Vice President, Corporate Finance and CFO

Baycrest; Old Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in senior health care and cognitive neuroscience is seeking a Vice President, Corporate Finance and CFO. This pivotal role involves leading financial strategy across multiple divisions, ensuring robust cash management, and steering comprehensive financial planning to support key capital investments. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in corporate finance, particularly within multi-entity organizations, and will play a crucial role in overseeing large-scale financial projects. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact on the financial direction of a leading organization dedicated to improving brain health and aging.

Qualifications

• 10-15 years in corporate finance roles, preferably in human services or property development.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, and compliance in multi-entity environments.

Responsibilities

• Drive financial strategy and oversee cash management and banking relations.
• Lead financial reporting, compliance, risk management, and complex financial projects.

Skills

Corporate Finance

Financial Strategy

Cash Management

Risk Management

Budgeting

Forecasting

ERP Implementation

Multi-entity Finance Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting

MBA or equivalent

Tools

ERP Systems

Financial Reporting Tools

Job description

Baycrest Corporate Centre has an opportunity for a

Vice President, Corporate Finance and CFO

Location: Toronto, Canada

Baycrest is a global leader in senior’s residential living, health care, research, innovation, and education, with a special focus on brain health and aging. One of the world’s top research institutes in cognitive neuroscience, and an academic health science centre fully affiliated with the University of Toronto, Baycrest provides an exemplary care experience for older persons combined with an extensive clinical training program for students and established healthcare professionals. Through its commercial and consulting arms, Baycrest is providing its sought-after expertise and innovations to other health care and senior living organizations, both in Canada and internationally.

The Vice President, Corporate Finance and CFO will play a critical leadership role, driving the financial strategy for multiple divisions, overseeing cash management, banking relations, and inter-entity transactions while ensuring alignment with Baycrest’s long-term business goals. The Vice President, Corporate Finance and CFO is responsible for steering comprehensive financial planning, scenario modeling, and forecasting to support key capital investments and operational decisions. As the lead for financial reporting, compliance, and risk management, the incumbent will work closely with the executive team and with financial leaders from other Baycrest entities to provide strategic insights that inform corporate direction. Leadership responsibilities will also extend to managing complex financial projects, including overseeing the ERP implementation, as well as the financial oversight of our domestic and international operations, including senior living developments and global ventures.

The successful candidate will have at least 10-15 years of progressively senior roles in corporate finance, ideally within a multiple division human service organization, property development enterprise, or hospitality business. The candidate should have experience with or an affinity for managing complex multi-entity finances, including budgeting, forecasting, consolidations, treasury and tax planning, and compliance with sector-specific regulations and accounting standards. Significant experience in overseeing large-scale financial projects, such as ERP implementations and capital planning, is essential, as is a deep understanding of financial reporting and reporting to the Board of Directors and Board committees. The ideal candidate will have the ability to provide strategic financial insights and guide the financial strategy of the organization.

To apply for this outstanding opportunity, please submit your application and related materials to Jim Stonehouse or Pamela Colquhoun via Marleigh Robertson ([e-mail]).

Baycrest is committed to fostering a climate of equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. We welcome and respect the diversity of all members of our community, and we support an inclusive culture for our clients, families, research scientists, staff, and participants, trainees, volunteers, trustees, and partners. We welcome applications from Black individuals and other racialized persons, Indigenous Peoples, women, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2SA+ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas within our community. We are committed to fair assessment of a candidate’s abilities, and consideration for diversity of thought, method, and experience, including non-traditional career paths. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process where needed.

Remarkable people of Baycrest are changing the future of brain health and aging.

Thank you for your interest in joining Baycrest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.