Finance Controller- Life Sciences, Nam - Mississauga, Canada - SGS

SGS
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Mississauga, Canada

2 weeks ago

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WE ARE SGS - THE WORLD'S LEADING TESTING, INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION COMPANY. WE ARE RECOGNIZED AS THE GLOBAL BENCHMARK FOR QUALITY AND INTEGRITY.

OUR 89,000 EMPLOYEES OPERATE A NETWORK OF 2,600 OFFICES AND LABORATORIES, WORKING TOGETHER TO ENABLE A BETTER, SAFER AND MORE INTERCONNECTED WORLD.


Job Description:


Primarily responsible for accurate and timely financial and management reporting, this position will provide high quality support to Life Sciences, North America Management team in all technical accounting, commercial and investment related matters for the nominated business lines.

The position will also work closely with Business Managers and must be capable of liasing with staff at all levels in the organization.


  • Manages Financial team within the Business; hires, trains and coach employees, conducts annual performance reviews and motivates the team to achieve set goals.
  • Provides modelling and scenario analysis for strategies and initiatives.
  • Provides strategic and decisionmaking support to the operations and will provide transparency to the efficiencies' improvements with reporting metrics to support business decisions.
  • Prepares accurate and timely financial and management results that are shared across the organization with commentary and input to business development and margin increase.
  • Prepares the forecast and budget in collaboration with the head of the business division.
  • Monitors and implements action pans agreed to during period reviews with country management and will assess the outcomes and identify and address discrepancies in an efficient manner.
  • Prepares the financial plan for business development purposes for new services supported by proper financial and operational requirements.
  • Continuously works with the other functional teams to help improve financial performance and processes and ensures low risk and compliance to policies and regulations.
  • Assists and supports the sales team in setting the appropriate pricing strategy and monitoring proper implementation.
  • Ensures that the business is involved in the preparation/approval of the financial accounts and understands/has ownership over the final outcome.
  • Analyzes actual results against budget/forecast/trend with explanation for variations and investigation of more complex issues such as incremental margins to present to senior management.
  • Reports month end results to parent company in Geneva using Hyperion Financial Management.
  • Liaises with respective business sector managers to develop and review management reporting framework, identifying key business drivers and relevant KPIs

Qualifications:


  • Education: a professional accounting designation (CA, CMA, CGA)
  • Experience: over 7 years and up to and including 10 years in commercial accounting experience
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office (Excel, Powerpoint, Word, Outlook)
  • Experience with Oracle and Hyperion Financial Management would be an asset
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong business acumen/business awareness with solid technical and analytical background
  • Experience in accounting process design supporting strong internal controls and reconciliation practices
  • Experience in financial/KPI monitoring, with the ability to explain variance to target and implement 'early warning' indicator for adverse trends
  • Ability to prioritise and work to tight deadlines with a number of competing demands
  • Ability to draw conclusions and make recommendations to different levels of management
  • Strong attention to detail with good organisational and interpersonal skills
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