Senior FP&A Manager – Global Commercial & Innovation (Hybrid)

McCain Foods; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 108,000 - 144,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Retirement benefits

Hybrid work model

Well-being programs

Job summary

McCain Foods (Canada) in Toronto seeks a Senior Manager, Global FP&A to partner with Commercial, R&D and Marketing, turning data into insights that guide growth and value creation.

You will lead financial planning, pricing analysis, and investment cases, support budgeting and forecasting, and drive AI-enabled finance transformation with automation.

The role requires strong modeling, stakeholder influence, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related discipline.
• Professional accounting designation (CPA, CMA, CA, or equivalent) and/or MBA preferred.
• 7+ years of progressive FP&A, finance business partnering, or related roles.
• Experience supporting Commercial, Marketing, R&D, Innovation, or Manufacturing in a complex business.
• Proven ability to build and challenge business cases for new products and investments.
• Strong understanding of customer and product profitability, pricing, cost structures.
• Advanced financial modeling and Excel skills.
• Experience with SAP, OneStream, or similar planning systems.
• Power BI or similar data visualization proficiency.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and management reporting.
• Exposure to AI, automation, or digital finance transformation is a plus.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and business partnering capabilities.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities independently in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Analyze global topline performance and profitability across Commercial activities.
• Partner with Global and Regional Commercial and Finance teams to support major customer RFPs, pricing proposals, customer commitments, and profitability assessments.
• Provide Commercial teams with financial insights into manufacturing, raw material, and cost drivers to support pricing, innovation, and commercial decision‑making.
• Track performance by customer, channel, product, and geography to evaluate mix improvement and profitability outcomes.
• Analyze customer and product profitability using financial models, cost sheets, and data analytics tools to identify trends and opportunities.
• Partner with Global Marketing to develop and manage investment plans, monitor spending against budget, and evaluate the return on marketing campaigns, launches, and promotional activities.
• Lead Commercial content for month-end, quarterly, executive, and Board reporting, providing clear analysis of variances, business performance, and key financial drivers.
• Build, review, challenge, and support business cases for new products, innovation platforms, and strategic investments, including financial return analysis and scenario modeling.
• Track innovation and platform performance against approved business cases, highlighting variances, root causes, and corrective actions to business leaders.
• Support the annual operating plan, budgeting, and forecasting processes across Commercial, R&D, and Marketing functions.
• Partner with Corporate FP&A to align planning, forecasting, and reporting processes where responsibilities overlap.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives, leveraging AI, automation, and advanced analytics to improve reporting efficiency, forecasting accuracy, and decision support capabilities.
• Collaborate with Data and Analytics teams to automate recurring pricing, profitability, and commercial analyses, enabling greater self‑service reporting and higher‑value finance support.

Skills

Financial analysis

Business partnering

Forecasting

Strategic thinking

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting or related

CPA / CMA / CA or MBA preferred

Tools

Excel

Power BI

SAP / OneStream

Data visualization tools

Job description

McCain Foods (Canada) in Toronto seeks a Senior Manager, Global FP&A to partner with Commercial, R&D and Marketing, turning data into insights that guide growth and value creation.

You will lead financial planning, pricing analysis, and investment cases, support budgeting and forecasting, and drive AI-enabled finance transformation with automation.

The role requires strong modeling, stakeholder influence, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a hybrid work environment.