Finance Lead / Controller CPA (ONSITE)

Finance Lead / Controller

Surrey, BC | $135,000–$155,000 + Bonus + RRSP | 100% Onsite

Are you a CPA who wants to do more than report on what already happened?

A fast-growing, family-owned manufacturing and distribution organization is looking for an experienced Finance Lead / Controller to become a trusted financial partner to ownership and help guide the company through its next stage of growth.

This is an opportunity for a strong Controller who enjoys being hands-on while also operating strategically — someone who can look ahead 6–12 months, assess new opportunities, challenge assumptions, manage risk, and help ownership make smart financial decisions.

For the right person, there is significant opportunity to grow with the organization, with the potential to progress into a Director of Finance role.

Why This Opportunity?

• $135,000–$155,000 base salary, depending on experience
• Annual bonus following the first year
• RRSP matching up to 5%
• Extended health benefits
• Opportunity to become a trusted right hand to ownership
• Lead an established 3-person finance team
• Join an organization in an exciting growth and expansion phase
• Opportunity to influence strategy, systems, processes and financial decision-making
• Exposure to Canadian and U.S. entities and international operations
• Clear opportunity for the position to grow in scope and seniority

What You'll Be Doing

This is much more than a traditional accounting role. You'll provide financial leadership across the organization while helping ownership evaluate where the business is going next.

Key responsibilities include:

• Act as a strategic business partner to ownership, providing financial insight and recommendations on key business decisions
• Lead financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and financial analysis
• Develop forward-looking projections and help the business plan 6–12+ months ahead
• Evaluate new projects, investments and business opportunities to determine their financial viability and expected return
• Provide insight into costing, margins, inventory, cash flow and profitability
• Oversee cash and asset management, banking relationships and financing activities
• Prepare financial models, forecasts and business cases to support financing and investment decisions
• Manage foreign exchange exposure and risk
• Oversee accounting and finance activities across multiple related entities, including a U.S. entity
• Lead and mentor the existing finance team
• Strengthen internal controls, reporting processes and financial systems
• Partner with other departments as Finance serves as a key touchpoint throughout the organization
• Work with external auditors, tax advisors, lenders and other financial partners
• Identify opportunities to automate repetitive financial and administrative processes
• Provide oversight and support across certain administrative, HR and IT functions

What We're Looking For

The ideal candidate combines strong technical accounting expertise with the ability to think commercially and strategically.

Must-haves include:

• CPA designation with several years of post-designation experience
• Strong Controller-level or senior finance leadership experience
• Experience within manufacturing, distribution or a similarly inventory-intensive environment
• Strong understanding of inventory management, costing and margins
• Demonstrated experience with forecasting, budgeting, cash flow and financial modelling
• Ability to evaluate deals, projects and investments from a financial and commercial perspective
• Experience leading and developing an accounting/finance team
• Exposure to multi-entity accounting
• Comfort working with U.S. entities and cross-border considerations
• Experience with foreign exchange
• Strong systems aptitude and willingness to learn and implement new technology
• Experience working in a smaller or mid-sized organization where leaders need to be both strategic and hands-on is strongly preferred

The Right Fit

We're looking for someone who is:

• A team player who builds strong relationships across departments
• Hands-on and willing to roll up their sleeves when needed
• Strategic, commercially minded and comfortable providing recommendations to ownership
• Calm, steady and solutions-oriented
• Flexible and comfortable operating in a growing, entrepreneurial environment
• Interested in understanding the entire finance function — not simply managing it from a distance
• Comfortable learning new systems and finding better ways to do things
• Looking for a long-term home where they can build relationships, make an impact and grow with the business

About the Organization

The company is an established Canadian manufacturing, sourcing and distribution business with more than 50 years of history and approximately 30 employees at its Surrey operation.

The organization is in an exciting period of evolution and growth, with international suppliers, significant inventory operations, product design and engineering capabilities, U.S. operations, and continued geographic expansion.

Its products serve customers across sectors including forestry, mining, agriculture, commercial, industrial and consumer markets.

If you're an experienced CPA and finance leader who enjoys combining strategic thinking with hands-on leadership — and you're looking for an organization where you can become a genuine partner to ownership and grow with the business — we'd love to hear from you.