We know what it means to put the customer first—our business is built upon a tradition of exceptional, individualized customer service. Our employees experience the excitement and satisfaction that comes from working for a successful, expanding company where every team member makes a difference and where initiative and hard work are valued and rewarded. We are confident that if you choose to work at ROBINSON, you will be taking your first steps towards a challenging, profitable, and satisfying career.

We are currently recruiting for an Assistant Controller to join our Support Office team. As a key member of the Finance leadership team, the Assistant Controller partners with functional teams to ensure the integrity, delivery, and collection of financial data and financial statements. This role is responsible for developing financial statements as well as performing financial analysis to clearly explain business performance to multiple stakeholders at various levels of the organization.

What you will do:

• Collect, review, and deliver effective financial reporting, including monthly and annual business unit financial statements
• Apply accounting techniques and standard practices to classify and record financial transactions and prepare financial reports
• Prepare P&L analysis and clearly communicate business performance drivers
• Oversee and execute payments to business partners
• Assist with daily cash management operations
• Participate and support the commodity tax preparation process and ensure compliance
• Prepare, evaluate and ensure completion of budget files as part of the annual process
• Support the external audit processes
• Lead, support and develop the Accounts Payable team
• Implement and monitor financial/accounting internal controls across the business to reduce financial and business risk
• Partner with business and finance teams to identify, develop and implement process simplification, standardization, and automatization of financial and risk reporting to improve effectiveness and efficiency

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What you bring:

• Chartered Professional Accounting (CPA) designation
• 3 to 4 years of related work experience, including supervisory/leadership experience
• Demonstrated experience working with various financial and business systems to monitor business activities and aid in decision making
• Clear ability to communicate, influence and build trust with partners at all levels in the organization
• Experience developing and implementing process optimization, standardization, and automation

Family-owned ROBINSON is a leading Canadian distributor of plumbing, heating, electrical, and lighting products. Today, the company serves customers in the construction industry and retail home improvement markets through a network of 32 distribution warehouses and showrooms in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario. ROBINSON’s reputation as a growing company with a customer-service oriented culture continues to attract and retain top quality people and has earned it Platinum status among Canada’s Best Managed Companies. ROBINSON is committed to a diverse, inclusive, and respectful workplace. We strive to foster an environment that values our differences and believe in giving back to the communities in which we live and work.

ROBINSON will provide accommodation for candidates with disabilities throughout our interview and selection process.

Thank you to all interested candidates, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.