Vice President Finance

B. Riley Farber; Markham; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a VP of Finance to lead their finance and accounting activities. This pivotal role involves overseeing a multi-layered team and enhancing business intelligence through effective use of tools like NetSuite and Power BI. With a commitment to innovation and growth, the company fosters a supportive culture that emphasizes collaboration and continuous improvement. If you are an ambitious finance leader ready to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment, this opportunity could be your next great career move.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Mentorship programs

Continuous education support

Qualifications

• Proven results in financial leadership roles with a focus on management and analysis.
• Experience in manufacturing with job costing knowledge is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build and oversee a finance team, ensuring effective processes and impactful reporting.
• Lead annual planning and budgeting, providing analysis and insights for decision making.

Skills

Financial Management

Business Planning/Analysis

Team Leadership

Job Costing

Education

CPA

MBA

Tools

NetSuite

Power BI

Salesforce

Job description

Our client is a highly successful, rapidly growing and privately held Canadian electrical equipment manufacturer. They produce a key component of the national power grid and given current projections for increased electrical demand due to population growth, electric vehicles, data center consumption and other factors, demand for their product is forecast to accelerate ever faster in coming years.

Having tripled revenues over the last three years, they are projecting 9-figure revenue for 2025. A recent significant acquisition has accelerated vertical integration with a key material. And with a new facility coming online in Q3 and additional current M&A activity nearing fruition, this company will continue growing at pace.

The VP Finance will report to the President and will oversee all day-to-day finance and accounting activities as well as the business intelligence (data, IT, systems) unit. The VP will lead a multi layered team including two Directors (Finance and IT/analytics) and a Controller. A recent NetSuite implementation is ripe for increased impact and RoR, giving the new VP Finance the opportunity to have a major impact on reporting and decision making across the leadership team. As the majority of production is based on a bid process, better economic insights can have a huge impact on win rates and corporate results.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Build & oversee a finance team to support growth, with effective and efficient processes, impactful reporting, and a culture of accountability and continuous improvement
• Lead annual planning & budgeting process, providing the analysis, KPIs, and insights for effective decision making
• Improve workflows, data reliability and process efficiency
• Lead Business Intelligence projects through the IT and analytics team
• Drive effective use of BI tools (Netsuite, Power BI, Salesforce, etc.)
• Ensure all relevant government grants, SR&ED credits, etc. are utilized by the business
• Effective cash management, including working capital, credit facilities, and leases
• Support decision making on the Executive Team

Qualifications:

• CPA required; MBA preferred
• Experience and proven results in financial leadership roles, addressing financial management and business planning/analysis
• Experience in a significant manufacturing business with a reasonable degree of complexity (job costing would be an asset)
• Team leadership experience, including development and progress shown by direct reports

The company’s ethos includes:

• A family-oriented, supportive culture with emphasis on collaboration
• Innovation and growth via cutting-edge technologies
• A commitment to quality, excellence and continuous improvement
• Career development & professional growth via training, mentorship and continuous education

This is a role for an ambitious, progressive finance leader with the potential and desire to work in a constantly changing environment while building out a best-in-class finance and data analytics function. If this sounds like it could be the next great move in your career, we want to hear from you today!