balances and controls.</p><p>• Prepare reporting and analysis on inventory trends, KPIs, and variances.</p><p>• Partner cross-functionally with operations, procurement, and supply chain teams.</p><p>• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior accounting staff, supporting their development and ensuring accuracy of work.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
<p>We are looking for a detail-oriented and technically skilled Senior Accountant to join our client's team on a long-term contract basis in Vancouver, British Columbia. In this role, you will play a crucial part in ensuring accurate financial reporting, supporting audits, and maintaining compliance with regulatory standards. This position offers the opportunity to grow and expand your responsibilities after the initial onboarding period.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Learn and familiarize yourself with the organization's financial reporting processes and management reports during the first 90 days.</p><p>• Assist with month-end close procedures, including preparing and reviewing journal entries, reconciliations, and variance analyses.</p><p>• Support the annual external audit by preparing working papers, schedules, and other required materials.</p><p>• Generate monthly financial and management reports, ensuring accuracy and completeness.</p><p>• Analyze financial records to identify discrepancies or variances and provide actionable recommendations.</p><p>• Prepare quarterly external consolidated financial statements and MD& A in compliance with IFRS and regulatory standards.</p><p>• Develop budgets and forecasts, and perform variance analyses to improve financial planning.</p><p>• Ensure internal controls are effectively implemented and maintained.</p><p>• Manage inventory and procurement processes to optimize operational efficiency.</p><p>• Contribute to acquisition integration efforts to align financial practices.</p>
<p>Our client, a large publicly listed organization, is seeking a highly skilled SOX Specialist to join their finance team in Vancouver. This is a hybrid opportunity offering the chance to play a critical role in strengthening internal controls, enhancing financial reporting integrity, and supporting global risk initiatives.</p><p><br></p><p>This role is ideal for an accounting or finance professional who is a subject matter expert (SME) in SOX internal controls and audit, with experience in large, complex, publicly traded environments.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Position Overview</strong></p><p>The SOX Specialist will lead and manage the company’s SOX compliance framework in alignment with Section 404 requirements. This individual will ensure the design, implementation, documentation, testing, and continuous improvement of internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR) across all relevant financial cycles.</p><p>The successful candidate will partner closely with internal stakeholders and auditors to ensure ongoing compliance and best-in-class governance practices.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p><p>• Lead the end-to-end SOX compliance program, including planning, scoping, documentation, testing, and remediation.</p><p>• Oversee internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR) across all financial cycles (e.g., revenue, procurement, payroll, financial close).</p><p>• Evaluate control design and operating effectiveness; identify deficiencies and drive remediation plans.</p><p>• Coordinate with internal audit and external auditors to support SOX testing and annual compliance requirements.</p><p>• Maintain and enhance control documentation, narratives, risk control matrices (RCMs), and process flowcharts.</p><p>• Monitor and assess global risk areas impacting financial reporting.</p><p>• Provide technical guidance and training to business process owners on control requirements and best practices.</p><p>• Support continuous improvement initiatives to streamline and strengthen the internal control environment.</p><p>• Stay current with regulatory developments and evolving best practices in SOX compliance and corporate governance.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
<p>Are you an organized, detail-driven logistics professional seeking your next challenge? Our Surrey client is looking for a proactive Logistics Coordinator to oversee and coordinate the efficient transportation, storage, and distribution of goods. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and have a knack for managing shipments and vendor relationships, this is an exciting opportunity to support and advance our company’s supply chain operations.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities:</strong></p><p>• Coordinate domestic and/or international outbound shipments.</p><p>• Schedule and monitor deliveries with carriers and freight providers.</p><p>• Liaise with warehouses, suppliers, and customers to ensure timely and accurate order fulfillment.</p><p>• Prepare and review shipping documentation (BOLs, invoices, packing lists, etc.).</p><p>• Track shipments and quickly resolve any delays, damages, or discrepancies.</p><p>• Maintain accurate inventory and shipment records within ERP or logistics systems.</p><p>• Negotiate freight rates and monitor transportation budgets to ensure cost control.</p><p>• Ensure full compliance with all transportation regulations and company policies; promptly address non-compliance issues and implement corrective actions.</p><p>• Support warehouse operations and assist with distribution planning as needed.</p><p>• Generate logistics and performance reports for management review.</p><p>• Handle returns and manage claims with carriers and customers.</p><p><br></p>
