Financial Controller
Top Benefits
About the role
Financial Controller
Halifax, NS
Hybrid (2 days a week in office)
We have partnered with a Canadian-based marketing agency that is part of an independent Network of Agencies strategically located across the world to provide global reach and capabilities who are seeking an experienced Financial Controller to join their team.
The Financial Controller is responsible for overseeing the financial operations of 7 marketing agency entities across 5 countries and multiple continents. The role ensures compliance, financial accuracy, and timely reporting, while providing actionable insights to support commercial and strategic decisions. The Financial Controller plays a key role in driving financial performance, aligning local execution with global objectives, and supporting growth in a dynamic, creative industry.
Responsibilities
- Oversee financial control and reporting for 7 entities operating in 5 countries across different continents.
- Ensure timely month-end and year-end closings, coordinating with in-house and outsourced accounting teams.
- Maintain compliance with local statutory, tax, and regulatory requirements across all jurisdictions.
- Manage group-wide consolidation, reporting variances against budget and forecasts.
- Provide financial insight to support business decisions, pricing models, margin analysis, and investment planning.
- Supervise intercompany transactions, transfer pricing, and reconciliations.
- Coordinate external audits and local statutory submissions.
- Partner with regional GMs, operations, and HR to support business growth and resource planning.
- Identify process improvements and automation opportunities across finance workflows and systems.
- Support M&A activity, new market entry, or entity structuring if required.
Qualifications
- Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field (CPA or equivalent qualification preferred).
- Minimum 7–10 years of experience in finance or controllership roles, ideally within the marketing, media, or creative industries.
- Proven experience managing multi-entity, multi-currency operations across regions.
- Strong understanding of IFRS and various local GAAPs.
- Ability to work effectively across time zones and cultures.
- Experience with financial systems such as NetSuite, Xero, QuickBooks, or similar.
- Commercially minded, detail-oriented, and highly collaborative.
- Fluent in English; additional languages are a plus.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing agency based in Halifax!
The company offers a competitive annual salary, group term life insurance, medical and dental benefits and long-term disability coverage, RRSP contributions, wellness allowance and much more!
If this sounds like the ideal position for you then apply today!
Our client is committed to fostering a workplace that prioritizes inclusion, respect, and equal opportunity for all. We encourage applications from women, Indigenous peoples, racialized individuals, people with disabilities, those of diverse sexual orientations or gender identities, individuals from diverse socio-economic backgrounds, newcomers, and those who can contribute to the richness of our community through their unique perspectives and lived experiences. We value diversity and believe it enhances the growth and success of our organization. All qualified applicants are welcome to apply; however, preference may be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents.
About Humankind Global Recruitment
We are Humankind Global Recruitment, a specialist recruitment consultancy inspired by our pledge to connect the global vision of our clients to the personal ambitions of exceptional individuals.
Our unique approach combines the specialist insight and expertise of our global network with an empathetic human-centred focus on every candidate. The way we see it, emotional intelligence is our competitive advantage — the better we know our candidates the better we are able to match their talents and ambitions to their ideal job.
Our leadership team brings more than fifty years of expertise in specialist professional recruitment. It’s this breadth of understanding that enables us to respond quickly and intuitively, to resource a wide diversity of roles across multiple sectors. It means we’re able to set the standard.
If you are looking for your next step, or your next great hire, in Marketing and Creative, IT, Professional Services, or Customer Services, please get in touch.
▹ View all of our current open job postings- https://www.humankind-recruitment.com/jobs
▹ Call us: 0161 455 0055
▹ Email us: info@humankind-recruitment.com
Financial Controller
Top Benefits
About the role
Financial Controller
Halifax, NS
Hybrid (2 days a week in office)
We have partnered with a Canadian-based marketing agency that is part of an independent Network of Agencies strategically located across the world to provide global reach and capabilities who are seeking an experienced Financial Controller to join their team.
The Financial Controller is responsible for overseeing the financial operations of 7 marketing agency entities across 5 countries and multiple continents. The role ensures compliance, financial accuracy, and timely reporting, while providing actionable insights to support commercial and strategic decisions. The Financial Controller plays a key role in driving financial performance, aligning local execution with global objectives, and supporting growth in a dynamic, creative industry.
Responsibilities
- Oversee financial control and reporting for 7 entities operating in 5 countries across different continents.
- Ensure timely month-end and year-end closings, coordinating with in-house and outsourced accounting teams.
- Maintain compliance with local statutory, tax, and regulatory requirements across all jurisdictions.
- Manage group-wide consolidation, reporting variances against budget and forecasts.
- Provide financial insight to support business decisions, pricing models, margin analysis, and investment planning.
- Supervise intercompany transactions, transfer pricing, and reconciliations.
- Coordinate external audits and local statutory submissions.
- Partner with regional GMs, operations, and HR to support business growth and resource planning.
- Identify process improvements and automation opportunities across finance workflows and systems.
- Support M&A activity, new market entry, or entity structuring if required.
Qualifications
- Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field (CPA or equivalent qualification preferred).
- Minimum 7–10 years of experience in finance or controllership roles, ideally within the marketing, media, or creative industries.
- Proven experience managing multi-entity, multi-currency operations across regions.
- Strong understanding of IFRS and various local GAAPs.
- Ability to work effectively across time zones and cultures.
- Experience with financial systems such as NetSuite, Xero, QuickBooks, or similar.
- Commercially minded, detail-oriented, and highly collaborative.
- Fluent in English; additional languages are a plus.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing agency based in Halifax!
The company offers a competitive annual salary, group term life insurance, medical and dental benefits and long-term disability coverage, RRSP contributions, wellness allowance and much more!
If this sounds like the ideal position for you then apply today!
Our client is committed to fostering a workplace that prioritizes inclusion, respect, and equal opportunity for all. We encourage applications from women, Indigenous peoples, racialized individuals, people with disabilities, those of diverse sexual orientations or gender identities, individuals from diverse socio-economic backgrounds, newcomers, and those who can contribute to the richness of our community through their unique perspectives and lived experiences. We value diversity and believe it enhances the growth and success of our organization. All qualified applicants are welcome to apply; however, preference may be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents.
About Humankind Global Recruitment
We are Humankind Global Recruitment, a specialist recruitment consultancy inspired by our pledge to connect the global vision of our clients to the personal ambitions of exceptional individuals.
Our unique approach combines the specialist insight and expertise of our global network with an empathetic human-centred focus on every candidate. The way we see it, emotional intelligence is our competitive advantage — the better we know our candidates the better we are able to match their talents and ambitions to their ideal job.
Our leadership team brings more than fifty years of expertise in specialist professional recruitment. It’s this breadth of understanding that enables us to respond quickly and intuitively, to resource a wide diversity of roles across multiple sectors. It means we’re able to set the standard.
If you are looking for your next step, or your next great hire, in Marketing and Creative, IT, Professional Services, or Customer Services, please get in touch.
▹ View all of our current open job postings- https://www.humankind-recruitment.com/jobs
▹ Call us: 0161 455 0055
▹ Email us: info@humankind-recruitment.com