Canada’s Ocean Supercluster
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The Opportunity
Canada's Ocean Supercluster (OSC) is an innovative, imaginative and Atlantic-based organization that is helping to ensure Canada achieves sustainable economic growth in its ocean-based industries, while preserving the health and protection of one of our greatest natural resources.
The OSC's mandate is to collaborate with investors and partners from across ocean industries to develop and commercialize innovative solutions to shared challenges. OSC guides projects from the conceptual to the actual; partnering with industries who have big goals and innovative concepts. Actualizing these ideas is our passion and the process is our mission.
We move with urgency to see these projects launch and create new ways of collaborating, thinking and executing to completion. Our team of professionals are dedicated to our vision and are eager to succeed. We are seeking a new member to come aboard this journey.
Reporting to the Vice-President Finance, and overseeing a small finance team, the Corporate Controller will be responsible for full cycle financial accounting, financial reporting and analysis, overseeing project funding disbursement processes, banking, internal controls, and supporting budgeting and cash management. We are looking for someone who can add value to the organization with their exceptional analytical capabilities, creative problem-solving skills and a passion for continuous improvement.
What you'll do
Responsibilities
- Manage and oversee all day-to-day accounting functions, being responsible for full-cycle accounting and operations of receivables, payables, payroll and G/L maintenance;
- Prepare timely and accurate financial statements (monthly, quarterly, year end) and prepare variance analysis against budget;
- Oversee the project funding disbursement process, approve project claims, manage claims processing and prepare disbursement reporting;
- Develop a deep understanding of OSC eligible cost guidelines and ISI funding guidelines, and support claim reviewers in providing clarification and interpretation when needed;
- Continually work to enhance claims review process, procedures, templates, and the overall service experience for claimants;
- Oversee and support finance staff;
- Manage and monitor short term cash flow needs, including payment approvals, membership billing approvals and monitoring receivable collection;
- Ensure accounts payable function is compliant with OSC procurement and employee expense policies, and controls around procurement are operating effectively;
- Responsible for accurate payroll processing and management;
- Responsible for all required reporting for funding providers;
- Support the annual budgeting process and the preparation of regular cash flow forecasting;
- Manage annual audit and liaise with auditors;
- Provide support and ad-hoc reporting for OSC staff;
- Assist Vice-President Finance with ad-hoc finance related projects and policies
What you'll need
Qualifications
- 3-4 years of financial management experience
- Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting or related field
- CPA accounting designation
- Comfortable working and collaborating both virtually and remotely with others
- Experience managing and supervising staff
- Thrives in a fast-paced and a sometimes ambiguous environment, with ability to meet tight deadlines when required
We're looking for
Core Skills
A little bit about us
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster
Changing the Way Ocean Business is Done
Canada's Ocean Supercluster is growing the ocean economy in a way that has never been done before, where leaders in fisheries, aquaculture, defense, offshore resources, marine renewables, bioresources, shipping, and ocean technology are coming together to develop and commercialize solutions to shared ocean challenges, while advancing Canada's position as a global leader in ocean.
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Work With Us
We are excited to continue building our team with experienced professionals who are passionate about realizing Canada's opportunity to transform Canada's ocean economy into a technology-driven, digitally powered knowledge economy.