Controller

TELUS
Edmonton, AB
$120K-$140K a year (estimated)
Full-time

TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods is a great place to work. You can see it in our team members. The diversity of the team and their unique contributions set us apart from the competition.

Our success is based as much on our future friendly team as the innovative technology solutions we offer.

Our team members include people like you - enthusiastic, innovative, passionate, and energetic. We believe that you'll find our high-performance culture personally fulfilling, professionally challenging and financially rewarding.

Here's the impact you will make and what we will accomplish together

TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods is leveraging our world-leading technology and innovation to tackle one of the most pressing social challenges of our time - achieving more efficient production while lowering the impact on the environment.

We believe that by delivering data insights and digital solutions that empower and connect producers to consumers we can improve the quality, safety and sustainability of our food and consumer goods.

We offer an unmatched suite of innovative solutions and purpose-built applications for every participant in the supply chain, from seed manufacturers and farmers through to grocery stores and consumer goods companies.

Our solutions consist of the latest technologies that enable our customers to optimize their businesses with more accuracy, efficiency and profit and create unified, trusted, and sustainable food and consumer goods value chains.

The Controller for Consolidation is responsible for ensuring financial information is properly reported and analyzed in a timely and accurate manner to allow for more efficient business decision-making by senior leadership.

This role will report to the Senior Director of Financial Planning and Analysis.

Here's how :

Budgeting and forecasting

The Controller's primary responsibility is to lead the forecasting consolidation process. This role will support variance analysis to show management how the budget and / or rolling forecast compares against actual performance.

In addition, some other areas of support are :

  • Forecast consolidation
  • Cash requirements forecasting
  • Evaluate inorganic growth opportunities
  • Process optimization to improve accuracy and efficiency
  • Market research and competitive analysis
  • OPEX-Capital expense interlock
  • Product and Engineering team support

Decision support

The Controller not only reports forecasts and variances but also uses that data to advise management on decisions such as how to improve performance, minimize risk or capture new opportunities from both within the company and within the external environment.

Some examples would be :

  • Analysis of historical financials to understand trends
  • Creation of business cases to support investment rationale
  • An updated forecast with risks and opportunities to current plan
  • Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Additional Key Functions

  • Support finance department initiatives, such as system implementation(s), department, or company-wide improvements
  • Assist in the development and implementation of accounting policies and procedures
  • Support the accounting team with the month-end close process, including but not limited to monthly entries, accruals analysis, and revenue recognition
  • Partner with the business to ensure there is a deep understanding of the cost base, revenue drivers; instill strong cost discipline
  • Assist the Corporate Controller in inquiries from the Leadership Team or other management personnel regarding financial results, special reporting requests, etc.
  • Take ownership of the engagement and personal development of this small team of financial professionals (direct reports : 2 senior financial analysts)

What you bring to the role

  • Excellent communications skills to present financial information in a simply easy to understand way leveraging data insights and visualizations
  • Advanced knowledge of accounting and finance theory and principles with the ability to perform complex financial analyses
  • Excellent time management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities within tight deadlines
  • Excellent numeracy and problem-solving capabilities
  • Experience operating in a complex matrix organizational structure and fast-paced business environment across different time zones preferred

Requirements and Qualifications :

  • 5-7 years of experience in same or similar role
  • Bachelor's degree (Finance or Accounting preferred)
  • Proficient with MS Office and Google applications (advanced Excel skills)
  • Strong verbal and written communications skills
  • Strong working knowledge of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and IFRS
  • 30+ days ago
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