Controller (#2448)

The Company

They align companies and people through employee equity services.

Through a proprietary web-based platform, Solium ShareworksTM, Solium is focused on redefining the service standard for managing broad-based incentive programs for corporations and their employees. Solium has teamed with brokerage partners to empower their customer’s employees to transact online anywhere in the world and receive proceeds – in the currency of choice – seamlessly. Solium’s technology is distributed to the Canadian and US markets through direct and channel market initiatives. Their direct customer base represents approximately 600 companies approaching 250,000 users. Their Canadian channel distribution initiatives are supported by Great-West Life who distributes Solium technology to their customer base, representing approximately 20,000 users.

Solium was founded in 1999 with a vision of streamlining the multi-stakeholder processes of corporate incentives, and to leverage advances in web-based, real-time applications in servicing corporate customers and their employees. Solium is in the US market and has an office in Southfield, Michigan. Solium aspires to become the global leader in the management and administration of equity incentive plans, and we seek talented and ambitious people who can aid our efforts. Solium is a publicly traded company on the TSX Exchange (TSX:SUM).

Why work at Solium?

Solium offers highly motivated and talented professionals the opportunity to work with a truly innovative, world-class technology in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment. Solium strives to be a progressive force within the equity compensation sector and maintains a culture of empowerment and results. Solium is an emerging company, on an aggressive growth curve, with global ambitions, which provides our talented professionals new challenges and abundance of growth opportunities.

The Role

Based in the Calgary head office, the Controller will report to the Executive Vice President, Finance & Administration. The role requires an enthusiastic, outgoing individual who will have responsibility for leading the company’s accounting and client reconciliation teams and the delivery of finance, accounting and administrative services to the organization. The successful candidate will be responsible for producing financial information and reports, improving upon the financial and information systems, ensuring sound reporting procedures and practices, and maintaining and improving internal controls.

Responsibilities

• Leading, coaching and developing the finance team (currently there are nine members but the team is expected to grow) and creating a talent pool to meet the company’s current and future needs;
• Supervising and performing the daily accounting activities of the company, supervising the reconciliation process of client brokerage accounts and Solium’s money movement and fx trading accounts;
• Producing the monthly financial report for distribution to the Executive Team;
• Preparing timely and accurate consolidated financial statements together with Management’s Discussion and Analysis and public disclosure;
• Attending quarterly Audit Committee meetings;
• Ensuring optimum utilization of financial resources through budgeting, forecasting and cash management, including the monitoring of payroll, accounts receivable and accounts payable;
• Maintaining and refining accounting systems that effectively and efficiently support management’s internal and external reporting requirements, and developing recommendations for improvements where appropriate;
• Overseeing the refinement and management of the internal controls, including the CEO/CFO certification requirements;
• Interacting with other divisions as it relates to the setting of accounting policies and procedures and the analysis of financial information; and,
• Ensuring compliance with government and reporting regulations, including the Company’s continuous disclosure obligations.

The Candidate

The company is going through a rapid growth phase and is looking for someone who is flexible and able to adapt to change and growth. As a key member of the management team the candidate must possess the following skills and attributes:

• A Chartered Accountant designation augmented by a commitment to professional development;
• A minimum of 5 years of increasingly senior financial experience;
• A multi-disciplined financial professional with outstanding analytical and problem solving skills;
• Well organized, detail oriented, enthusiastic and confident with excellent problem solving skills and a roll-up-your sleeves attitude towards work;
• Solid team player with a high level of honesty and integrity;
• Public company experience, including a working knowledge of public company reporting and CEO/CFO certification requirements;
• A definite business presence complemented with personal drive, resourcefulness, maturity, integrity and sound business judgment;
• A self-starter with a highly energetic, results oriented work style combined with excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
• The ability to support, lead and develop a team of professionals, while also contributing effectively to the management team;
• Previous knowledge of the Navision accounting software would be considered an asset.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL (403) 261-8080 FOR:
LEONA WOWNIAR (EXT. 327) OR SCOTT DOUPE (EXT. 317)

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