At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead financial reporting and governance for legal entities in a dynamic finance environment.
- Company: Join a leading financial services firm based in Toronto, Canada.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, professional development, and opportunities for career advancement.
- Other info: Collaborative team culture with a focus on automation and efficiency.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by driving financial insights and improving processes with innovative solutions.
- Qualifications: 6-8 years of controllership experience and a CA or CPA designation required.
The predicted salary is between 99000 - 121000 $ per year.
Job Description
The Vice President, Entity Controller, is based in Toronto, Canada, within the Canada Controllers team.
This role supports assigned legal entities through strong governance, financial oversight, and timely, decision-useful insights for senior stakeholders.
This role is ideal for a finance professional with strong legal entity controllership experience, sound technical accounting judgment, and the ability to partner across Finance, Tax, Treasury, Risk, Compliance, Operations, and the broader Finance team in a highly regulated financial services environment.
As Legal Entity Controller, this role owns day-to-day accounting, financial reporting, and regulatory reporting, ensuring outputs are accurate, timely, and compliant with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), U.
GAAP, and relevant BNY policies.
In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways: Own day-to-day accounting and financial reporting activities for assigned entities, including monitoring daily cash positions, accounts receivable, and accounts payable.
Lead end-to-end month-end and quarter-end close activities, ensuring timely execution, disciplined governance, and effective identification, escalation, and resolution of accounting and reporting issues.
Deliver rigorous balance sheet and income statement analysis, synthesizing financial movements into clear, decision-useful insights and commentary for senior management and key stakeholders.
Complete regulatory returns and prepare impact assessments for new regulatory pronouncements and accounting standards.
Complete income tax calculations for assigned entities.
Complete financial statements under IFRS and provide audit support.
Champion process improvement initiatives across the controllership function, including automation, standardization, and adoption of AI-enabled solutions (Copilot, Power BI, etc.) to enhance efficiency, control effectiveness, and reporting quality.
Manage deliverables and projects while remaining flexible and responsive to shifting priorities.
To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following: 6-8 years of controllership experience in Canada within the financial services industry.
Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance.
CA or CPA Canada designation.
Excellent analytical, problem-solving, attention-to-detail, writing, and communication skills.
Knowledge of Oracle financial applications.
Ability to function independently and collaborate in a team environment.
Strong control mindset, sound professional judgment, and the ability to identify, escalation, and resolve issues in a timely manner.
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