<p>This is a Senior IT Systems Administrator role with a well-established industrial company, located in the Langley/Aldergrove area. If you are an experienced IT professional living in the Fraser Valley, then this could be a great role for you. </p><p><br></p><p>In this Senior Systems Administrator role, you will be responsible for managing a wide scope of systems, servers, networks and software applications. Information security will also be an important part of this job. </p><p><br></p><p>This company has several industrial plants across the lower mainland and across Western Canada. The IT team operates out of the Langley office, and there may be some travel between the various locations from time-to-time. So you should have a BC Drivers License and access to a vehicle for this role. </p><p><br></p><p>In this role, you’ll work primarily on-site at the Langley office between Monday and Friday, together with the other members of the IT team. </p><p><br></p><p>As a senior member of the IT team, you will be involved in decision making and planning for tools and technologies. You will also share your knowledge, by coaching and mentoring other members of the IT team.</p><p><br></p><p>This is a full-time position, and includes a competitive base salary, paid vacation and extended health and dental benefits. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>How to Apply</strong></p><p><br></p><p>A bit about myself - my name is Nathan Wawruck, and I am a recruitment consultant based in Vancouver, BC. I have over a decade of matching software and IT professionals to job opportunities, and I am always looking to connect with like-minded people in the Vancouver area.</p><p><br></p><p>If you're interested in pursuing this role, please apply to this posting online, and contact me for an initial discussion. This is a chance for us to discuss specifics, such as the company name, the key hiring managers, and the more in-depth job requirements. This is also a great opportunity to talk about your overall career goals and preferences. We can even discuss other potential roles which may fit what you're looking for. Please find me on LinkedIn by searching my name: Nathan Wawruck</p>
<p>Our Fraser Valley client, a major player in the restoration / renovation space, is looking to hire a Sales and Marketing Manager for their very stable and still growing business. The Sales and Marketing Manager will be tasked with growing the business and bringing on new clients but also, more importantly, managing existing relationships with insurance adjustors and supporting project managers in the field. Additional responsibilities will include community based marketing events and trade shows . This is an active role not a passive one!</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
<p>Finance Business Partner – Manufacturing</p><p>Location: Vancouver</p><p>Travel: Regular travel across North America required</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Position Overview</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Our client, a growing manufacturing organization, is seeking a Finance Business Partner to support one of its key manufacturing plants. This role will act as a strategic partner to plant leadership, providing financial insight, analysis, and oversight to drive operational performance and informed decision-making. The successful candidate will bring strong manufacturing finance experience, a solid understanding of IFRS, and hands-on exposure to inventory and plant-level reporting.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p><p><br></p><ul><li>Serve as the primary finance partner to plant operations, providing timely and actionable financial insights</li><li>Lead monthly and quarterly financial reporting, including variance analysis, forecasting, and performance commentary</li><li>Ensure accurate financial reporting in accordance with IFRS</li><li>Oversee and participate in inventory management and physical inventory counts, including standard costing, inventory valuation, and reconciliation</li><li>Partner with operations on budgeting, forecasting, cost control, and productivity initiatives</li><li>Analyze manufacturing KPIs, margins, and cost drivers to support continuous improvement</li><li>Support internal and external audits, including preparation of audit schedules and inventory documentation</li><li>Ensure strong internal controls and compliance with corporate policies and procedures</li><li>Collaborate cross-functionally with supply chain, operations, and corporate finance teams</li><li>Travel to other manufacturing sites within North America as required</li></ul>
<p>Our Abbotsford-based manufacturing client is seeking a Cost Accountant to join their growing team. Reporting to the CFO, this is a unique opportunity for someone looking to build a cost accounting function from the ground up within an established and growing manufacturing business. This is a hybrid role (3 days in office) working closely with production, purchasing, and operations leadership.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p><p><br></p><ul><li>Maintaining and updating standard costs for components, materials, and finished goods</li><li>Tracking material, labour, and overhead costs across production</li><li>Performing variance analysis on materials, labour, and overhead (actual vs. standard)</li><li>Investigating material yield losses and production inefficiencies</li><li>Monitoring waste, scrap, and rework costs in production</li><li>Overseeing inventory valuation for raw materials, WIP, and finished goods</li><li>Supporting cycle counts and physical inventory adjustments</li><li>Producing product profitability and margin analysis by product line or project</li><li>Providing weekly and monthly cost reports to management</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p>
