Assistant Plant Controller

Role overview

Duties and responsibilities

• Analyze monthly financial statements and investigate budget and forecast variances; communicate trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Direct and mentor the local Finance team, set priorities and quality standards, and coordinate with Shared Services.
• Lead annual budgeting, maintain rolling forecasts, and build scenario models.
• Partner across Operations, Sales, Purchasing, and HR to guide decisions and financial accountability.
• Oversee inventory accounting, cycle counts, reconciliations, reserves, and variance root-cause analysis.
• Review standard costs, bills of materials, labor, and overhead; compare manufacturing spend with targets.
• Analyze profitability by product, customer, channel, and facility; model pricing and support product rationalization.
• Monitor internal controls, support GAAP and policy compliance, and coordinate audit documentation.
• Improve finance workflows, reporting, ERP tools, and data accuracy.
• Develop executive dashboards, support capital expenditure evaluations, and perform ad hoc analysis.

Required skills and qualifications

• Degree or diploma in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
• At least 5 years of progressive accounting, financial analysis, budgeting, costing, or finance experience.
• At least 1 year of experience in a senior or lead accounting role.
• CPA designation or progress toward CPA is considered an asset.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, business acumen, inventory, costing, gross margin, and profitability analysis capabilities.
• Able to work in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment and build relationships across departments.

Schedule

• Full-time, permanent position.
• Monday to Friday during business hours.

Workplace

• In-office role based in Richmond, British Columbia.

Compensation

• Annual compensation is $95,000–$105,000, depending on experience, plus an annual performance bonus.

Benefits

• Benefits include health and dental coverage, RRSP matching, profit sharing, weekly pay, employee assistance, career development, recognition programs, training, and a safety boot allowance.