Director of Finance
- Montreal, QC, Canada
$140,000 to $150,000 CAD / year · Full-time
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Job details
- Pay
- $140,000 to $150,000 CAD / year
- Job type
- Full-time
- Apply by
- Experience
- Minimum 7 years of relevant finance and accounting experience.
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
The ideal candidate will serve as a key strategic business partner to senior leadership. This individual will play a critical role in driving financial performance, supporting strategic initiatives, and helping execute an ambitious growth plan.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as a trusted strategic advisor to senior management, supporting growth, profitability, and key business decisions.
- Lead budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and performance analysis activities.
- Oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting processes.
- Evaluate acquisitions, investments, and other strategic growth opportunities.
- Develop and monitor KPIs, profitability metrics, and business performance indicators.
- Drive business transformation and process improvement initiatives.
- Ensure strong financial governance, internal controls, compliance, and audit readiness.
- Partner closely with operations and sales teams across Canada.
- Lead, mentor, and develop an established finance team.
- Support a long-term growth strategy focused on significant revenue expansion.
Qualifications
- CPA designation or MBA required.
- Minimum 7 years of relevant finance and accounting experience.
- Strong background in financial reporting, special projects, process improvements, and ideally mergers & acquisitions (M&A).
- Manufacturing industry experience strongly preferred.
- Fully bilingual in English and French.
- Proven ability to operate as a strategic business partner and influence senior leadership.
- Hands-on leader who can balance strategic thinking with operational execution.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Partner with senior leadership on financial performance, strategic decisions, and growth initiatives while leading budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and performance analysis. Oversee financial governance and controls, evaluate acquisitions and investments, improve business processes, and lead the finance team in collaboration with operations and sales across Canada.
Requirements
Requires a CPA designation or MBA and at least seven years of relevant finance and accounting experience, with strong financial reporting and process improvement experience; M&A and manufacturing experience are preferred. Candidates must be fully bilingual in English and French and demonstrate strategic influence, leadership, and the ability to balance strategic planning with hands-on execution.
Skills
- Strategic Business Partnership
- Financial Planning
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Financial Reporting
- Performance Analysis
- Mergers And Acquisitions
- Investment Evaluation
- KPI Development
- Profitability Analysis
- Business Transformation
- Process Improvement
- Financial Governance
- Internal Controls
- Team Leadership
- English-French Bilingualism
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Categories
- Finance & Accounting
- Management & Leadership
- Manufacturing
Keywords
- CPA
- MBA
- Financial Planning
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Financial Reporting
- Performance Analysis
- Mergers And Acquisitions
- Investment Evaluation
- Strategic Growth
- KPIs
- Profitability Metrics
- Business Performance
- Business Transformation
- Process Improvement
- Financial Governance
- Internal Controls
- Compliance
- Audit Readiness
- Manufacturing
- Finance Team Leadership
- English-French Bilingualism
- Operations
- Sales