Vice-President, Finance

Startdate; San Juan de Terranova; On-site; CAD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Oceanex Inc. is seeking an experienced Vice-President, Finance to join the Executive Leadership Team in St. John’s, NL. This role leads strategic financial stewardship across marine transportation, trucking, terminal operations and logistics services, reporting to the EVP, Finance.

You will guide major capital investments, financing strategies and corporate growth opportunities, while ensuring strong governance and robust financial controls across multiple locations.

Qualifications

• CPA designation in good standing
• Minimum 15 years of progressive accounting/finance experience including at least 5 years in an executive role
• Treasury, banking and financing experience, including credit facilities
• Experience presenting financial results, budgets and strategic plans to a Board or governance body
• Expert knowledge of Canadian accounting standards (ASPE/IFRS), tax, internal controls and audit processes
• Strong knowledge of cost accounting and its application to pricing and margins
• Strong working knowledge of ERP systems, FP&A tools and BI platforms
• Professional proficiency in English
• Bilingual English/French considered an asset

Responsibilities

• Shape and execute long-term financial strategy including annual budget and rolling forecasts
• Lead the finance organization across multiple locations and develop high-performing professionals
• Provide financial leadership for fleet renewal and major capital investments
• Lead relationships with lenders and financial partners and develop funding strategies
• Own pricing strategy and procurement governance to optimize revenue and margins
• Ensure integrity of financial reporting, internal controls, tax and pension compliance, and external audits
• Present financial results, budgets, forecasts and capital proposals to the Board
• Contribute to enterprise risk management and drive continuous improvement in finance systems and processes

Skills

Strategic leadership

Financial acumen

Executive communication

Influence across org

Education

CPA designation

Tools

ERP systems

BI platforms

FP&A tools

Job description

Oceanex isseeking an experienced finance executive to join its Executive Leadership Teamas Vice-President, Finance.

This is anopportunity to play a central role in the financial stewardship of a criticalsupply-chain link for Newfoundland and Labrador during a period of significantinvestment and growth.

Located in St.John’s, NL and reporting to the Executive Vice-President, the Vice-President,Finance provides strategic financial leadership across an integratedtransportation business that includes marine transportation, trucking, terminaloperations and logistics services, and is directly accountable for the finance,accounting, taxation, customer pricing and procurement functions.

Working closelywith the Executive team, shareholders and the Board of Directors, thesuccessful candidate will help guide major capital investments, fleet renewalinitiatives, financing strategies and corporate growth opportunities.

Tasks & Responsibilities

• Shape and execute Oceanex’slong-term financial strategy, annual budget, rolling forecasts and keyperformance indicators as a member of the Executive team.
• Lead the Company's financeorganization, including accounting, taxation, customer pricing andprocurement teams in St. John’s and Montréal, and develop high-performingprofessionals.
• Provide financial leadership forfleet renewal and major capital investments and evaluate acquisition andorganic growth opportunities.
• Lead relationships with commerciallenders and financial partners and develop funding strategies andnegotiate financing arrangements.
• Own the customer pricing strategyand the procurement strategy and governance framework to optimize revenue,protect margins and control costs.
• Ensure the integrity of financialreporting (ASPE/IFRS), internal controls, tax and pension compliance, andthe external audit.
• Present financial results, budgets,forecasts and capital proposals to the Board of Directors.
• Contribute to enterprise riskmanagement and drive continuous improvement across finance systems andprocesses.

Qualifications

• Chartered Professional Accountant(CPA) designation in good standing.
• Minimum of 15 years of progressiveaccounting or finance experience, including at least five years in anexecutive role (Director level or above).
• Demonstrated treasury, banking andfinancing experience, including negotiation of credit facilities.
• Experience preparing and presentingfinancial results, budgets and strategic plans to a Board of Directors orequivalent governance body.
• Expert knowledge of Canadianaccounting standards (ASPE/IFRS), Canadian tax legislation, internalcontrols and audit processes.
• Strong knowledge of cost accountingand its application to pricing, margin analysis and operationalefficiency.
• Strong working knowledge of ERPsystems, financial planning and analysis tools, and business intelligenceplatforms.
• Professional proficiency inEnglish.

Assets

• Industry experience intransportation and logistics (strong asset); experience in marine,infrastructure, industrial or manufacturing sectors is also an asset.
• Experience in capital-intensiveindustries, including fleet or major capital project financing.
• Bilingual proficiency in Englishand French (strong asset).

Skills

• Strong strategic and commercialjudgment.
• Demonstrated leadership ofmulti-disciplinary finance teams across multiple locations.
• Excellent verbal communication andrelationship-building skills as well as written communication skills.
• Ability to influence across alllevels of an organization.
• Strongcommercial and business acumen with the ability to link financialperformance to operational drivers.

Oceanex Inc. is committed to equity in employment and encourages all qualified individuals to apply. We thank all candidates for their interest but wish to advise that only those selected for an interview will be contacted. No telephone inquiries please.