Financial Controller

Who we are

Founded in 2010, Genuine Comfort is a leading distributor of Air Conditioners (AC) and Packaged Terminal Air Conditioners (PTAC) across Canada & Mid-North USA. We are dedicated to “Delivering Comfort Consistently” to hospitality, commercial, and multi-family markets. We accomplish this through exceptional product availability, local warehousing, best-in-industry warranty and a dedication to on-time error-free delivery of room cooling products. Our impact is felt in hundreds of thousands of apartments and hotel rooms, with a visionary goal to surpass 60,000 units sold annually by 2030. Over the last four years, we have grown through strategic acquisitions of proven industry players, increased our product capacity and lineup, expanded our reach and distribution capabilities, have been featured two years in a row in the Globe and Mail's Canada's fastest-growing companies list and surpassed our 2023 vision 26 months ahead of schedule.

Who we need

Reporting to the CFO, we are hiring a Financial Controller to lead the day-to-day finance and accounting function in Winnipeg and help build the financial infrastructure for Genuine Comfort’s next stage of growth. As our new Financial Controller, you will bring strong accounting judgment, hands-on leadership, and a process improvement mindset to a growing business preparing for greater complexity across Canada and the U.S. You will lead and mentor a developing finance team, challenge legacy processes, built for an earlier stage of the business, guide accounting decisions through an upcoming ERP implementation, and strengthen the reporting, controls, and financial discipline needed to support organic and acquisition-driven growth.

This is a full-time, in-office role based at our Winnipeg office at 377 Henderson Highway. You will work on site five days per week.

What’s in it for you

Make an impact. Genuine Comfort is building the financial infrastructure to support its next stage of scale across Canada and the U.S. You will own the controllership function, strengthen financial discipline, and help build the reporting, controls, and operating cadence needed to support a business preparing for significant organic and acquisition-driven growth. This is an opportunity to step into broader ownership while staying close enough to the details to directly influence how the finance function matures.

Drive change. The business has outgrown processes designed for a smaller, less complex organization. As Genuine Comfort moves toward a new ERP and a more integrated Canada-U.S. operating model, you will influence key finance decisions that shape how transactions flow, how data is captured, how controls are embedded, and how leaders access timely, reliable financial insight. You will help bring structure without overengineering, applying what you have learned in more complex environments in a way that fits a growing mid-sized business.

Grow a team. You will lead and elevate a developing finance team, bringing the structure, mentorship, and accounting depth needed to raise capability across the function. Your leadership will help the team move from task execution to stronger ownership, while giving the business greater confidence in its numbers, processes, and readiness to scale. As the local finance leader in Winnipeg, you will create the clarity, consistency, and day-to-day guidance the team needs as the company moves through ERP change and acquisition-driven growth.

What you will do:

• Lead accounting operations. You will oversee day-to-day accounting activities, ensuring financial transactions are recorded accurately, completely, and on time. You will lead month-end close, reconciliations, financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and controls, ensuring the business has reliable financial information to support decisions.
• Elevate the team. You will manage, support, and mentor a small finance and accounting team that is eager to learn and ready for stronger structure. You will coach, answer questions, strengthen accounting knowledge, and help build a team environment grounded in clarity, accountability, and continuous learning.
• Challenge legacy processes. You will review current accounting, AP, AR, reporting, and control processes to understand what works, what creates manual effort, and what needs to change as the company grows. You will ask thoughtful questions, identify practical improvements, and help redesign processes to be more accurate, scalable, and efficient.
• Guide ERP decisions. You will play a key role in the planned ERP implementation, bringing a strong accounting lens to system and workflow decisions. You will help ensure financial data, transaction flows, controls, reporting, and process design support the business today and as it grows.
• Strengthen financial insight. You will improve the quality, consistency, and accessibility of financial reporting, helping leaders understand performance, cash flow, margins, and operational results. You will support budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, and analysis, translating financial information into clear insight that supports stronger business decisions.
• Support scalable growth. You will help build the finance foundation needed to integrate future growth as we continue to grow through acquisitions and organic expansion. You will support new entities, evolving processes, and increasing reporting complexity with sound accounting judgment, strong controls, and a practical understanding of how finance needs to scale.

