Financial Management and Process Automation Specialist

AAA-Canada; Mirabel; Hybrid; CAD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid sick days

Comprehensive group insurance

Health, wellness, and development

Competitive salary

Career development

Major projects in aeronautics/ground/​

Job summary

AAA Canada seeks a Financial Management and Process Automation Specialist to manage OpEx, forecasts, and P2P execution. You will automate workflows with AI tools and ensure period-end closes for digital domains. Hybrid work with occasional travel and bilingual English/French requirements are included.

The role covers recurring cost management, PO/PR processes, ERP interaction (SAP/Coupa), and governance of AI-enabled financial workflows in an Agile framework.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years in financial operations, P2P coordination, or similar.
• Experience with AI tools and process engineering desirable.
• Strong OpEx/runs cost management and BI proficiency.
• Knowledge of SAFe/Agile frameworks and ERP systems.

Responsibilities

• Run rate, OpEx monitoring and real-time expense visibility.
• Forecasts and rolling cost projections with product owners.
• PO collaboration, PR/PO drafting and approval routing.
• Goods receipt in ERP and AP issue resolution.
• AI automation, workflow redesign, and governance.

Skills

Financial management

Process automation

P2P coordination

Budgeting

Power BI

SAFe / Agile

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

Coupa

Jira

ServiceNow

Power Automate

Job description

Do you have experience in financial management, IT process optimization, or procurement operations, have you worked in the aerospace or enterprise technology fields, and do you want to evolve and develop new skills?

This position is for you!

Your role as a Financial Management and Process Automation Specialist will be to manage recurring costs (OpEx), supervise financial forecasts and P2P execution, automate workflows using AI tools (e.g., Google Gemini, Power Automate), and ensure period-end financial closes for digital domains.

• Expected start date: To be determined

• Full-time job

• Work mode: Hybrid (occasional travel < 5% in Canada and abroad)

• Bilingualism: English required, French strongly preferred

Benefits and perks

• Paid sick days to ensure your well-being.

• Comprehensive group insurance program.

• Health, wellness, and development program.

• Competitive salary.

• Career development opportunities and professional growth.

• Stimulating work environment with major projects in the aeronautics, ground transportation, and defense sectors.

Responsibilities

Recurring Cost Management ("Run") and Financial Forecasting

• Run rate and OpEx monitoring: Ensure real-time visibility into all recurring operational expenses (SaaS subscriptions, cloud infrastructure, maintenance contracts, subcontracting).

• Subscription lifecycle management: Support the tracking of software license pools, renewal schedules, and proactively generate purchase orders (POs) and purchase request notes (PR Memos).

• Live commitment dashboards: Maintain automated financial dashboards tracking actual billed expenses, open PO commitments, and the pending PR pipeline.

• Financial forecasting: Collaborate with product owners to map planning roadmaps into rolling 3- and 12-month cost forecasts.

• Variance reporting: Provide monthly narrative reports to management explaining budget-to-actual variances and capacity trends.

Product Owner Empowerment and P2P Execution

• Concierge service for requests: Collaborate with Product Owners to gather technical prerequisites, draft purchase requests (PR/PR Memos), and route them for rapid approval.

• PO facilitation and tracking: Track purchase orders through enterprise workflows and liaise with internal teams.

• Goods Receipt (GR) & AP: Invite Product Owners to verify deliveries, perform goods receipts in ERP systems (SAP/Coupa), and resolve invoice holds or accounts payable errors.

AI Automation, Process Engineering, and Coaching

• AI task automation: Leverage tools like Google Gemini, Power Automate, Copilot, and OCR to automate data extraction, PR/PO reconciliation, and status tracking.

• Process Engineering (BPE): Continuously analyze and redesign procurement workflows by replacing manual tasks with automated or one-click solutions.

• Predictive insights & Governance: Use AI-assisted data modeling to flag anomalous spending, predict overruns, and train Product Owners on simplified financial workflows within an Agile framework (SAFe).

Financial Close, Accruals, and Cost Optimization

• Financial close execution: Lead closing activities (month/quarter/year-end), contractor time tracking, accruals, prepayments, and internal fund transfers.

• AP error resolution: Audit invoice allocations and correct miscoded cost centers.

• Intercompany SLAs & "Go-Get" Optimization: Update internal service level agreements (SLAs), audit recurring software items and unbilled balances to achieve cost reduction targets.

Skills and Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in computer science, information systems, business administration, data analysis, or a related discipline.

• Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience in financial operations, P2P coordination, or business operations in an aerospace, enterprise technology, or manufacturing environment.

• AI & Automation: Hands‑on experience using AI productivity tools (Google Gemini, Copilot, Power Automate) and proficiency in process engineering (Lean / Six Sigma principles desirable).

• Financial Analysis & Modeling: Expertise in OpEx/run cost management, proficiency with BI tools (Power BI, Tableau), and advanced modeling on Google Sheets/Excel.

• Agile Context: Strong understanding of Agile / SAFe model mechanics (Solution Trains, ARTs, PI cycles).

• ERP & Tools: Strong practical mastery of enterprise ERPs (SAP S/4HANA), procurement solutions (Coupa), and management/ticketing platforms (Jira, ServiceNow).

• Accounting: Solid understanding of financial closes, accruals, prepayments, timesheet management, and intercompany transfers.

• Languages: Proficiency in English required, French strongly preferred (bilingualism).

Embark on an exciting journey with AAA Canada, where every application opens the door to new possibilities.

AAA Canada subscribes to the principle of employment equity and encourages women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, and members of visible minorities to submit their applications.

ABOUT AAA CANADA

AAA Canada is an on-site and off-site manufacturing company that offers specialized subcontracting and technical assistance services related to industrial engineering, production, and maintenance processes in the Aeronautics, Ground Transportation, and Defense sectors.