Manager, Financial Reporting & Analysis
Terms: Full-time (37.5 hours/week), Permanent
Location: Remote in Canada, with hybrid or in-office options for cities with an office
Salary: $100,000
MakeWay is looking for a Manager, Financial Reporting & Analysis to provide timely financial reporting, analysis, budgeting and forecasting to inform strategic, financial and operational decisions across the organization. Reporting to the Director of Finance, this role partners with cross-functional teams including Executive Leadership, Strategic Programs, Philanthropic Services, Operations, and Shared Platform to strengthen financial understanding and accountability. Responsibilities include coordinating key reporting deliverables, supporting external regulatory reporting and year-end audit activities, and contributing to the continuous improvement of financial systems and processes.
About MakeWay:
MakeWay is made up of two legal entities – MakeWay Foundation and MakeWay Charitable Society. MakeWay Charitable Society is an operating charity that houses 50+ environmental and social change projects across the country, also known as the Shared Platform. MakeWay Foundation is a national charity and public foundation with a goal to enable nature and communities to thrive together. We do this by building partnerships, providing solutions, grants, and services for the charitable sector across the country.
If our values align with yours and you want to learn, grow, and develop within a supportive team that shares knowledge and cares, then we want to hear from you! Join us and make a difference.
What You’ll Do:
Financial Reporting & Analysis
- Lead the accurate and timely monthly and quarterly financial reporting and analysis for internal teams, committees, board and external stakeholders.
- Analyze financial results, investigate variances and identify risks, opportunities and practical recommendations.
- Prepare regular and ad hoc financial reports, dashboards and key performance measures to support strategic and operational decisions.
- Coordinate quarterly Shared Platform revenue reporting for consolidation.
- Improve report design, consistency, quality assurance and efficiency in collaboration with Finance and Information Systems.
Budgeting, Forecasting & Business Partnering
- Prepare the annual consolidated organizational budget and quarterly forecasts, including materials for senior management, the Finance & Audit Committee and Board.
- Partner with department managers through regular financial reviews, budget-to-actual analysis and forecasting discussions.
- Develop financial models to support planning and decision-making.
Compliance, Audit & Year-End
- Support preparation of audit working papers and combined year-end financial statements.
- Support annual regulatory filings, including T3010 and IRS Form 990, for MakeWay Foundation and MakeWay Charitable Society, as applicable.
- Maintain reliable reporting practices aligned with applicable accounting standards and MakeWay policies.
- Coordinate year-in-review financial datasets and visualizations related to revenues and expenditures.
Process Improvement & Capacity Building
- Work with Finance and Information Systems colleagues to identify reporting, accounting process and system integration improvements.
- Provide clear financial guidance to non-finance colleagues and help build financial literacy across business units.
- Develop or facilitate training on financial reporting, analysis, expense coding and related processes.
- Contribute to cross-functional initiatives and other finance priorities as required.
Who You Are:
- Analytical Thinking: You excel at evaluating complex financial data, identifying trends and variances, optimizing reports, and using key metrics to support informed decision-making.
- Communication: You confidently present financial insights, explain complex concepts, and communicate effectively with cross-functional teams to support understanding and alignment.
- Collaboration: You work effectively with internal and external stakeholders, partnering across teams to coordinate financial reporting, support regulatory requirements, and advance organizational priorities.
- Problem Solving: You identify and address financial reporting and system challenges, improve accounting processes and systems, and develop practical, actionable solutions.
- Detail-oriented: You demonstrate a high level of precision and accountability, proactively identifying errors and inconsistencies to ensure accurate and reliable financial information.
Experience You Bring:
- A minimum of 5 years of progressive responsibility with financial reporting, analysis, budgeting or related experience; non-profit or charitable sector experience preferred.
- A Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
- Knowledge of accounting principles relevant to not-for-profit and charitable organizations.
- Experience preparing financial statements, audit support, regulatory reporting and management reporting.
- Strong Excel and financial modelling skills; experience with reporting software and financial systems.
- Full-cycle accounting processing experience in a complex reporting environment.
- Experience providing financial information and reporting services to a diverse portfolio of internal and external clients, including experience in writing ad hoc reports.
- Hands-on experience with regulatory filings (e.g., T3010, IRS 990) and audit processes, including preparing working papers and year-end financial statements.
- Demonstrated ability to produce concise and complex financial reports; must be able to interpret, explain, report on, and provide advice on a variety of accounting, budgetary, and financial management issues.
- Proven ability to quickly learn complex business structures and accompanying system of coding and classification of financial transactions.
- Experience working with a remote team.
It Would Be a Bonus if You Have:
- Accounting designation (CPA) or progress toward designation.
- Prior experience working in a mission-driven or non-profit organization.
- A solid understanding of compliance requirements for charitable organizations.
If you are interested in this role but are unsure if you qualify, send us your application anyway and tell us about why you can be a good fit for this position. We’d love to hear from you!
What We Offer:
- The opportunity to have an impact on communities from coast to coast to coast.
- Full-time annual salary of $100,000.
- Comprehensive employer-paid extended health, vision, and dental benefits package, including an annual $300 Health Spending Account starting on your first day of employment.
- Year-end RRSP contribution.
- Pregnancy and Parental/Adoption Leave top up (subject to eligibility).
- Three weeks’ paid vacation (that increases with tenure) plus statutory holidays. MakeWay has implemented a Substitution Statutory Holiday policy which allows employees the flexibility to substitute another day for a statutory holiday.
- Winter office closure and 9-day summer fortnight program.
- 10 annual sick and personal days.
- Flexible work environment with remote working.
- An Indigenous Employees Network.
- Committed colleagues and a culture of collaboration, caring, and learning.
- High level of responsibility and autonomy.
- Opportunities and support for professional learning and development.
How to Apply:
Please submit a resume and cover letter through Dayforce. In your cover letter, please share a little bit about what inspired you to apply, why you’re interested in joining MakeWay, and how your experiences and skills could contribute to the team.
We encourage candidates to apply as early as possible as applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. Thank you!
Hiring Process:
- Application Review: Our Manager of People, Engagement, and Learning reviews all applications as they are submitted and works with the Hiring Manager to shortlist candidates to invite to the phone screen stage.
- Phone Screen: Our Manager of People, Engagement, and Learning will conduct a 30-minute phone call with the candidate.
- Interview 1: Candidates selected to move forward from the phone screen will participate in a first-round panel interview through Microsoft Teams.
- Interview 2: Candidates selected to move forward will participate in a second-round interview panel through Microsoft Teams.
- Offer and References: 2–3 professional references will be conducted, and the selected candidate will be extended a verbal and written offer letter.
Supporting Equity in Our Hiring Process:
- In an effort to recognize the time and energy that it takes to participate in a hiring process, MakeWay offers a $75 compensation for each panel interview.
- Interview questions will be provided 24 hours in advance.
MakeWay is strongly committed to equity and creating a diverse workplace community. We recognize that our recruiting and hiring processes are key to this commitment. We strive to reflect the diversity of our society on our teams and to provide a respectful workplace and equal working opportunities for all employees and applicants. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply. If you require accommodations at any point during the application or hiring process, please contact us at careers@makeway.org.
This role is for a current vacancy, and MakeWay does not use artificial intelligence
(AI) to screen, assess, or select applicants.
Our sincerest appreciation to all those expressing interest in the position, however,
only those applicants invited for an interview will be contacted. Thank you!
