Finance Manager

Socket.dev; Ottawa Brook; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision plans

Registered retirement savings plan

Employee stock purchase program

Paid time off

Job summary

Stantec is seeking a Finance Manager to join our Financial Services team and partner with operations to optimize the performance of the designated business line.

You will provide financial leadership, drive planning and analysis, and lead pricing and budgeting initiatives in a fast-paced environment. This role emphasizes collaboration, change management, and sustained profitable growth for the company.

Qualifications

• Strong financial and accounting knowledge, ideally in professional services.
• Experience collaborating across leadership levels with clear, proactive communication.
• Strategic thinker with a track record of driving transformative change.

Responsibilities

• Act as a finance business partner to Operations leadership, providing ongoing financial support to project management teams.
• Oversee financial operations for the business centers, including revenue recognition, DSO, WIP and cash cycle.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and year-to-date executive summaries with commentary and variance analyses for leadership.
• Facilitate budgeting, annual plans, and quarterly forecasts in collaboration with business partners.
• Collaborate with project managers to ensure accurate and compliant financial forecasts for major projects.
• Develop pricing and costing models for large bids, including KPI bonuses and complex terms.
• Ensure adherence to internal policies and controls.
• Maintain key controls for financial reporting aligned with SOX and internal controls.
• Coordinate monthly project reviews with finance and operations leadership to address challenges.
• Work with other Finance Managers to implement continuous process improvements.
• Maintain understanding of major client contracts and collaborate with auditors as needed.

Job description

Your Opportunity

As a Finance Manager, you will be a pivotal member of the Financial Services team and a strategic partner to our operations. You will leverage your financial expertise and commercial acumen to support and enhance the performance of the designated Business Line. Your role will involve strong collaboration, clear communication, effective leadership, and exceptional organizational skills. To excel in this role, you should possess a deep understanding of finance and accounting, ideally within a professional services environment, with a preference for engineering consulting experience. You should be a proactive and critical thinker, adept at clear and frequent communication across all company levels. We are seeking a strategic and change-oriented individual who is innovative and continually seeks improvement. You will thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, demonstrating high energy and resilience. This position offers a unique opportunity to assume a key leadership role in driving transformative change and fostering sustained, profitable growth for the company.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Act as a finance business partner to Operations leadership, including Regional Business Leaders (RBLs) and Business Center Operations Leaders (BCOLs), actively participating in the management team and providing ongoing financial support to our project management teams.
• Oversee all aspects of financial operations for the business centers, including reviewing and analyzing financial statements, managing revenue recognition, DSO (Days Sales Outstanding), Work-in-Progress (WIP) and cash cycle.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and year-to-date executive summaries with transparent and concise commentaries and variance analyses to aid leadership in strategic and operational decision-making.
• Facilitate the development of financial plans, annual budgets, and quarterly forecasts in close collaboration with your business partners.
• Work together with project managers and project approvers to ensure accurate and compliant financial forecasts for material projects to the business.
• Develop pricing and costing models for large and often complex project bids, including those involving KPI bonuses, joint ventures/arrangements and other unorthodox contractual terms.
• Ensure adherence to internal policies, procedures, and protocols.
• Maintain effective key controls for financial reporting in line with Stantecs SOX and internal control requirements.
• Collaborate with financial and operational leadership to coordinate monthly project reviews and analyze financial performance to address challenges and implement solutions.
• Work with other Finance Managers and Directors to plan and implement continuous business process improvements and best practices.
• Maintain a comprehensive understanding of key contractual agreements with clients.
• Collaborate with internal and external auditors as needed.
• Support potential new acquisitions and integration of project financial data as required.

At Stantec, we have some of the world's leading professionals passionate about enabling our business to be its best. Our business teams include finance, procurement, human resources, information technology, marketing, corporate development, HSSE, real estate, legal, and practice services. We bring diverse backgrounds, skills, and expertise and create a caring culture where everyone can thrive. Through teamwork and collaboration, we're building a stronger, more resilient Stantec every day.

Pay Transparency:In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible.Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.
Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health care spending account, wellness spending account, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off.
Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.
The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.