Assistant controller Jobs in Pickering, ON

About the Company
Our client is a rapidly growing manufacturing company and they are looking for a Controller to join their team!

Why Work Here

• Help build the accounting function from the ground up
• Highly visible role partnering directly with the VP, Finance and broader leadership team
• Competitive Compensation package
• DC Pension matching
• Comprehensive Health and Dental benefits

About the Opportunity

• Full accounting ownership, with particular focus on month-end close activities related to cost accounting and gross margin analysis.
• Oversee day-to-day accounting operations across all business units.
• Support the successful implementation, optimization and ongoing maintenance of a new ERP system.
• Advise on technical accounting matters and the implementation of policy changes divisionally and company-wide. Advise on accounting and system impacts of new operations, legal entity restructuring, or complex accounting issues.
• Develop and implement scalable accounting processes, internal controls, and financial systems that support rapid growth and evolving business needs.
• Partner with executive leadership to provide financial insights that guide strategic decisions, capital planning, and operational performance.
• Support budgeting and forecasting activities, ensuring alignment with company goals and operational realities.
• Ensure regulatory and tax compliance while maintaining accurate, timely, and high-quality financial statements.
• Create clear, data-driven reporting packages to inform leadership and support business reviews.
• Support cost accounting processes, including development and maintenance of cost accounting systems and methodologies tailored to advanced manufacturing.
• Build, develop and mentor a high-performing accounting team.
• Drive continuous improvement and automation initiatives to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and scalability across accounting processes.
• Other duties as required.

About You

• University Degree, with a specialization in Finance or Accounting.
• CPA Designation with a minimum of 8+ years of progressive experience
• Strong background in accounting, preferably in a manufacturing
• Proven experience driving the establishment of processes and documentation.
• Technology-savvy finance leader with hands-on experience using ERP systems, financial reporting tools, and data analytics to enable process automation, improve controls, and support scalable growth in a manufacturing environment.
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, including the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.

Salary Range
$150,000 - $165,000 / year

How to Apply
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This position for employment is for a current vacancy with Vaco/Highspring’s client. You must currently reside within the Greater Toronto Area and be permitted to work in Canada to be considered for this opportunity. A recruiter will be in touch with you if your profile meets our client’s requirements for this role.

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco/Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual’s skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law in geographies that require salary range disclosure, Vaco/Highspring notes the salary range for the role is noted in this job posting. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company’s 401(k) retirement plan. Additional disclaimer: Unless otherwise noted in the job description, the position Vaco/Highspring is filing for is occupied. Please note, however, that Vaco/Highspring is regularly asked to provide talent to other organizations. By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. Submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase within Vaco/Highspring will be otherwise assessed by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco/Highspring does not have knowledge of the tools used by its clients in making final hiring decisions and cannot opine on their use of AI products.

Vaco by Highspring values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.

EEO Notice

Vaco by Highspring is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.

Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR@vaco.com .

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Pay Transparency Notice

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

• the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
• licensure and certification requirements;
• office location and other geographic considerations;
• other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.