What you bring:

• The right level of ownership. You are comfortable in a small to mid-sized environment where strong judgment, hands-on execution, and practical leadership matter more than layers of process. You have seen what stronger financial processes, controls, and reporting can look like in a more complex business, and you can apply that knowledge pragmatically in a growing mid-sized company. You know how to bring structure without overengineering.
• The accounting depth. You may be an Accounting Manager, Controller, or finance professional with increasing scope who wants more ownership, visibility, and the opportunity to shape a finance function through ERP change, process improvement, and acquisition-driven growth. You are a CPA with strong technical accounting knowledge and the ability to understand how transactions flow through the financial statements. You can assess the accounting impact of process and system decisions, ask thoughtful questions, and ensure financial information is accurate, reliable, and useful. You may bring a blend of public accounting and industry experience, with a track record of earning greater scope, trust, and responsibility over time.
• The controllership experience. You have built your accounting foundation through increasingly complex work and have moved into roles where you own outcomes, not just tasks. You have experience overseeing accounting operations, month-end close, reporting, budgeting, forecasting, reconciliations, and financial controls. You understand what a strong finance function needs to operate well and can balance hands-on execution with team leadership.
• The business exposure. You have worked in an operating company and understand the realities of supporting a growing business from the inside. Exposure to distribution, manufacturing, product-based, inventory-driven, or similarly operational environments would be valuable. You may bring a blend of public accounting and industry experience, with a track record of earning greater scope, trust, and responsibility over time.
• The process mindset. You are comfortable stepping into processes that have been in place for years and asking how they can work better. You can understand the current state, identify gaps, respectfully challenge assumptions, and introduce improvements that support accuracy, efficiency, controls, and scale.
• The leadership approach. You know how to guide and develop team members who are still building their confidence and capability. You are approachable, clear, and supportive, while also setting expectations and creating accountability. You can help people understand not just what needs to be done, but why it matters.

Compensation

At Genuine Comfort, we believe that compensation should be transparent, fair, and supportive of your experience and growth. Our salary ranges are designed to reflect the progression from learning the role to truly excelling. The salary range for this role is $100,000 to $120,000 per year plus bonus. We design our compensation to reflect each new hire’s skills, experience, and the complexity of the role, ensuring a fair and competitive salary.

We believe in transparency and open conversations about compensation. If you have any questions about our approach, we’re happy to discuss them throughout the hiring process.

Why join

With a developed and cohesive leadership team and a robust entrepreneurial operating system, we are small but mighty, with the internal structure and processes to support our growth. Every action we take is focused on gaining traction every day, being held accountable to our objectives, and communicating openly so that we are all on the same page and in alignment with our vision. Our commitment to our people and our mission ensures that those who share our passion for growing are recognized and rewarded. This is a place where everyone is equipped with the support and the autonomy to make decisions and to learn from mistakes. Your contributions will directly influence our journey, allowing you to move the needle, innovate to meet challenges and achieve our collective goals.

If your values align with ours, join us to elevate your C.O.O.L. factor:

• Communicate openly, honestly, and effectively with internal teams and clients.
• Own your accountabilities and decision-making.
• Operate with initiative.
• Learn to grow and embrace change.

What you can expect from our interview process:

• A virtual interview with a Talent Advisor to discuss your interest in joining Genuine Comfort and in the role. The conversation will be recorded using BrightHire, an AI-powered video interview tool. More details will be shared when you are invited to interview.
• A 45-minute interview with the CFO focused on your accounting leadership experience, systems mindset, approach to process improvement, and interest in joining Genuine Comfort.
• Assessment to explore your work style and collaboration preferences.
• A 30-minute interview with the President, focused on your leadership approach, business judgment, alignment with Genuine Comfort’s growth plans, and ability to support the finance function through the next stage of scale.
• A 15-minute final conversation with the CEO

Apply now.

If you have 70% of what we're looking for, express your interest here. Please contact us at careers@genuinecomfort.com and let us know what accommodations or assistance we can provide you during the application process.

At Genuine Comfort we are committed to hiring the best qualified candidates that align with our company core values regardless of culture, race, disability or gender.