Finance Manager/Gestionnaire des Finances

Maison Birks; Montreal; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the luxury retail sector is seeking a Finance Manager in Montreal. The role involves overseeing financial accounting, reporting, and governance while leading a team and providing analytical support to decision-makers. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, leadership experience, and be bilingual in English and French. This full-time position offers a competitive salary and the chance to contribute to a dynamic finance team.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years relevant experience in finance.
• Experience managing a team of 2-3 direct reports.
• Retail experience is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Oversees financial accounting, reporting, and governance.
• Leads the month-end close process and financial analysis.
• Manages the FP&A function and provides insights to decision-makers.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Leadership

Communication

Detail-oriented

Bilingual (English and French)

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Direct message the job poster from Maison Birks

Reporting to the Senior Director of Finance, the Finance Manager oversees financial accounting, reporting, and governance, including month-end close, monthly reporting, external financial statements, and tax compliance. They manage a team and lead the FP&A function, providing insights and support to decision-makers through financial data analysis and interpretation.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Financial Accounting, Reporting & Governance (70%):

· Leads the month-end close process, monthly financial accounting analysis and preparation of internal management reporting package.

· Participates in the month-end close by preparing certain complex accounting journal entries such as various provisions for sales, lease accounting, impairment analysis, and stock-based compensation.

· Responsible for the preparation of the half-year report and annual report which includes the consolidated financial statements with notes and MD&A.

· Leads the preparation of the monthly external reporting package for various stakeholders such as lenders.

· Coordinates the half year and annual audit with the external auditors, in order to facilitate the SEC public filing of the company’s financial results.

· Participates in responding and compiling documentation to support various audits for the lenders.

· Provides technical guidance on US GAAP accounting matters including preparation of accounting position memorandums, when required.

· Responsible for the company’s overall expense reporting process

· Responsible for continuous improvement of the finance function including recommendation & implementation of internal controls and best practices.

· Participates in preparing other various financial analysis, reports and presentations for senior management and BOD.

· Participates in ad-hoc requests.

· Oversees and participates in the income tax, sales tax and withholding tax fillings.

· Participates as a liaison with external tax consultants and provides required information to prepare annual tax returns.

· Participates in supporting governmental tax audits, as required.

Financial Planning and Analysis (30%):

· Lead and execute the Annual Profit plan, the long-term financial planning process

· Provides meaningful business partnering, working closely with operations and cross functional teams to build financial planning initiatives and on-going monitoring, analysis and support.

· Leads the preparation of financial forecasts and other key performance indicators including relevant dashboards.

· Oversees the preparation of monthly reports of financial results versus budget / forecast by means of the monthly financial review package.

· Oversees the analysis of monthly deviations against the budget and forecast, interacts with the various departmental heads, and proactively identifies issues worthy of attention, determines the cause and renders suggestions for course of action to address the issues.

· Supports the preparation of budgeted and forecasted financial information presented to senior management and the Board of Directors.

· Performs ad-hoc performance measurement analyses and reports including developing financial models to support senior management in revaluating strategies and other initiatives.

· Responsible to improve financial models and drive continuous improvements.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIRED

EDUCATION

EXPERIENCE · 5 -7 years relevant experience.

· Experience managing a team (2 to 3 direct reports)

· Retail experience is an asset.

· Big Four Firm auditing experience is an asset.

SKILLS

• Strong analytical skills, creative thinker, provides actionable insights with strong business acumen
• Highly driven, self-motivated, excels in fast-paced environments
• Excellent communication, presents results at all organizational levels
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills, financial modeling experience; BI tools experience is a plus
• Strong leadership, motivates and engages teams
• Solid knowledge of US GAAP/IFRS and SEC filings (20-F, 6-K, press releases)
• Understanding of tax regulations
• Detail-oriented, highly organized
• Collaborative, works well with other teams
• Manages tight deadlines, multitasks in a public company setting
• Bilingual (English and French)

* Please note that due to the nature of the responsibilities of the position, a proficient level of French is required, in particular to communicate on a regular basis with employees and managers outside of Quebec. *

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance, Analyst, and Strategy/Planning

• Industries

  Retail Apparel and Fashion and Retail Luxury Goods and Jewelry

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