Bradford Greenhouses, awarded Canada’s Best Managed Companies since 2018, is a
long-established family owned and operated business dating back to 1961,
carrying with us for sixty plus years traditional values of integrity and
commitment to customer service engrained by the founder Francis Ferragine.
We are well renowned as a retail/wholesale leader and a good responsible
corporate citizen in Central Ontario.
Environmentally friendly; Bradford Greenhouses capture rainwater in cisterns for
plant watering, heat glass houses with natural solar heat, engage in plastic
product recycling, retailer’s plastic collection/recycle program, heat recovery
systems on boilers, and composting organic materials for garden soils.
Community aware Bradford Greenhouses is fortunate to provide community support
through such items as the Poinsettia Program (school fundraiser), and golf
tournament (Roots for Youth Foundation).
Believing that diversity brings in creativity and teamwork, we annually hire a
great mix of students, retirees, regular full time, seniors, and seasonal staff
who better serve our diverse community.
Bradford Greenhouses offers health/dental benefits, employee discounts, job
advancement opportunities, supplemental training, wrapped in a culture of
learning and empowering people to be motivated toward company goals.
Here we GROW again! We are looking for an experienced Controller to join our
Corporate Finance team in Barrie, ON. Successful candidates hold integrity and
accountability while being passionate about driving financial performance and
strategic initiatives.
Summary:
The Controller is a strategic and hands-on individual. This role is responsible
for safeguarding the assets of the business, overseeing all fiscal and fiduciary
responsibilities for the organization. The Controller plays a crucial role in
managing the financial operations of the group of companies.
Job Duties:
- Safeguard the assets of the group of companies by maintaining, improving,
creating and testing proper internal controls
- Lead the preparation of all monthly, quarterly and yearly financial
statements, budgets and report. This includes managing the budgeting,
forecasting, and variance analysis processes, as well as overseeing cash flow
management, banking operations, and debt compliance.
- Ensuring reporting is completed to meet company deadlines so that information
can be properly used as a meaningful tool to help in the reviews of company
performance with the leadership team
- Supervise all accounting functions, A/R, A/P, billing, general ledger,
inventory, etc.
- You will ensure compliance with local, provincial, federal tax and reporting
requirements as well as bank reporting requirements.
- Serve as an active member of the leadership team contributing to direction
and goals of the organizations
- Leading and mentoring the finance team, providing clear direction,
development and providing regular feedback both positive and constructive
- Assist in ERP system implementation and optimization.
- Lead all external audits, internal audits as well a providing all
documentation required.
Requirements:
- Professional accounting designation (CPA), university degree in
Accounting/Business/Finance, with 5-10 years of accounting experience,
ideally including a minimum of 5+ years of management level industry
experience.
- Strong knowledge of Canadian GAAP, Tax regulations, and financial reporting
standards.
- Proven experience with ERP systems is required; Microsoft Navision/Business
Central/Quick Books is a definite asset.
- Advanced Microsoft office skills are required (e.g. pivot table, VLOOKUP).
- Experience with Power BI would be an asset.
- Ability to motivate teams to produce quality information and simultaneously
manage several projects.
- Experience in the manufacturing industry is highly desirable.
