Role Description
The Director, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) leads enterprise budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, and decision support. This role partners with senior leadership and business units to align financial and operational realities, provide proactive insights, and drive performance. The Director manages a high-performing FP&A team and ensures disciplined governance, clear executive reporting, and continuous improvement, leveraging strong analytics and modeling.
Benefits
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Epic Work-Life Balance: Flexible remote work options because we value your time and well-being.
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Growth Opportunities: Committed to fostering a culture of growth, where every team member is encouraged to pursue new skills, expand their knowledge, and advance their careers.
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Vibrant Culture: Over 1,500 team members across Canada and year over year we manage to maintain an overall above industry engagement score by using a monthly pulse survey.
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Attractive Compensation: Competitive salary, incentive program, and comprehensive benefits package.
Your Mission
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Budgeting & Forecasting:
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Lead the annual budgeting process and short and long-term financial forecasting to support business strategy and advise senior leaders on financial implications of strategic choices.
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Coordinate cross-functional inputs to ensure realistic plans, aligned assumptions, and accountability for outcomes.
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Management Reporting & Insights:
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Establish and monitor financial and operational KPIs, ensuring robust analytics to assess progress, profitability, and efficiency.
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Chair senior management meetings, coordinating the preparation, consolidation, and presentation of reporting packages, including financial results, KPIs, and related commentary.
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Oversee the provision of monthly results and interpretations to business units to support achievement of departmental goals.
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Develop, implement, monitor, and continually improve management reporting to keep pace with structural changes and growth.
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Leverage analytics and modeling to interpret results and articulate clear, actionable recommendations.
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Review performance versus plan/forecast, identify significant variances, and drive corrective actions.
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Business Partnering:
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Collaborate with senior management to ensure operational and financial realities are aligned.
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Challenge business units through proactive insights and the identification of opportunities to improve growth, margin, productivity, and cash performance.
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Support key business decisions and initiatives with data-driven analysis and clear financial implications.
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Scenario & Investment Analysis:
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Direct scenario and sensitivity analyses for strategic decisions, investments, and resource allocation.
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Evaluate trade-offs and risk/return dynamics; synthesize recommendations for executive decision-making.
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Governance & Controls:
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Partner with Accounting to align on accounting policies, close calendars, and reconciliation of actuals to plans/forecasts.
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Maintain disciplined methodologies for budgeting, forecasting, KPI definitions, and variance analysis.
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Board & Executive Reporting:
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Prepare executive and board-level materials with clear insights, risks, opportunities, and recommendations.
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Craft concise narratives and visuals that translate complex financials into strategic implications for decision-makers.
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Coordinate timelines and inputs to ensure accurate, timely delivery of all board/executive reporting packages.
Qualifications
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Bachelorβs degree in accounting, Finance or related field.
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CPA designation required.
Requirements
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Minimum of 10 yearsβ financial and team management experience.
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Strong business acumen with clear understanding of industry trends, able to think strategically.
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Advanced financial modeling, forecasting, and budgeting capabilities.
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Strong analytical mindset and communication skills; adept at presenting complex financial concepts to non-financial stakeholders.
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Impeccable attention to detail.
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Extensive experience leading budgeting and forecasting for mid-to-large sized organizations.
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Strong background in management reporting, budgeting and analytics.
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Experience partnering with and influencing senior executives and divisional leaders.
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Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
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Works effectively in teams.
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Strong organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple deadlines and competing priorities.
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Results-oriented and process-driven.
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Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
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English proficiency is required for this position to effectively communicate with internal and external stakeholders.