Assistant Controller

Are you a proactive, tech-savvy accounting professional with strong leadership skills and a drive to turn ideas into action? Do you enjoy building relationships and working collaboratively with Finance Management and internal stakeholders? If you thrive on innovation in a flexible work environment and are passionate about leveraging technology, this opportunity is for you!

Your Opportunity

Dillon's Finance group is seeking a strategic Assistant Controller to join our multidisciplinary team. Reporting to the Controller, you will oversee day-to-day financial operations, ensure compliance, and drive the automation of our financial processes.

This is a full-time, hybrid position requiring a minimum of three days per week in our London office.

Financial Leadership & Stewardship

The Assistant Controller plays a pivotal role in maintaining our financial integrity. This leader will be responsible for managing the monthly close, audit readiness, and providing financial insights that drive executive strategy. Furthermore, they will champion innovation and process optimization within the team to ensure long-term organizational success.

Financial Reporting & Analysis

• Lead the Close: Oversee and execute all aspects of the monthly and annual close process, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of financial statements.
• Audit Oversight: Contribute to and oversee the financial statement audit and other external audits as needed.
• Tax Support: Assist with the annual tax filings and reporting requirements.
• Strategic Insight: Provide thoughtful and detailed variance analysis against prior year, budget, and forecast, identify root causes and insights that drive our executive strategy.
• Performance Optimization: Analyze financial data that takes into account company goals and strategy, providing recommendations to reduce costs and improve financial performance.
• Procurement Support: Develop and execute procurement strategies for identifying, selecting, and analyzing corporate suppliers.

Processes, Internal Controls & Compliance

• Risk Management: Analyze financial policies, processes, and internal controls to advise on improvement opportunities. 
• Technical Expert: Provide technical accounting analysis and recommendations as needed, ensuring compliance with Canadian GAAP.
• Team Leadership: Provide formal and informal mentoring, coaching, and leadership to assigned individuals within the finance team.

Innovation & Process Development

• Strategic Automation: Champion AI and automation tools to significantly reduce the financial close cycle time and virtually eliminate routine tasks like data reconciliation and anomaly detection, shifting the team’s focus from data processing to high-value strategic analysis and decision support.
• Internal Controls: Identify opportunities to improve finance workflows and reduce duplication of effort across the accounting function.
• Integration: Support the implementation of system or business projects, driving adoption of new financial technologies across the organization.

• Post-secondary education in Business, Finance, or Accounting.
• Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation is considered an asset.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office (specifically Excel) and Google Suite is required, coupled with a demonstrated aptitude for utilizing AI and automation tools to modernize financial workflows.

• A proactive approach to leveraging AI and automation to solve complex financial problems and modernize workflows.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Canadian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Demonstrated experience in leading process improvement initiatives within a finance function.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills to mentor team members and consult with management.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present findings clearly to stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with an attention to detail and the ability to interpret complex data.

Why choose Dillon

Dillon is powered by people who are technically proficient, passionate about socially important projects, and motivated to deliver superior, tangible results. We strive to remain at the forefront of technology and innovation, and are empowered to continually grow and develop. 

We live our core values:

• Reliability: words result in actions that build trust;
• Achievement: do the work to hit the target;
• Continuous development: always learning; always adapting; always growing;
• Creativity: discover new possibilities;
• Courage: do the things that matter, especially when it’s hard;
• Inclusiveness: enabling belonging to draw strength from our differences.

In addition, we offer:

• Employee share purchase plan

• Dillon is 100% employee owned and share ownership is open to all employees.

• A competitive compensation package

• Comprehensive health benefits
• Generous retirement savings plan
• Student loan repayment assistance with matching employer contributions

• Flexible work hours and hybrid working options

• Dillon values its staff and the contributions that are made each day and understands that work arrangements can differ based on personal needs and business needs.  We are taking a trust-based approach to offer a variety of flexible and hybrid work options to help balance the competing demands of work and personal life. 

• Learning and Development opportunities

• As a knowledge-based business, the organic growth of our knowledge and skills occur through our work performance and roles. The creation and sharing of knowledge allows us to take local knowledge to scale, capture lessons learned through experience, and continuously improve service delivery. The development of self and others is an evident and measured core behaviour within our organization
• We use a composite approach to development including coaching to build the how, mentoring to share lessons, advising to round out perspectives, and co-creation of knowledge through internal learning opportunities.

• Focus on Innovation

• The ability to anticipate, examine, and adopt new and innovative solutions is a crucial driver for the continual and progressive advancement of our business performance. In our culture, people are empowered to reflect and question current practices and seek forward looking solutions to today’s problems and tomorrow’s opportunities.

• Employee and Family Assistance program

• A variety of EFAP tools and online resources to support well-being are available to all employees.

• Goodlife Fitness Corporate Membership

• • • Our employees can take advantage of reduced annual membership fees.
• Wellness Subsidy
  • • Our employees can take advantage of a wellness subsidy that can be put towards expenses for a variety of health and/or wellness related activities such as gym membership, purchase of home fitness equipment, yoga classes  and dance classes.

About Dillon

Dillon is a proudly Canadian, employee-owned, professional consulting firm specializing in planning, engineering, environmental science, and management. We partner with clients to provide committed, collaborative, and inventive solutions to complex, multi-faceted projects. With over 20 offices and more than 1000 employees across Canada, Dillon offers a wide range of services related to building and improving facilities and infrastructure, protecting the environment, and developing communities.

Now operating for over 75 years, we continue to strive for excellence in everything we do. Dillon has been listed as one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies for the past 18 years and has the distinction of having achieved Platinum Club member status in this program.

Health & Safety at Dillon

Prospective employees are expected to fully align with Dillon's core commitment to Health & Safety. This includes active, ongoing engagement with our Health & Safety processes and platform, and the active, ongoing identification and reporting of health and safety hazards.

Employment Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at Dillon

Dillon is committed to the principles of employment equity, inclusiveness, and diversity within our organization. We strive to achieve a workplace where opportunities are based on skills and abilities and that respects and values differences.

Inclusion is more than a word to us, it is the way we choose to run our business. We encourage you to contact us if you require accommodation during the interview process. We would love to hear from you!