Branch Controller

Job description

Change the future with us.

We are looking for dedicated and talented people who tackle ever-changing challenges, customer needs, and questions from colleagues with clever concepts and creativity. We embrace change and work with curious minds re-inventing the future of work. Join us and let us focus together on what’s truly important: making lives better with new ideas and the latest technology around the world.

Why you’ll love working for Siemens!

• Engaging, challenging, and fast evolving, cutting edge technological environment.
• Contribute to our social responsibility initiatives focused on access to education, access to technology and sustaining communities and make a positive impact on the community.
• Employee perks and discounts.
• Diversity and inclusivity focused.

Siemens is proud to be an eight-time award winner of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, Canada’s Greenest Employers 2022, Canada’s Top Employers for Young People 2022 and Greater Toronto's Top Employers 2022.

What will you do?

• Commercial partner and advisor to Branch General Managers (BGMs)
• Responsible for assigned branches’ day-to-day business transactions and strategic initiatives in strong collaboration with BGMs
• P&L responsibility and owns balance sheet of assigned branches
• Develops and implements annual branch budgets and monthly forecast. Drives the team to achieve or exceed forecast numbers.
• Achievement of budget targets reflecting growth and market share potential
• Focuses on net working capital and cash flow of assigned branches
• Ensures compliance with external and internal accounting and reporting guidelines
• Increased focus on development, implementation and monitoring of productivity measures
• Operational branch performance (operational balance, slip, absorption, utilization)
• Branch cost center controlling
• Mentoring/leading Commercial Project Managers and other team members as applicable

What will you need to succeed?

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field required. MBA /CPA strongly preferred.
• 10-15 years broad Accounting/ Finance experience with 5+ years in a managerial role
• Has demonstrated a history of taking on ever increasing levels of responsibility and is able to demonstrate ability to act independently
• Results driven, customer focus and ability to interact effectively within cross functional teams
• Experience in construction industry a plus. 
• Strong financial, leadership, interpersonal, analytical and computer skills required
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Strong understanding of accounting policies and internal controls
• This role is based in Toronto/ Montreal

About us.

We share our ideas and champion the people behind them.

For over 110 years, Siemens Canada has stood for engineering excellence, innovation, quality and reliability. Active across Canada, the company focuses on intelligent infrastructure for buildings and distributed energy systems and on automation and digitalization in the process and manufacturing industries. Siemens brings together the digital and physical worlds to benefit customers and society. Through Mobility, a leading supplier of intelligent mobility solutions for rail and road transport, Siemens is helping to shape Canada’s passenger rail services. Via its majority stake in the publicly listed company Siemens Healthineers, Siemens is also a leading supplier of medical technology and digital health services. In addition, Siemens holds a minority stake in Siemens Energy, a global leader in the transmission and generation of electrical power.

Making a difference together we raised $385,000 towards charitable contributions, support over 38 non-profit organizations and planted 660 trees in our local communities. Siemens Canada has 2,500 employees from coast-to-coast and 24 office and production facilities across Canada. Join our team of approximately 293,000 talented professionals in more than 190 countries/regions and help us tackle the most exciting challenges to build a successful future together. So, what are you waiting for? Take your next career step with us.

To learn more about Siemens Canada, visit our website at www.siemens.ca

While we appreciate all applications we receive, we advise that only candidates under consideration will be contacted.

Siemens is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Upon request, Siemens Canada will provide reasonable accommodation for disabilities to support participation of candidates in all aspects of the recruitment process. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

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