Finance Transformation Manager

Atlas Corporation; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 115,000 - 133,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Finance Transformation Manager, where your expertise will drive modernization and optimization of finance processes. In this pivotal role, you will collaborate across teams, manage large-scale projects, and lead initiatives that enhance financial systems and analytics. Your strategic mindset and hands-on approach will be essential in implementing best practices and transforming the finance function. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a high-performance culture that values innovation and excellence. If you are passionate about finance and eager to lead change, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Annual performance-based bonus

Comprehensive benefits package

Retirement savings plan matching

Extended health and dental insurance

Life and disability insurance

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related fields.
• Experience in finance roles focusing on transformation and process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Manage large scale finance transformation projects including Order to Cash processes.
• Develop and execute project plans ensuring timely delivery and budget adherence.

Skills

Finance Transformation

Process Improvement

Strategic Planning

Project Management

Financial Analysis

Change Management

Communication Skills

Resilience

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance

Master's Degree in Finance or Accounting

Tools

MS Office

Power Platform

ERP Systems

Job description

The Atlas Corp. and Seaspan teams are goal-driven and share a high-performance culture, focusing on building services offerings to become a leading asset manager. Seaspan provides many of the world's major shipping lines with alternatives to vessel ownership by offering long-term leases on large, modern containerships and pure car, truck carriers (PCTCs) combined with industry leading ship management services. Seaspan's fleet has evolved over time to meet the varying needs of our customer base. We own vessels in a wide range of sizes, from 2,500 TEU to 24,000 TEU vessels. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlas Corp, Seaspan delivers on the company's core strategy as a leading asset management and core infrastructure company.

Position Description:

The Finance Transformation Manager will report to the Head of Finance Transformation and collaborate with the Finance leadership team to assist in the modernization and optimization of our finance processes. This role will require a hands-on professional adept at both high-level strategic planning and detailed execution, including process discovery, presentations to key stakeholders, and spearheading change across the finance organization.

This role will work collaboratively across the organization to drive best in class organizational change. This role will also act as the Finance lead on implementing and measuring any key business initiatives and system changes. Collaboration between the Head of Finance Transformation and the Business Transformation team is essential for achieving overall organizational success.

Job Responsibilities:

1. Support the Head of Finance Transformation in managing large scale projects including Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, and Account to Record processes.
2. Develop & execute project plans for Finance Transformation initiatives ensuring timely delivery and within budget.
3. Liaise with key stakeholders to understand their business requirements and develop and implement solutions that will support in driving best in class finance processes, systems and analytics solutions.
4. Lead project managers and finance leaders through individual workstreams to execute finance projects that optimize existing workflows and processes, resulting in scale for the business.
5. Prepare and present key Transformation reports and status updates to all levels of the organization.
6. Ensure the successful implementation of new financial processes and systems by the finance team and other stakeholders, including overseeing and ensuring completion of UAT, post-implementation user support, training and development.
7. Establish and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to track the progress and success of finance transformation initiatives.
8. Participate in detailed discovery and automation initiatives across the Finance organization.
9. Act as an agent of change to move different stakeholders towards the goal of improving our processes, systems and capabilities within Finance.
10. Recommend and implement best practices for modernization of the Finance function.

Requirements:

1. Bachelor’s or master’s degree. Preference for Finance, Accounting, Management Information Systems, Supply Chain, or similar.
2. Substantial experience in Finance roles with a strong focus on finance transformation, process improvement, and strategic planning. Experience should include hands-on involvement in implementing automation and familiarity with ERP systems.
3. Proactive, continuous improvement mindset with a commitment to achieving best-in-class finance and accounting practices.
4. Demonstrates resilience, adaptability, and a passion for challenging the status quo to drive impactful transformation.
5. Strong financial acumen, with the ability to analyze complex financial data, extract actionable insights, and communicate key findings in a clear and concise manner to influence decision-making.
6. Strategic thinker with the capability to balance high-level transformation goals with practical, day-to-day challenges.
7. Skilled in navigating organizational change, bringing stakeholders on board, and ensuring alignment between strategic vision and operational execution.
8. Demonstrated ability to bridge the gap between finance and IT functions to support technology-enabled transformation.
9. Robust project management skills with a proven ability to manage finance transformation projects from concept to completion.

Additional Desired Qualifications:

1. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders.
2. Knowledge of relevant financial regulations and compliance standards.
3. Proactive and confident in independent decision-making.
4. Strong social skills, with ability to understand context and utilize it to drive agendas.
5. Strong and recent experience with MS Office, Power Platform is a strong asset.
6. CPA designation considered an asset.

Compensation and Benefits package:

Seaspan’s total compensation is based on our pay-for-performance philosophy that rewards team members who deliver on and demonstrate our high-performance culture. The hiring range for this position is $115,000- $133,000CAD per annum. The exact base salary offered will be commensurate with the incumbent’s experience, job-related skills and knowledge, and internal pay equity. In addition to base salary, we offer a competitive total rewards package which includes an annual performance-based bonus, a comprehensive benefits package (extended health, dental, life and disability insurance), retirement savings plan matching and other company-provided rewards.

Atlas Corp. and Seaspan Corporation are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status. We thank all applicants in advance. If your application is shortlisted to be included in the interview process, one of our team will be in contact with you.