Controller

About the Role

The Controller will be responsible for guiding and supporting the finance department, while ensuring the company’s financial performance meets and exceeds expectations.

Your Responsibilities

• Establishing the strategic direction for the business. This activity includes establishing and reporting key financial measures to help guide decision-making, developing cost and pricing strategies for various products and markets and conducting financial analyses in support of strategic initiatives.
• Generates complex financial analyses for various product business opportunities including ventures, new plant start-ups or consolidations, and new product offerings.
• Assesses financial/operations results and controls in terms of costs, budgets, trends, etc.
• Responsible for full cycle budget preparation, approval and attainment, including regular forecasting and analysis.
• Makes recommendations for increased profit opportunities, more efficient asset utilization, etc. and provides management with relevant information for effective planning.
• Key systems include Activity Based Management, Financial Evaluation System, planning and reporting processes, etc.
• Provide leadership and direction to the finance department, ensuring effective goal setting, performance monitoring and reviews, communication and training/development plans.
• Assists in developing pricing and providing cost estimates for all customer product quotations.
• Provides technical advice and services to operating and departmental manager, interpreting accounting reports and statements, and investigating action where financial conditions warrant.

Who we are looking for

• An experienced financial leader with a passion for the automotive industry.
• Strategic, driven and results-oriented professional.

Your preferred qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or related field of study.
• CPA Designation, or working towards, preferred.
• 7+ years of experience in Finance Leadership position in the automotive industry.
• Must possess moderately advanced Microsoft Office (Work, Excel & PowerPoint) skills; must be/become proficient in company systems.
• Must possess strong interpersonal skills (oral & written communication and persuasion skills) to build relationships with key stakeholders.
• Excellent leadership ability with analytical and practical problem-solving ability.
  

What we offer

At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.

Site Benefits

• Competitive total rewards package
• Performance bonus
• Comprehensive employer-paid health & dental benefits (includes flex plan options)
• Paid time off
• RRSP match
• Magna Base Contribution (3% annual earnings)
• Profit Sharing
• Career development & advancement
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee discount program

Awareness. Unity. Empowerment.

At Magna, we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success. That’s why we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law. Accommodations for disabilities in relation to the job selection process are available upon request.