Corporate Controller

Position overview

Duties and responsibilities

• Develop and implement departmental goals and align services with the City’s vision and strategic priorities.
• Improve financial reporting, accounting processes, internal controls, and technology use; support continuous improvement and financial policy development.
• Plan and manage annual financial reporting and the year-end close across the organization.
• Guide, coach, and train employees; coordinate departmental policies, staffing, budgets, and daily operations.
• Direct corporate accounting, financial reporting, and financial control functions.
• Lead annual consolidated financial statement preparation under Public Sector Accounting Standards and applicable reporting requirements.
• Coordinate the annual external audit, oversee year-end working papers, liaise with external auditors, and facilitate approved audit recommendations.
• Ensure accurate, complete, reliable, and timely accounting records and financial reports.
• Oversee the general ledger, chart of accounts, financial coding structures, and accounting periods.

Position conditions and qualifications

• The City requires proof of mandatory qualifications; the supplied description does not specify the qualifications.
• Successful applicants must obtain satisfactory results from a criminal background investigation.
• The successful applicant must maintain legal eligibility to work in Canada.

Compensation

• Rate of pay is $131,592.73 annually (2026 rates).

Application information

• The position is open to interested parties, and the City reserves the right to underfill it.
• The competition includes testing and an interview.