Charger Logistics is a leading asset-based transportation and supply chain solutions provider with operations across Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Headquartered in Brampton, Ontario, Charger has grown into a North American logistics organization offering transportation, warehousing, distribution, brokerage, and cross-border supply chain solutions.
We are seeking a detail-oriented and highly organized professional to join our Finance team as a Assistant Controller .
Responsibilities:- Oversee the consolidation of financial statements for multiple entities, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with applicable accounting standards.
- Manage and review month-end and year-end close activities, including journal entries, account reconciliations, intercompany transactions, and financial reporting.
- Perform review and quality-control procedures over financial statements, supporting schedules, and accounting analyses.
- Coordinate with internal and external auditors and provide required documentation and explanations.
- Lead and develop the accounting team, including workload allocation, performance management, coaching, and training.
- Establish and improve accounting processes and internal controls to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
- Analyze financial results and investigate significant variances, trends, and unusual transactions.
- Support senior management with financial reporting, accounting analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and ad hoc projects.
- Manage multiple priorities and deadlines while maintaining high standards of financial reporting and team performance.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA or equivalent professional designation preferred.
- 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, with experience in a controllership or senior accounting role.
- Strong knowledge of financial reporting, month-end/year-end close, reconciliations, journal entries, and consolidation accounting.
- Experience reviewing financial statements and ensuring compliance with GAAP/ASPE and internal accounting policies.
- Strong understanding of internal controls, accounting processes, and audit requirements.
- Experience managing intercompany transactions, consolidations, and multi-entity reporting.
- Ability to analyze financial results, investigate variances, and provide meaningful financial insights to management.
- Experience leading, coaching, and developing accounting teams, with strong people-management skills.
- Excellent attention to detail, organization, problem-solving, and ability to manage multiple deadlines.
- Strong proficiency in Excel and financial/accounting systems, with experience improving reporting and accounting processes.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package
- Healthcare Benefit Package
- Career Growth
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
- CPA or equivalent professional designation
- 5+ years of progressive accounting experience
- Experience in a controllership or senior accounting role
- Knowledge of financial reporting, month-end/year-end close, reconciliations, journal entries, and consolidation accounting
- Experience reviewing financial statements and ensuring compliance with GAAP/ASPE and internal accounting policies
- Understanding of internal controls, accounting processes, and audit requirements
- Experience managing intercompany transactions, consolidations, and multi-entity reporting
- Ability to analyze financial results, investigate variances, and provide financial insights to management
- Experience leading, coaching, and developing accounting teams
- Strong people-management skills
- Excellent attention to detail, organization, problem-solving, and ability to manage multiple deadlines
- Strong proficiency in Excel and financial/accounting systems
- Experience improving reporting and accounting processes
What We Do
Charger Logistics' strives to offer the best client focused logistics solution. We start with flexibility. By offering various safe and efficient solutions for all product sizes, weights and sensitivities our limits are minimal. Additionally, our network, various locations throughout North America and fleet size allow us to offer our clients what they need every time. Charger Logistics was founded in the early 2000's and has grown by leaps and bounds since then. From owning a single truck to owning a fleet of over eight-hundred trucks, two-thousand trailers including reefers, dry vans, chassis, flat beds, step decks and more! A lot has changed however, our commitment to our clients will never change.
