Senior Finance Manager - 12 month contract

Vaco by Highspring; Canada; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Vaco by Highspring invites a Finance professional to join on a 12-month contract with potential for permanency. The role encompasses month-end close, IFRS 17 reporting support, budgeting and forecasting, and cross-functional project work.

You will build financial models, dashboards, and executive reports, partnering with stakeholders to explain variances and trends. Strong Excel skills and CPA or equivalent are highly preferred.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive accounting, reporting, FP&A, corporate finance or financial analysis experience.
• CPA required or strongly preferred; CFA or equivalent designation an asset.
• IFRS 17 knowledge or experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities.
• Prepare journal entries, reconciliations, schedules, and related documentation.
• Analyze balance sheet and income statement results and resolve variances.
• Maintain audit-ready documentation and support internal controls and regulatory needs.
• Provide backfill support during peak periods and projects.

Skills

Excel mastery

Financial modeling

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Communication & presentation

Education

Degree in Finance / Accounting / Commerce / Economics

Tools

ERP systems

BI dashboards

Financial reporting tools

Job description

This is a 12 month contract with permanent potential at the end of the contract

Key Responsibilities

Finance Operations and Month-End Close

• Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities.
• Prepare journal entries, reconciliations, schedules, working papers, and related documentation.
• Analyze balance sheet and income statement results and resolve variances.
• Maintain audit-ready documentation and support internal controls, regulatory needs, and annual close.
• Provide flexible backfill support during peak periods, vacations, resource gaps, and project demands.

Financial & Regulatory Reporting

• Prepare internal, external, and management reporting deliverables.
• Support insurance regulatory reporting and filing requirements.
• Contribute to IFRS 17 reporting, analysis, reconciliations, and process support.
• Coordinate audit, review, leadership, and reporting information requests.

Financial Planning, Analysis & Business Support

• Support budgeting, forecasting, planning, and financial review processes.
• Build financial models, dashboards, scenarios, and executive reporting packages.
• Analyze performance, explain variances, and identify emerging trends.
• Prepare ad hoc analysis, Board materials, and leadership presentations.
• Partner with Finance and business stakeholders to gather, validate, and interpret information.

Project and Cross-Functional Support

• Support finance transformation, reporting, systems, controls, and process improvement initiatives.
• Assist with new reporting tools, finance processes, testing, data validation, and documentation.
• Provide hands‑on support through key project milestones and shifting business priorities.
• Apply broad finance experience flexibly across recurring, project-based, and ad hoc work.

Qualifications

• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, Economics, or related field.
• CPA required or strongly preferred; CFA or equivalent designation an asset.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in accounting, reporting, FP&A, corporate finance, or financial analysis.
• Insurance or financial services experience strongly preferred.
• IFRS 17 knowledge or experience strongly preferred.
• Strong Excel, financial modeling, analytical, and problem‑solving skills.
• Experience with financial systems, dashboards, reporting tools, and management reporting.
• Excellent communication, presentation, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
• Flexible, detail‑oriented, independent, and comfortable managing competing priorities.