Highly successful, very large, and complex global multi-entity manufacturing and operational public company that has been around for generations! This is a fantastic career opportunity for highly technical accounting leader that enjoys working in complex environments is skilled in mentoring a large team while also overseeing the details, overseeing public company reporting while also getting involved in technical projects related to M&A, complex transactions, hedging debt, inventory or researching. This role is a fantastic opportunity for an established Controller or Director with executive presence and board exposure looking for growth as they are looking for a successor for their VP! Dynamic corporate culture, with down to earth yet impressive leaders and a well-rounded interesting scope. Leading 2 skilled leaders and a total team of 10.  

Who- the Company: 
Our client is a well-established and well-managed company with various operations throughout Western Canada. They have been around for generations, and have strong teams with a collaborative, innovative, and friendly corporate culture.

What- the Role:
On behalf of our Client, SWIM is recruiting for a new Senior Director, Corporate Reporting & Accounting. Reporting to a wonderful VP Finance, this role is looking for a successor in 2-3 years time. This is an important leadership role within the company that will have direct leadership of 2 Managers including a Director Financial Reporting and Manager Accounting and a total team of 10. This role is highly technical, responsible for overseeing the global consolidations of 50+ entities from a technical accounting standpoint and financial reporting. In addition, this role will get involved in supporting M&A, complex transactions, debt, inventory and research from an accounting standpoint for their public company including board exposure. Please find a detailed job description attached here.

Who- the Candidate:

• Seeking a skilled leader with relevant complex, multi-entity and ideally global experience with experience in a public company environment with exposure to the board. Preferred to have supported 50+ entities in a relevant manufacturing or natural resources environment.   
• Strong leadership skills in developing a team, ideally with a similar size team including the management of skilled managers as well to support their development.  
• CPA, CA with strong research abilities that is highly technical with progressive experience in both public practice and industry at the leadership level.  
• This role is varied in looking for a leader with strong business acumen that can have presence in working with key stakeholders, have confidence in presenting and have strong leadership presence.

How Much:
Competitive salary commensurate with experience and skills, likely in the range of $180,000 to $200,000 depending on experience. Canfor also provides a competitive STIP bonus, individual bonus, solid health & dental benefits from Day 1, professional development support, and other perks.  Please discuss your total compensation expectations further with Swim Recruiting.

Where:  
Based in Vancouver, Hybrid with the ability to go to office 3 days a week.

When & How to Apply:
Swim Recruiting will be presenting the profiles of short-listed candidates directly to the hiring team. If you already have a Recruiter at SWIM, please reach out very soon. If you do not yet have a contact at Swim Recruiting, please hit 'APPLY NOW' to send us your resume (preferably in Word format as this works best with our internal systems, but PDF is also fine). Thank you!