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The Chapman Group is happy to support our client, Select Community Funeral Homes Inc., in its search for a Controller to join its team.
Select™ Community Funeral Homes Inc. (Select) is a family-owned business at the forefront of the funeral service industry, boasting 29 locations across 15 operating partnerships in three provinces. Founded in 1996 by second-generation funeral home owners with a decade of experience at The Brenan Group Ltd., the company is dedicated to preserving the strength of locally owned funeral homes across the country.
Recognizing a need for succession planning with a focus on keeping ownership local, Select expanded their services, creating and launching, in 2004, the Management Partnership program that has become the company's primary focus today.
Select provides comprehensive business support services, including accounting, bookkeeping oversight, compliance, marketing support, and budgeting, empowering local operating partners to focus on what they want to do and what they do best -- serving the families that need them most.
Working with Select:
As a valued member of the Select team, you will receive the following:
- Competitive compensation plus pay for performance / annual bonus.
- Comprehensive health and dental benefits with Health Spending Account.
- Access to a free, confidential Employee Assistance Program.
- Group RRSP with employer matching contributions up to 5%.
- Professional development opportunities and financial support.
- Paid time off.
- Flexible work opportunities.
Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity- Apply today to start the journey toward a rewarding and fulfilling career with us. Your next career move awaits.
Select is looking for a Controller to join its Accounting Services team.
Select is currently hiring a Controller to join its Accounting Services team in a leadership role at the Business Support Centre which provides accounting, marketing, and general business support to its partners across Canada. The ideal candidate will be responsible for financial management tasks, including policy development and budget creation for each partner as well as their assurance related activities including the financial close process. The ideal candidate will be responsible for team leadership of the accounting support staff and provide support for strategic initiatives to ownership and its partners, such as evaluating growth opportunities and conducting financial forecasting. If you have a strong financial background and leadership skills, we encourage you to apply.
The successful candidate would be in a leadership position in our Business Support Centre and would have the following key areas of responsibility:
Financial Management
- Take responsibility for financials policies, systems, and processes, including internal controls, and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Manage creditor relationships and respond to queries on behalf of our operating partners, including financial reporting required by loan agreement covenants.
- Develop annual budgets for each operating partner and, in conjunction with ownership, review them and develop actionable plans to achieve them
- Monthly HST filings and remittances
- Annual filing of T4s, T4As, and T5s.
- Review and provide accounting staff with proper corporate tax instalment amounts for monthly remittances.
Assurance
- Oversee the coordination and activities of independent Chartered Professional Accountants, ensuring issues are resolved, compliance requirements are met, and the preparation of financial statements are in accordance with GAAP.
- Oversight and responsibility for monthly close processes, including review of bank reconciliations, AR and AP subledgers, set up and expensing of material prepaid expenses, proper classifications of additions and disposals for capital expenditures, reconciliation of Visa payable accounts, verification of creditor loan balances, GL review of sales and expense accounts for large, unusual, or mis-posted transactions.
Strategic Initiatives
- Evaluate growth opportunities with ownership as they arise. This includes financial forecasting, net present value analysis, capital structure suggestions, and providing critiques on the analysis done by ownership.
- Assist ownership in regular reviews of partner operations through the use of financial analysis and KPIs.
- Ad hoc responsibilities in support of the overall objectives of Select and our Business Support Centre team
Team Leadership
- Direct supervision and direction of Select accounting personnel including recruitment and retention.
- Ensuring the year-end close schedule is on track and providing assistance to accounting personnel, as required, to meet established deadlines.
- Be available for telephone and email support for all Select operating partners on the topics of budgeting, accounting, and taxation.
The successful candidate would ideally possess the following:
- CPA designation is required.
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- 7+ years of experience in a mid to senior level role.
- Familiarity with CaseWare, TaxPrep, and Quickbooks is considered an asset.
- Previous experience in preparing corporate tax returns an asset.
- Demonstrated strong financial acumen with a strategic mindset.
- Proficiency in advanced forecasting methods and quantitative analysis.
- Ability to get into the details to get the job done while seeing the bigger picture.
- Knowledge of ASPE for financial reporting.
- Exceptional attention to detail, adept at identifying errors.
- Articulate with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Collaborative mindset, comfortable interacting with the leadership team.
- Creative thinker with problem-solving capabilities.
- Commitment to confidentiality in all aspects.
- Experience in both public and private sectors an asset.
