Senior Finance Manager

The Walter Fedy Partnership; Kitchener; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Walter Fedy Partnership is seeking a Senior Finance Manager to lead the finance function across our architecture & engineering and construction management practices. You will oversee month-end close, financial reporting, accounts payable, and internal controls, driving scalable processes and strong governance.

You’ll partner with leaders to translate financial insights into strategic decisions, develop high-performing teams, and champion automation and AI to streamline finance operations

Qualifications

• CPA designation or equivalent accounting qualification.
• 7+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience.
• 3+ years leading and developing a finance team.
• Strong experience with financial reporting, month-end close, and accounting operations.
• Proven ability to improve processes and implement change.

Responsibilities

• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes.
• Review financial statements, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules.
• Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting across all entities.
• Analyze financial performance, identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Partner with leadership to support operational and strategic decision-making.
• Oversee accounts payable, cash management, and other transactional finance processes.
• Ensure consistent execution of finance policies and procedures across all companies.
• Develop, coach, and mentor members of the finance team.
• Establish clear accountability, service levels, and performance expectations.
• Maintain and strengthen internal controls appropriate for a growing organization.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, regulatory requirements, and audit expectations.
• Identify control gaps and implement scalable solutions.
• Support external audits and other compliance initiatives.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives across finance operations.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and reduce administrative effort.
• Leverage AI and technology solutions to improve AP workflows, reporting, approvals, reconciliations, and data quality.
• Partner with business leaders to implement best practices and scalable processes.
• Provide financial insights and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow management activities.
• Understand operational drivers within both the consulting and construction management businesses.
• Help leaders translate financial information into actionable business decisions.

Skills

CPA designation

Finance leadership

7+ years accounting/finance

3+ years leading finance team

Financial reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance

Tools

ERP systems (SAP/Oracle)

Job description

The Senior Finance Manager is a key member of our leadership team. You'll oversee the financial operations of multiple businesses, including our architecture and engineering consulting practice and our construction management company. You'll lead core finance functions such as month-end close, financial reporting, accounts payable, and financial operations while ensuring strong controls, efficient processes, and scalable practices that support our growth.

We're looking for a collaborative, forward-thinking finance leader who has experience developing high-performing teams, ideally within the architecture, engineering, construction, or construction management industries. You'll be equally comfortable diving into the details of accounting and reconciliations as you're analyzing business performance, identifying opportunities and risks, and providing insights that help drive strategic decisions.

Beyond strong technical expertise, you'll be passionate about improving how work gets done. You'll champion the use of technology, automation, and AI to streamline processes, strengthen controls, and create efficiencies across finance functions such as accounts payable, expense management, reconciliations, and reporting.

If you're excited by the opportunity to make a meaningful impact, influence business decisions, and help shape the future of a growing organization, we'd love to hear from you.

What you will do

Financial Reporting & Month-End Close

• Lead and oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes.
• Review financial statements, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules.
• Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting across all entities.
• Analyze financial performance and identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Partner with leadership to support operational and strategic decision-making.

Finance Operations Leadership

• Oversee accounts payable, cash management, and other transactional finance processes.
• Ensure consistent execution of finance policies and procedures across all companies.
• Develop, coach, and mentor members of the finance team.
• Establish clear accountability, service levels, and performance expectations.

Internal Controls & Governance

• Maintain and strengthen internal controls appropriate for a growing organization.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, regulatory requirements, and audit expectations.
• Identify control gaps and implement scalable solutions.
• Support external audits and other compliance initiatives.

Process Improvement, Technology & AI

• Champion continuous improvement initiatives across finance operations.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and reduce administrative effort.
• Leverage AI and technology solutions to improve AP workflows, reporting, approvals, reconciliations, and data quality.
• Partner with business leaders to implement best practices and scalable processes.

Business Partnership

• Provide financial insights and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow management activities.
• Understand operational drivers within both the consulting and construction management businesses.
• Help leaders translate financial information into actionable business decisions.

What you bring to the table

Required

• CPA designation or equivalent accounting qualification.
• 7+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience.
• 3+ years leading and developing a finance team.
• Strong experience with financial reporting, month-end close, and accounting operations.
• Proven ability to improve processes and implement change.

Preferred

• Experience within architecture, engineering, construction, project-based consulting, or construction management industries.
• Experience with percentage-of-completion accounting, project accounting, holdbacks, and construction-related financial processes.
• Experience implementing or optimizing ERP systems.
• Demonstrated use of automation and AI tools to improve finance operations.
• Strong understanding of internal controls, risk management, and governance.

Life atWalterFedy

As a national, innovative, multi-discipline design and construction collective, our ambition goes beyond great design - we are here to enhance the world around us. We need a team of agile, ambitious, and big-picture thinkers who share our drive to harness our collective talents to do something bigger.

Our team is made up of the industry's best. We share a common commitment to questioning the ordinary, infusing everything we do with creativity, and challenging our industry to redefine what's possible .

WalterFedystrives to create a culture of inclusivity and diversity. We strongly encourage applications from all qualified individuals, including those from groups traditionally underrepresented in the workforce. We are committed to equal opportunity hiring practice and will not discriminateon the basis ofrace, religion, colour, creed, national origin, citizenship, status, age, sex, gender identity/expression, marital or domestic partnership status, or disability.

Should you require an accommodation toparticipatein the application process, please contact [e-mail] or call 519-576-2150.

Thank you for your interest inWalterFedy!

Please note that we utilize AI-powered tools to enhance our recruitment process. These tools assist us in managing applications efficiently and ensuring a fair evaluation of all candidates. Rest assured, every application is reviewed by our recruitment team, and AI is used to support, not replace, our human decision-making.