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Controller
Cultural Investor
Montreal
Position
- Reports to the Director, Finance and Administration.
- Four direct reports: a Chief Accountant and 3 Financial Analysts.
Company
- A federal cultural agency dedicated primarily to the
development and promotion of the Canadian film, television, new media
and music industries. It reports to the Department of Canadian Heritage.
- The Corporation provides financial assistance and strategic
leverage to the industry in producing high-quality works - e.g. feature
films, drama series, documentaries, children's programming, variety
shows and new media products - that reflect Canadian society, including
its linguistic duality and cultural diversity.
- Four offices in Canada (Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver
and Halifax) along with a European office, located in Paris.
- 180 employees of which 110 to 120 employees are based at the Montreal head office.
Responsibilities
- Inform and advise management staff and members of the
management committee on: statutory and corporate controls, audits and
financial management regulations to be adhered to.
- Maintain contacts and work closely with the different
Federal Government departments.
- Elaborate the multi-year operations plan based on funding
source forecasts and taking into account the Corporation’s strategic
orientations and priorities.
- Establish the structure of the program and administration
of the budgets: breakdown of budgets according to fund, program and
activity.
- Ensure continuous monitoring by control of allocations,
posting, budget availability, authorizations and compliance with accountability
regimes in an environment geared towards decentralization and the delegation
of this responsibility to management.
- Finalize the Corporation’s financial statements,
presents them to the audit committee and supervise their publication
in the annual report and the public accounts.
- Take part in meetings and play a decisional role regarding
the application for loan guarantees for interim funding of projects.
- Supervise the application of the Goods and Services
taxes and the preparation of monthly declarations.
- Actively participate in the development and evolution
of information systems related to financial and operational management.
- Plan, organize and direct the financial planning and accounting team.
- Priorities of the position:
- Participate in the modernization project of the
"Acivity Based Costing" system: go from an annual to a monthly-based
information gathering process (data analysis, diffusion of information,
etc.);
- Educate management and employees alike to the
accounting processes in order to better control costs;
- Be up-to date with "Oracle", especially the Financial module.
Profile
- Perfectly bilingual.
- Chartered Accountant with 10 years’ experience
(with a minimum of 5 years’ in a supervisory capacity), acquired
in a Federal Department and/or Services industry, etc.
- In-depth knowledge of accounting techniques and principles,
and of public (an advantage) and private finance, in a computerized
environment.
- Ideally, knowledge of the workings and requirements
of Federal authorities, Treasury Board, Receiver General, Ministry of
Public Works and other government departments, Auditor General, Revenue
Canada and provincial authorities such as Revenue Quebec.
- General knowledge of the film, television and multimedia
industry an asset.
- Good working knowledge of "Oracle", especially
with the Financial module, as well as Excel.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, organized, structured, with a high level of flexibility and leadership plus strong coaching and management abilities.
For more information, contact Lyn Johnson at lj@r2lj.com