Finance Manager - Contract (Maternity Leave Cover)

Overview

The organization is seeking a Finance Manager to serve as an anchor role within the Finance organization, supporting financial integrity across the Americas. Reporting to the Director of Accounting, you will lead a controlling team of up to two and help ensure legal entities remain fully compliant with statutory requirements while delivering accurate, timely management reporting.

This is a transformation-focused role following optimization of core OTC and P2P processes, with opportunities to drive continuous improvement. In addition to core ledger responsibilities, you will support regional FP&A activities, including budgeting and forecasting, and contribute to strategic initiatives such as system implementations and legal entity rationalization.

Responsibilities

Controlling Service Delivery

• Statutory Reporting: Direct the timely production of entity-level statutory financial statements under Local GAAP, ensuring accuracy and integrity.
• Management Reporting: Support Finance leadership in preparing monthly, quarterly, and annual actuals for regional management accounts.
• GAAP Conversion: Manage reconciliation and conversion between Group GAAP (IFRS) and Local GAAP.
• Financial Integrity: Lead activities to attest to statement accuracy, including periodic controls testing and rigorous balance sheet documentation.
• Balance Sheet Governance: Oversee balance sheet reconciliations and lead required remediation.
• Cash Management: Drive cash flow forecasting and manage working capital targets (DSO) in collaboration with divisional and operational teams to optimize cash conversion.
• Technical Expertise: Provide regional accounting expertise to ensure compliance with global policies and governing processes.
• Tax & Audit: Partner with the Tax team on VAT and corporate tax submissions (including 1099s/regulatory filings) and manage relationships with internal/external auditors.
• Performance Analysis: Perform ad-hoc trend and variance analysis to provide actionable insights for decision-making.

Finance Operations and Process Excellence

• Partner with operational team leaders to stabilize and optimize established P2P and O2C processes.
• Service Optimization: Monitor operational service delivery, resolve escalations, and identify opportunities for continuous process improvement.

Controlling Projects and Initiatives

• Finance Excellence: Contribute to regional growth and standardization projects, ensuring local/statutory requirements are embedded in new system and process designs.
• Entity Rationalization: Participate in strategic projects to simplify the regional legal entity structure and manage subsequent rationalization activities.

Finance Team Management and Collaboration

• People Leadership: Provide daily oversight and mentorship to the team, reviewing outputs for accuracy and deadline adherence.
• Collaborate within the Americas team to share improvements and champion the Finance Excellence vision.
• Act as a trusted partner within the Global Finance team to create value, manage risk, and champion business growth.

Requirements

• Professional designation: CPA (Chartered Professional Accountant) or equivalent qualification is required.
• Experience: 5+ years of progressive experience within a Global Finance function, including a proven track record of managing and developing direct reports.
• Technical knowledge: Comprehensive understanding of Controlling processes, internal controls, and the ability to navigate both Local GAAP and IFRS.
• Compliance & audit savvy: Demonstrated experience in statutory reporting, tax compliance (e.g., GST, 1099s), and managing relationships with external auditors and tax authorities.
• Change leadership: Confidence to spearhead process and system transitions and drive adoption of Finance Excellence workflows by both Finance and non-Finance stakeholders.
• Operational excellence: Proactive approach to managing operational finance workflows and troubleshooting/remediating complex accounting issues at the source.
• Analytical rigor: Strong financial analysis skills to identify anomalies, spot trends, and translate data into actionable insights.
• Collaborative mindset: Inclusive leadership style suited to a high-growth, global team environment.

Compensation & Benefits

• Not provided in the source description.

Location

• Americas, Canada, Montreal
• Working pattern: Remote

Employment Type

• Full Time, Permanent