Business Relationship Manager, Finance & Accounting
Location: Calgary, AB (Hybrid, 3 days onsite per week)
Employment Type: Full-Time, Permanent
Salary: CAD $120,000–$130,000 annually, with some flexibility based on experience
About the Opportunity
We are seeking an experienced Business Relationship Manager (BRM), Finance & Accounting to join a global manufacturing organization. This position serves as a key liaison between Finance, Accounting, Operations, and IT, ensuring financial systems effectively support business operations, reporting requirements, and ongoing process improvements.
The ideal candidate brings a strong foundation in Finance and Accounting, particularly within a manufacturing environment, combined with hands-on experience supporting Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations (D365 F&O).
This is an opportunity for someone who understands both the financial and technical sides of ERP systems and enjoys partnering with business stakeholders to solve problems, improve processes, and optimize existing technology.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary liaison between Finance, Accounting, Operations, and IT, translating business needs into functional system requirements and solutions.
- Provide ongoing functional support for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations, particularly Finance and Accounting processes.
- Investigate ERP-related issues, identify root causes, evaluate system functionality, and collaborate with technical teams to implement improvements.
- Support manufacturing accounting processes, including inventory valuation, cost accounting, inventory reconciliation, and financial reporting.
- Partner with Finance and Operations teams to investigate inventory discrepancies, costing issues, and reconciliation challenges.
- Support weighted-average costing, standard costing, and inventory-related financial processes.
- Assist with freight and transportation costing, accruals, and related financial reconciliations.
- Gather business requirements, document workflows, assess system capabilities, and recommend process improvements.
- Coordinate ERP enhancements, configuration changes, system integrations, testing, and user acceptance testing (UAT).
- Collaborate with Finance stakeholders to improve month-end close, financial reporting, internal controls, and operational efficiency.
- Support financial reporting and analytics initiatives using Power BI and other reporting tools.
- Work with international business and IT teams to support system standardization, financial process improvements, and ongoing technology initiatives.
- Support change management, end-user adoption, documentation, and training associated with system enhancements.
- Ensure financial systems and processes align with internal controls, audit requirements, and applicable accounting standards.
Required Qualifications
- Approximately 10+ years of relevant professional experience in Finance, Accounting, ERP systems, Finance Systems, or Business Analysis.
- Strong understanding of Finance and Accounting processes, including general ledger, reconciliations, cost accounting, financial reporting, and financial controls.
- Experience supporting Finance and Accounting operations within a manufacturing environment.
- Knowledge of manufacturing inventory accounting, inventory valuation, and costing methodologies.
- Hands-on functional experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations, including system support, troubleshooting, enhancements, or configuration.
- Experience working directly with Finance stakeholders and IT teams to gather requirements, investigate issues, and deliver system improvements.
- Ability to understand financial business processes and translate them into actionable technical or functional requirements.
- Experience supporting ERP implementations, upgrades, enhancements, integrations, or ongoing application optimization.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and collaborate across business functions.
- Excellent English communication skills and comfort working with international stakeholders.
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related field.
Preferred Qualifications
- Background in Accounting or Finance with a subsequent transition into ERP functional support, Finance Systems, or Business Analysis.
- Experience with weighted-average costing and standard costing in manufacturing environments.
- Experience supporting inventory reconciliation, freight accruals, and transportation-related costing.
- Food manufacturing experience.
- Experience with Power BI, financial dashboards, reporting automation, or business intelligence solutions.
- Experience working within multinational organizations and supporting international Finance or ERP environments.
- Familiarity with IFRS, GAAP, SOX, internal controls, and audit requirements.
- Experience with SAP, Oracle, or other enterprise ERP platforms in addition to D365 F&O.
- Experience supporting Finance transformation initiatives, business process standardization, and change management.
Work Arrangement
This position is based in Calgary, Alberta, with a standard hybrid schedule requiring three days onsite per week.
Onsite days will be coordinated with business stakeholders based on operational and project needs.
As part of a global organization, occasional early morning or late afternoon meetings may be required to accommodate international teams.
Compensation
The anticipated base salary range is CAD $120,000–$130,000, with some flexibility for exceptionally qualified candidates.
Candidates who combine strong manufacturing Finance and Accounting expertise with hands-on D365 F&O functional experience are especially encouraged to apply.
