Head of Finance

Overview

This role oversees all financial aspects of a business unit and drives financial strategy in partnership with the Senior Leadership Team. Reporting to the CEO/Business Unit Leader, the position is accountable for business financial operations, including finance and accounting, statutory compliance, corporate governance, and risk management.

Key focus areas include:

• Developing operational and financial strategy, including metrics tied to that strategy
• Developing, monitoring, and improving control systems
• Providing seasoned operational finance leadership with strategic and commercial awareness

Responsibilities

Business Partnering

• Support the Business Unit (BU) Leader and Senior Leadership Team to develop business plans, priorities, and forecasts aligned with +/- 5% forecast accuracy targets.
• Evolve financial processes, systems, and policies to ensure scalability, accurate and timely data availability, and compliance with regulations and corporate governance requirements.
• Supervise due diligence and take a lead role in negotiations with third parties.

Finance Operations

• Own monthly and quarterly consolidated financial reporting to ensure compliance with internal and external reporting requirements and IFRS.
• Own the ‘Quarterly Strategic Review’ (QSR) forecasting process.
• Provide financial leadership and apply best practices across processes, people, and systems to improve revenue, profitability, and cash flow, and to enhance operating efficiency and performance.
• Recommend and lead efforts to improve business performance, including operating ratios and ROIC.
• Review the risk management process, standardize policies, and implement process improvements.
• Oversee and improve administration processes and systems for company records and contracts.
• Stay current on finance-relevant trends and regulations to ensure effectiveness and compliance.
• Work with functional leads to ensure bids and contract terms (financial and otherwise) adhere to corporate parameters.
• Coordinate legal activities internally and with group legal.
• Ensure record keeping meets requirements of auditors and government agencies.
• Maintain relationships with external auditors, investigate findings and recommendations, and oversee appropriate follow-up.

People Leadership

• Lead and effectively manage the finance team.
• Drive succession planning and talent management processes.
• Manage key stakeholder expectations.

Other Activities

• Attend management meetings, annual events, and other activities directed by the BU Leader.
• Support creation of a culture of learning, trust, and continuous improvement.
• Perform other duties as required.

Requirements

• Experience leading finance functions with responsibility for financial operations, reporting, and compliance.
• Strong understanding of statutory requirements, corporate governance, and risk management.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and monitor financial strategy, metrics, and control systems.
• Proven finance leadership skills, including leading teams and managing stakeholder expectations.
• Capability to oversee IFRS-aligned reporting and consolidated financial results.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strategic thinker with strong commercial awareness.
• Operational finance leader with experience partnering with senior leadership to drive business performance.

Compensation & Benefits

Not specified in the provided job description.

Location

Not specified in the provided job description.