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Controller

Meridia Recruitment Solutions • New Brunswick
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description
Controller
Saint John, NB
Reference # HL - OCA - 9397

Ocean Capital Holdings Limited is a privately held company located in Saint John, NB with interests across a number of business lines, including broadcasting, real-estate, construction and service. Our purpose is to have winning businesses and great people, all contributing to better communities. We unlock the potential of our businesses through imagination and a passion for winning, and we celebrate the uniqueness in each person. Our focus is on excellence and accomplishments.

Ocean Capital has a new opportunity for a Controller at our Saint John office who will provide wide-ranging financial leadership, services, and support for Ocean Capital Holdings Limited (OCHL) and related companies. As a key member of the Finance team, this role actively contributes to strategic financial planning and leverages various tools and reporting methods to communicate financial performance and insights, offering recommendations that enhance both operational and financial outcomes. This role also plays an integral part in enhancing accounting systems and optimizing processes within the finance department.

Key Responsibilities
  • Planning, preparation and execution of monthly consolidated and non-consolidated financial statements and schedules, including journal entries, reconciliations, and variance analysis for multiple companies and present to Senior Leadership.
  • Coordinate with operational finance teams to prepare consolidated financial reports and analysis.
  • Prepare annual budgets and schedules including management reporting.
  • Assist in creation of annual management and shareholder reporting.
  • Manage day-to-day transactional processing: billing, cash forecasting.
  • Serve as a key resource to support internal and external audit processes.
  • Assist with the development and implementation of formalized accounting and reporting policies and standards.
  • Identify and support process improvement initiatives within the accounting team and across cross‑functional groups.
  • Maintain data integrity and ensure standardized financial information.
  • Review and approve work completed by the Accounting Associate, including accounts payable/receivable processing, reconciliations, and supporting schedules.

Core Competencies
  • Proactive delivery: Strive to exceed expectations; taking accountability for keeping own performance on track and track delivery of results to manage the performance of people
  • Coaching talent: Provide frequent feedback, coaching and stretch opportunities to team members to help develop their capabilities
  • High quality decision making: Make smart decisions weighing risk and reward to help team/department performance
  • Establishing leadership impact: Project personal confidence, building trust and making people feel energized
  • Setting direction: Provide clear direction and priorities to ensure the team is focused on the right things and the desired ‘end state’
  • Persuasive influencing: Build a wide network and tailor information and arguments to different audiences to get things done
  • Team working: Encourage teamwork and create collaboration opportunities between colleagues and teams
  • Securing added value: Make well-rounded judgments on what will make the most effective use of budgets and resources
  • Pushing for continuous improvement: Challenge current practices and think differently to drive improvement in processes, products and services

Required Education, Experience & Skills:
  • Chartered Professional Accounting (CPA) designation.
  • 5-7 years of progressive accounting experience post CPA completion.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
  • Supervisory or mentoring experience is considered an asset; ability to develop junior team members.
  • Strong presentation skills, capable of delivering complex financial information in an engaging and accessible manner.
  • Ability to Communicate financial results and process expectations clearly to both financial and non-financial team members.
  • Proven experience collaborating with and presenting to senior leadership.
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • Strong sense of ownership and accountability.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
  • Reliable self-starter with the ability to work independently and manage priorities.
  • Meticulous attention to detail and accuracy.
  • Demonstrated commitment to confidentiality and professional integrity.

If you are a technically sound Canadian CPA that is confident with presenting financials to executive leaders, this highly visible Controller role is a perfect fit for you.

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