Air Canada | Assistant Controller

Responsibilities

• The role is primarily responsible to oversee the consolidated financial reporting and accounting policies of Air Canada and its subsidiaries, including providing planning, accounting advice, guidance and support to ongoing operations and business units.
• The position leads the global Centre of Excellence for financial reporting, asset accounting, and debt and lease accounting, serving as the authoritative source for accounting interpretation, policy application, and consistent execution across all regions and entities.
• Viewed as a highly credible professional; ethically uncompromising exhibiting the highest level of integrity
• To succeed in this role, the incumbent must be engaging, flexible, perseverant and capable of handling pressure situations with tight deadlines and rapidly with changing environment.
• Reporting to the Vice-President Finance & Controller, the Assistant Controller leads the global Centre of Excellence for financial reporting based in Winnipeg.
• Provide leadership, direction, and counseling to a high-performing team focused on accounting policy, financial reporting, accounting operations and internal controls.
• Build, through team effort, a vision, operating principles, and goals for the group.
• Build a strong management team and plan for succession.
• Develop subordinates through counseling and training.
• Oversee global asset accounting, including Aeroplan, ensuring strong governance over asset recognition, measurement, depreciation, impairment, and retirement in line with IFRS requirements.
• Oversee all debt and lease payment processing and accounting, including global back-office activities, accounting policy application, and IFRS-compliant accounting controls.
• Responsible for overseeing the Air Canada consolidated financial statement reporting process, including the preparation of audited financial statements and coordination of the external audit in accordance with Canadian securities commission requirements.
• Define and govern the global operating model for financial reporting and accounting CoEs, including clear handoffs with shared services and regional teams as applicable to manage and oversee the Corporation’s various international regulatory financial filings.
• Responsible for all corporate accounting policies, including the research, interpretation, development, governance, and application of policies addressing complex technical accounting matters across the organization in response to an evolving regulatory landscape and company initiatives.
• Foster a philosophy that challenges the status quo and encourages individuals and the group, as a team, to excel.
• Set and accomplish aggressive team objectives/goals.
• Working with the Corporation’s actuaries, responsible for the accounting for the Corporation’s defined benefit pension plans, including reviewing actuarial assumptions.
• Builds strategic and tactical plans while navigating an evolving business environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10-15 years' experience with financial statement preparation in a complex and large public company environment.
• Demonstrated experience in business support activities and special projects.
• Demonstrated experience in supervising financial statement preparation and managing external financial statement audits.
• Demonstrates a strong understanding of required financial statement disclosure.
• Experience in the air transportation and/or travel industry is an asset.
• Superior executive presentation, analytical and project management skills.
• Significant knowledge and experience with International Financial Reporting Standards and Securities Commission reporting standards.
• Proven ability to work in a highly dynamic environment and under pressure.
• Strong analytical skills combined with a demonstrated ability to handle multiple files.
• Exceptional judgment, organizational and decision-making skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (oral and written).
• Strong leadership, people management, coaching/mentoring skills, and guidance, support and training for direct reports and broader team.
• Candidates must be eligible to work in the country of interest at the time any offer of employment is made and are responsible for obtaining any required work permits, visas, or other authorizations necessary for employment.
• Prior to their start date, candidates will also need to provide proof of their eligibility to work in the country of interest.

Air Canada

Air Canada is an employer hiring in Canada. In its own words: "Book Air Canada flights online for a seamless travel experience."

Its finance, accounts, audit and tax openings in Canada are mostly in Montreal, Dorval and Winnipeg.