Controller

Are you capable of providing broad business engagement and positive client impact?  Robert Half Management Resources has an opening for a Controller to handle the finances for one of their top clients in the Oil & Gas industry. In this Controller role, you will be responsible for managing processes to ensure models are accurate and fully accrued on a monthly basis, and holding operations team accountable with processing payments, accounting functions, and related financial controls.  Based in Edmonton, Alberta, this Controller position will be a 3 - 6 month contract.

Responsibilities

- Lead budgeting, forecasting and reporting processes and tools for the accountable programs

- Become familiar with key financial results and movements across programs to summarize and discuss with key business partners

- Review and monitor controls to ensure they are designed and operating effectively in partnership with compliance

- Continuous reviewing of actual spend against budget, as well as directing actions needed for any expected shortfalls

- Collaborate with various business partners for various program controllership and FP&A activities such as ensuring accrual models are accurate and accounting methods are appropriate, as well as true-up activities and answer queries from business, area and subsidiary controllers

- Completion of Cash Flow forecasting

- Acquire a thorough understanding of key financial results and movements across programs to summarize and discuss with key business partners

Requirements Of the Position

- Aptitude for communication and negotiation, building trusted advisor/consultant relationships and influencing Executives and Business Decision Makers
- Skills to assess process and internal control weaknesses and identify improvements
- Professional accounting and controllership or public accounting and internal controls experience and/or Internal Audit or Controls and Compliance
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting or other relevant field
 - CPA required
- Financial reporting experience
- Proven analytical skills
- Accomplished in office and accounting computer systems
- Working knowledge of ERP system