Director, Operational Finance

Farm Credit Canada; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 136,000 - 186,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Proven finance leader to guide a team of finance professionals in providing strategic insights and analyses. This role requires strong leadership capabilities and the ability to communicate complex financial information effectively, while managing multiple priorities in a high-performance environment.

Qualifications

• CPA or CFA designation required with approximately 10 years leadership experience.
• Bilingualism in English and French is an asset.
• Ability to communicate complex financial concepts effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of finance professionals providing insights for strategic decisions.
• Collaborate with leadership on financial impacts of initiatives.
• Direct expense forecasting and management reporting.

Skills

Leadership

Relationship-building

Communication

Change resiliency

Adaptability

Digital literacy

Education

Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA)

Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)

10 years of leadership experience

Job description

Closing Date (MM/DD/YYYY):

06/18/2025

Worker Type:

Term (Fixed Term)

Language(s) Required:

English

Term Duration (in months):

18

Salary Range (plus eligible to receive a performance based incentive, applicable to position) :

$136,850 - $185,150 Proven finance leader needed
With your passion for cross-enterprise collaboration and advanced business advisory support, you’ll help partners and other Finance leaders make informed strategic and operational decisions.

Lead a team of finance professionals that provide insights and analyses that help other leaders understand financial perspectives, identify opportunities and risks, execute important financial processes in a quality, timely manner, and make sound investment/spending decisions.

What you’ll do:

• Collaborate with leadership and other internal partners to understand financial impacts in the execution of strategies and initiatives

• Engage teammates within Finance to share relevant business insights and proactively action finance-related requirements on behalf of the business, enabling the Finance division to be a connected and sophisticated financial partner to the enterprise

• Direct processes for administration expense forecasting and scenario analysis

• Ensure transparency in value for investment and in realization measures, and provide business case support for strategic and operating investments

• Guide the development of management reporting, leveraging both qualitative and quantitative data to provide insights and analytics for business decision-making

• Direct corporate banking relationships and payment activities, setting and maintaining appropriate service level standards and a robust internal control environment

• Coach and mentor a team of high-performing managers and employees

What we’re looking for:

• Strong leader who confidently manages multiple priorities and a high-performance team

• Proven relationship-builder with sound business judgment

• Ability to connect and develop strong partnerships to enhance and forward corporate priorities

• Confident communicator who thrives in a fast-paced environment

What you’ll need:

• A Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) or Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and approximately 10 years of related leadership experience (or an equivalent combination of education and experience)

• Proven ability to communicate complex financial concepts and analyses in business-centric terms that focus on the financial and business implications of decisions

• Proven ability to develop your team as finance business partners that emphasize a logic-based approach to decision-making and are focused on understanding and challenging underlying assumptions so they can critically assess business-led analyses while considering alternate scenarios

• Change resiliency with a high level of adaptability to prioritize and provide complex, advanced-analytics decision support in real time

• Digital literacy with a passion for learning and using digital technologies to enable data sourcing, interpretation and analytics, business narrative and storytelling

• Bilingualism (English and French) is an asset.