Controller

Description

Lead Revenue Excellence - Where Leadership Meets Financial Innovation

Our Team And What We'll Accomplish Together

Our team is looking for YOU - someone who is just as excited about numbers as they are about people! If you’re ready to hit the ground running with a collaborative and dedicated team, read on...

As a Controller, you will be an integral part of the Finance team supporting the Revenue Centre of Excellence, specifically on our Mobility team. This role will support Revenue reporting and revenue-impacting projects across the portfolio.

This dynamic leadership role combines people development, technical expertise, and strategic revenue management. You'll lead and develop a team of three while serving as the key driver for all revenue-impacting projects across the WLS Revenue Accounting team. Your days will involve managing complex, cross-functional initiatives—from new product launches to IFRS15 implementations—while leveraging your deep technical knowledge of billing systems, SAP, and financial gateways. At the heart of this role is your ability to translate business requirements into compliant revenue processes, lead stakeholders across the entire TELUS organization, and provide the strategic oversight needed to ensure our revenue reporting meets the highest accounting standards.

What You’ll Do

• Support and drive the development of three individuals
• Lead and manage multiple cross-functional projects simultaneously as the key prime for the WLS Revenue Accounting team for all projects that impact Revenues (new offers, program changes, IFRS15 impacts, system changes)
• Work alongside various teams to ensure accuracy of revenue flows from the billing engines to the income statement, to ensure the results are held to the highest of accounting standards, and to provide insight into the trends and drivers of those results
• Use your technical understanding and experience with various systems (billing systems, financial gateway, SAP, etc.) to assess how the project will impact revenue flow (writing business requirements, participating in design discussions)
• Use your technical and accounting knowledge to lead user acceptance testing (UAT) to ensure revenue flows continue to be in accordance with accounting policies
• Use your accounting background and strong understanding of revenue recognition policy to identify issues, interpret and apply accounting policies, and influence non-finance teams on the financial implications of business decisions
• Assist in developing and executing on new processes, including billing and reporting of new product introduction and establishing new GL reconciliations and sub-ledgers as required
• Collaborate with various stakeholders across the entire TELUS organization to ensure Revenue Accounting requirements are met
• Provide thought leadership in solving problems and develop effective processes and governance
• Focus on the big picture and strategy while effectively managing diverse, dynamic, competing priorities in leading ongoing project accountabilities
  
  
  

Qualifications

What you bring

• Professional accounting designation (CPA) with 7+ years of progressive finance and accounting experience
• Deep understanding of GAAP and IFRS, specifically revenue recognition policy and accounting standards
• Strong project management, process design, and execution skills with proven ability to deliver results in complex environments
• Critical thinking and analytical skills for business planning, problem resolution, and data-driven decision-making based on financial and economic analysis
• Exceptional communication, influence, and negotiation abilities to build partnerships and lead cross-functional teams at all organizational levels
• Skilled at managing competing priorities, adapting to ambiguous situations, and maintaining big-picture focus while translating data into actionable insights
  
  
  

Great-to-have

• Proficiency with MS Office Suite, with in-depth knowledge of Excel
• SQL and SAP ability
  
  
  

Note : This is a remote opportunity with the flexibility to work anywhere within Canada.