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About the Role
Summerhill Market is seeking an experienced, hands-on Financial Controller to lead accounting and financial management functions across retail and food production operations. This senior leadership role provides financial insight, strengthens controls, and supports business growth.
Responsibilities
- Lead accounting operations, including month-end/year-end close, reconciliations, financial statements, AP, AR, banking, and general ledger management.
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting and provide meaningful analysis to Executive Leadership.
- Lead annual budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning across the organization.
- Analyze sales, gross margin, labour, operating expenses, EBITDA, cash flow, and profitability.
- Develop KPIs, dashboards, and reporting tools to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Partner with Retail, Commissary, Bakery, Purchasing, and Operations leaders to improve financial and operational performance.
- Support food production operations through analysis of ingredient costs, recipe/product costing, labour, yields, waste, packaging, inventory, and product profitability.
- Analyze performance by store, department, production area, and product category.
- Oversee inventory controls, valuation, shrink, cost of goods sold, and margin analysis.
- Monitor cash flow, liquidity, working capital, and banking relationships.
- Maintain strong accounting policies, financial controls, and risk management processes.
- Support business cases, capital investments, equipment purchases, new products, and operational initiatives with financial analysis.
- Improve accounting, reporting, budgeting, and financial systems through automation and continuous improvement.
- Lead, coach, and develop the Finance and Accounting team.
Requirements
- CPA designation strongly preferred.
- Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related discipline.
- Progressive accounting and finance experience, including Controller or senior financial leadership experience.
- Strong experience with financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, analysis, and financial controls.
- Advanced Excel, financial modelling, and accounting/ERP system capabilities.
- Strong leadership, communication, analytical, and business partnering skills.
- Experience within retail, grocery, food manufacturing, CPG, hospitality, or another inventory-intensive business is strongly preferred.
- Experience with production costing, inventory, gross margins, labour, and food manufacturing operations is a significant asset.
- Understands the business behind the financials, asks the right questions, identifies risks and opportunities, and translates data into practical recommendations.
Skills
- Financial Reporting
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Controls
- Excel
- Financial Modelling
- Accounting Systems
- ERP Systems
- Leadership
- Communication
- Analytical Skills
- Business Partnering
- Production Costing
- Inventory Management
- Gross Margin Analysis
- Labour Cost Analysis
- Food Manufacturing Operations
Location
- Toronto, ON
Work Type
- Full-Time
Experience Level
- Senior
- Controller
- Financial Leadership
Education Level
- Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related discipline
- CPA designation
About the Company
- Summerhill Market is a company with retail and food production operations.