Comptroller

The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) has an exciting opportunity for a full-time Comptroller. Reporting to the Associate Director, the Comptroller manages the day-to-day operations of the Finance department from day 1 to day 30 closing.  This includes accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll and benefit administration, cash management, general accounting, financial statement preparation, financial reporting, and budget assistance.

The successful candidate will complete duties including, but not limited to:

• Ensuring timely processing of Accounts Payable and Receivable invoices and payments, reconciling accounts payables and receivables sub-ledger to the general ledger.
• Provides leadership to the Finance team to ensure high performance, accuracy of financial information, timely processing of invoices and expenses, and strong working relationships with internal and external partners.
• Reviewing and approving weekly cheque runs and/or EFT requests.
• Cash management, including reviewing and authorizing weekly bank deposit, preparing and maintaining accurate cash records to prepare actual and forecasted cashflow, preparing investment purchases and related entries for the approval, preparing monthly journal entries, managing and maintaining internal controls for cash handling and performing monthly bank reconciliation and related entries.

• General accounting, including managing the chart of accounts, preparing government remittances for HST and other withholding taxes, reconciling balance sheet accounts, preparing documentation and educating others on the financial systems and procedures.
• Reviewing and evaluating current processes for efficiency, accuracy, and integrity in order to identify cost savings and ensure timely and accurate reporting.
• Managing year end audits and preparing financial statements.
• Financial reporting, including preparing quarterly reports for the organization and separate ministries, preparing sundry information, ensuring the integrity in financial reporting by implementing and adhering to policies and procedures according to PSAS, preparing year-end tax reporting to CRA, ensuring Management Reporter reconciles to the GL.

• Payroll approvals, including the monthly analysis of the Payroll Clearing Account, developing, and approving high level reporting to ensure data integrity, enhancing internal controls to include segregation of duties and ensuring redundancy
• Assisting with forecasting and budgeting, including tracking, analyzing, and summarizing various revenue streams for reporting & budgeting, maintaining and updating FTE records from payroll data to facilitate budgeting, analyzing actual vs forecast vs budget, partnering with Managers to ensure their understanding of financial results and build forecast monthly.