Senior FP&A Leader: Strategy, Forecasting & Insights

Imagine Recruitment & Advisory; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 115,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Retirement savings program

Benefits program

Career development

Job summary

Imagine Recruitment & Advisory is assisting a client seeking a strategic and hands-on finance leader to join its corporate finance team in a leadership-level FP&A role. You will own budgeting, forecasting, performance analysis, and management reporting across multiple business areas, partnering with senior stakeholders and mentoring the finance team to improve processes and drive better business decisions.

This role offers a competitive package including base salary of 115K–125K CAD, bonus and

Qualifications

• Canadian-recognized professional accounting or finance designation, such as CPA or CFA.
• 5+ years of progressively responsible experience in financial planning, analysis, accounting, or a related finance discipline.
• Strong understanding of IFRS and financial reporting principles.
• Previous experience leading, mentoring, or developing finance professionals.
• Demonstrated ability to establish high standards, promote accountability, and develop a strong-performing team.

Responsibilities

• Lead the annual budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting processes across multiple business areas.
• Consolidate financial information and prepare analysis, reports, presentations, and insights for senior leadership.
• Analyze financial and operational performance using relevant business metrics and identify trends, risks, opportunities, and variances.
• Review periodic performance results and provide clear commentary and recommendations to management.
• Partner with finance and operational teams to understand business performance and ensure financial results are accurately represented.
• Lead, mentor, and develop members of the finance team, establishing a culture focused on accountability, collaboration, high performance, and continuous development.
• Provide guidance on accounting matters and clearly communicate the financial implications of complex issues to business stakeholders.
• Support the financial reporting and integration of new business activities, investments, acquisitions, or assets.
• Build and enhance financial models, analytical tools, reporting processes, and forecasting methodologies.
• Identify opportunities to improve the efficiency, consistency, and reliability of FP&A activities through process improvements and automation.
• Participate in the enhancement of financial systems, reporting infrastructure, and analytical capabilities.
• Develop strong relationships with business and finance leaders and maintain an understanding of initiatives that may affect financial performance.
• Work closely with departmental leaders to understand results, monitor budgets, and support effective financial management.
• Produce insightful, concise analysis that enables leadership to understand both current performance and forward-looking expectations.
• Support broader corporate finance initiatives, projects, and strategic analysis as required.

Skills

Strategic FP&A

Leadership

Financial modeling

IFRS knowledge

Management reporting

Excel

PowerPoint

Stakeholder management

Mentoring

Education

CPA or CFA designation

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Imagine Recruitment & Advisory is assisting a client seeking a strategic and hands-on finance leader to join its corporate finance team in a leadership-level FP&A role. You will own budgeting, forecasting, performance analysis, and management reporting across multiple business areas, partnering with senior stakeholders and mentoring the finance team to improve processes and drive better business decisions.

This role offers a competitive package including base salary of 115K–125K CAD, bonus and