Assistant Controller

Moog is a performance culture that empowers people to achieve great things. Our people enjoy solving interesting technical challenges in a culture where everyone trusts each other to do the right thing. For you, working with us can mean deeper job satisfaction, better rewards, and a great quality of life inside and outside of work.

Every day, millions of people rely on our products for critical power and control systems. Whether it’s on land, sea, in the air or underwater, our ground-breaking technologies enable the deployment of robots, sensors and machinery in harsh environments around the world.

At Moog Halifax, we are technical leaders in global markets, defining and delivering proven engineering solutions for challenging marine, defense and industrial environments.  We are industry leaders in subsea fiber-optic communications and offshore energy solutions, specializing in rugged electro-optical slip rings, fluid swivels, high power electrical swivels and advanced fiber-optic multiplexers and subsea control systems.

We’re as passionate about our purpose and as true to our principles today as the day we started out. We value the skill and commitment of our employees above all else. For people looking for inspiring, creative and meaningful work in a warm, respectful, family-like environment, Moog Halifax will feel like home.

We are an experienced and dedicated group of financial professionals who put forth our absolute best effort on a daily basis.

We display an attention to purpose and a sense of urgency. We know that we have to be exceptional at our jobs. We understand the need for continuous improvement in all our activities.

We treat everyone with respect. We don’t take ourselves too seriously. We want people to be passionate about their work and we believe that we are more productive when we’re at ease and enjoying ourselves.

If you have experience you are looking to share, we want to hear from you!

• Analyze financial and costing data to ensure accurate financial reporting and costing for pricing and profitability analysis.

• Embrace data analytics, Power BI, data warehouse reporting, and other tools to monitor and analyze information.

• Work with technical resources and function leads to ensure a cohesive, solution-focused organization.
• Offer data-informed recommendations for efficiency improvements, cost controls, and risk mitigation.
• Identify risks in internal controls and support any changes needed to process or procedures.
• Support ongoing continuous improvement through revenue and expense analysis and trends identification.
• Ensure US GAAP compliant financial reporting including variance analysis and reconciliations.
• Engage with quarterly/annual audits.

• Ensure contracts are classified correctly according to ASC-606.

• Interface with sales, engineering, and internal/external audit.

• Align with corporate shared services for Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Management, and other support as needed.
• Identify and prioritize goals, initiatives, and actions necessary to ensure financial reporting, strategy, and forecasting are timely and accurate.

• Act as an effective member of the Finance team supporting business demands.
• Interpret, execute, and suggest improvements to directives from site and business leadership while working in a team environment to positively influence others.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

• An experienced financial and cost accountant in a manufacturing environment.
• A strong communicator who recognizes the value of educating and sharing knowledge.
• A collaborator and influencer who engages the operations to drive decisions.
• An analytical and critical thinker with a solutions-minded orientation.
• A healthy challenger to enable us to get better.
• An initiator who is self-motivated, independent, and deadline oriented.
• A storyteller through data leveraging strong data analytics skills.
• A decision maker who can prioritize work and tasks to keep things moving.
• A Team player who thrives on accountability and results

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting.
• CPA/CA designation considered an asset.
• At least five years of Accounting/Finance/Costing experience.
• Familiar with SAP ERP system and/or OneStream is considered an asset.
• Proven track record of business partnering to achieve business goals and targets.

• Proficient in Microsoft products
• Experience working in corporate environments where receiving inputs from multiple layers within the organization and in turn translate, act, and deliver to varied audiences.
• Leadership qualities with a desire to work in cross-functional teams, build relationships, foster inclusion, and generate mutual participation.

It is our core belief that if we take care of our employees, they will take care of our customers, partners, shareholders, and communities where we live and work.  We embody our Values and live them everyday!