Director Finance

LifeWorks; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health services provider is seeking a Finance Manager in Vancouver. You will oversee financial reporting, manage month-end processes, and drive improvements in finance systems. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills and experience with financial analysis and reporting. A Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting is required. This role offers opportunities for career growth and development within a collaborative team environment.

Benefits

Inclusive culture

Continuous learning opportunities

Flexible work options

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in financial reporting or analysis.
• Experience in leading teams and managing financial activities.
• Strong understanding of revenue recognition and accounting policies.

Responsibilities

• Oversee month-end financial processes and ensure accuracy.
• Coordinate with finance teams to consolidate financial results.
• Lead financial reporting for tax and legal requirements.
• Implement process improvements in finance systems.

Skills

Leadership

Financial Analysis

Reporting

Communication

Project Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting

Tools

Workday

SAP

Job description

Join Our Team

TELUS Health is empowering every person to live their healthiest life. Guided by our vision, we are leveraging the power of our leading edge technology and focusing on the uniqueness of each individual to create the future of health. As a global-leading health and well-being provider – encompassing physical, mental and financial health – TELUS Health is improving health outcomes for consumers, patients, healthcare professionals, employers and employees.

What you’ll do

Leadership and engagement of peers and other finance team members in the performance of ongoing daily, monthly, quarterly and annual internal and external financial activities.

Management Financial Reporting

Lead the team through month-end, ensuring completeness and accuracy of the P&L and balance sheet.

Guide the business in summarizing and highlighting risks and opportunities in the financial plans to help decision making.

Support and lead the team through the triage and budget processes for specific areas of accountability, including revenue recognition, capital policy, IFRS 16, stock-based and variable compensation, benefits, and balance sheet true-ups.

Ensure the team’s comprehensive understanding of revenue, cost drivers and capital, influencing decision-making and budget commitments.

Provide leadership reports, timelines / schedules, and reconciliations for monthly and quarterly close.

Liaise with finance peers, including Finance Business Partners and Finance Assurance and Operations teams, to ensure results are within expectations and include all required entries.

Ensure all out-of-footprint entities are consolidated appropriately and acquisition accounting is completed appropriately.

Ensure all controls are executed appropriately, including journal entry approval and account reconciliation completion.

External Financial & Regulatory Reporting and Accounting Policy

Support the Corporate team in segment reporting for external purposes, reviewing all supporting schedules for completeness and accuracy.

A key liaison with the tax and legal teams to meet the appropriate legal entities needs and aid in decisions and execute on legal entity structure changes or regulatory requirements within our global regions.

Lead the team through ad hoc analysis of accounting policy application, to help the business make decisions and drive results.

Support the TELUS Health Finance team by ensuring all accounting policies are executed appropriately and new policies are adapted.

Lead the legal entity reporting team and requirements from a tax and local accounting perspective.

Support all regulatory reporting requirements related to the TELUS Health legal entities

Regular balance sheet analysis and reporting

Responsible for controls compliance and SOX reporting requirements for TELUS Health.

Process Improvement & Systems

A key leader in the processes that support our underlying finance systems - Workday and SAP - to ensure that hierarchies, cost centres and chart of accounts are controlled and meet the requirements of TELUS Corporate.

A critical resource in integrating acquisitions into TELUS Health finance systems and, ultimately, into TELUS Corporate systems.

Responsible for standardization of processes related to revenue recognition, expense management, capital and consolidations, while maintaining the needs of the business at a level of materiality that is reasonable.

A decision maker in creating centres of excellence for the team and setting up the TELUS Health regional hubs for success, while maintaining the appropriate controls and governance.

A bit about us

We’re a people-focused, customer-first, purpose-driven team who works together every day to innovate and do good. We improve lives through our technology solutions and foster a culture of innovation that empowers team members to solve complex problems and create remarkable human outcomes in a digital world.

TELUS is proud to foster an inclusive culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to fair employment practices and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. We offer accommodation for applicants with disabilities, as required, during the recruitment process.

Disclaimer: In accordance with the TELUS Health Solutions Data Center Security Policy, as a condition of employment, all team members whose job functions require they work at a Data Center and / or have access to detailed knowledge of technology related to client service delivery, are subject to a Personnel Security Screening conducted through the Government of Canada.

The health and safety of our team, customers and communities is paramount to TELUS. Accordingly, we require anyone joining our TELUS Health Care Centres to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19.

Note for Quebec candidates : if knowledge of English is required for this position, it is because the team member will be asked, on a regular basis, to interact in English with external or internal parties or to use English applications or software as part of their tasks.

By applying to this role, you understand and agree that your information will be shared with the TELUS Group of Companies’ Talent Acquisition team(s) and / or any leader(s) who will be part of the selection process.