Director of Finance - GFCA

Position Summary: 

Reporting to the VP of Finance, the Director of Finance is responsible for the development, management, and reporting of Canadian financial and operational performance with thorough analysis to maximize the overall profitability of the business.  The incumbent will actively identify opportunities for performance improvement and drives the implementation of those improvements.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Financial Reporting Process

• Leads the monthly financial reporting process including:
  • Month end process for Canada including closing the books, preparing the financial statements, and reporting the results.
  • Forecasting financial statements including profit and loss statement and balance sheet. 
  • Work with working capital leaders to ensure working capital accounts stay at or below budgeted amounts.
• Lead the annual budgeting process to ensure that accuracy, completeness, and accountability has been achieved throughout the Canadian organization.
• Supports the annual audit process.

Profitability and Pricing

• Responsible for the accurate reporting of the profitability of the company, customers, and products.
• Leads the Commercial Finance team responsible for the support of the sales team through profitability analysis, pricing actions, and recommendations.
• Support the Commercial Finance team in implementation of long and short-term business and pricing strategies to effectively achieve profit and growth objectives.
• Understand and anticipate strategic, market and/or operational needs and translate those needs into effective and/or improved processes.

Continuous Improvement

• Identifies, leads, and implements continuous improvement activities within Finance organization.  Supports other continuous improvement areas of the business.
• Continuously reviews and implements improvements to the existing pricing process, guidelines, and strategies.
• Works on key special projects to drive improvement and savings to the organization.

People and Development

• Support the development of department employees.  Continually work to improve talent, skills, and capabilities.
• Trains, schedules, assigns, and reviews work of staff.

• Maintains harmony among workers and resolves grievances.
• Continual self-development to stay relevant with current trends, skills, and knowledge.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance, preferably Master’s Degree, CPA, or CMA.
• Minimum of 5-10 years of experience, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong communication skills.
• Excellent computer skills are required. Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel is required and 5+ years of database/ERP applications involvement.
• Ability to occasionally travel as needed (10%).