Vice President of Financial Planning Analysis

Clarity Recruitment; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Clarity Recruitment in Canada seeks an senior FP&A leader to build and own the consolidated budgeting and rolling forecasting across multiple entities and currencies. You will partner with executive leadership to drive performance reporting, with a focus on margins and strategic investments.

You will lead a modern FP&A function, establish KPIs, and deliver board-ready packs while collaborating with IT to strengthen data and BI capabilities across ERP systems.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of FP&A or commercial finance experience.
• Experience leading consolidated budgeting and forecasting across multiple entities.
• Advanced financial modelling skills.
• Strong accounting foundation with reporting that ties to P&L.
• Executive presence and ability to present to CEO and board.

Responsibilities

• Own the consolidated annual budget across all entities, regions and business lines.
• Move to rolling, driver-based forecasts covering volume, margin and FX.
• Build multi-entity, multi-currency models for scenarios and long-range planning.
• Deliver monthly management reporting for executive leaders and board packages.
• Lead monthly/quarterly variance reviews and define KPIs for the group.
• Partner with business unit leaders on budgets/forecasts to improve margins.
• Build business cases for pricing, investment and capital allocation.
• Strengthen data infrastructure and BI capability across ERP; reconcile data across sources.

Skills

FP&A experience

Financial modelling

Executive presence

Presentation skills

Board reporting

Tools

ERP systems

BI tools

Job description

Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid, 3 days in office)

About the Opportunity

Our client is a privately held, multi-entity organization with offices across North America and Asia-Pacific and several distinct business lines. The business has grown its top line steadily for decades. Leadership is now investing in finance as the next lever for profitability. The VP, Financial Planning, Analysis & Reporting is a key part of that investment. You’ll build a modern FP&A function, much of it from scratch. You’ll own the consolidated global budget and forecast, management and board reporting, and the data foundation behind them.

Key Responsibilities

Planning & Forecasting

• Own the consolidated annual budget across all entities, regions and business lines, and lead the upcoming budget cycle shortly after joining
• Move the business from a static annual budget to rolling, driver-based forecasts covering volume, margin and FX
• Build multi-entity, multi-currency models for scenarios, sensitivities and long-range planning, including shared-service allocations
• Turn corporate strategy into financial plans, entity-level targets and regional accountability

Reporting & Performance Management

• Deliver monthly management reporting for executive and business unit leaders, tied back to published financials
• Prepare board packages with a clear, forward-looking narrative
• Lead monthly and quarterly variance reviews, and define and own KPIs for the whole group
• Spot trends, risks and profit opportunities across markets and bring them to leadership

Business Partnership & Decision Support

• Partner with business unit leaders on budgets, forecasts and performance, with a focus on improving margins
• Lead forward-looking quarterly business reviews that lead to action
• Build business cases for pricing, investment and capital allocation, including multi-currency ROI and payback analysis

Systems, Data & Team

• Partner with IT to strengthen data infrastructure and BI capability across ERP
• Reconcile and validate data across sources to establish one trusted version of the numbers
• Drive adoption of FP&A tools that can handle multi-entity, multi-currency consolidation

What You Bring

• 7–10 years of progressive FP&A or commercial finance experience, with recent senior leadership scope
• Experience leading consolidated budgeting and forecasting across multiple entities, business lines or countries
• Advanced financial modelling skills
• Strong accounting foundation and rigor, with reporting that always ties to the published P&L
• Executive presence and presentation skills, comfortable presenting to a CEO and board

Next Steps

We do appreciate all interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Clarity Recruitment is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process and workplace. If you require accommodation, please let us know in advance and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Please note: We use AI-assisted tools for notetaking during the screening process.

About Clarity Recruitment

Clarity is an executive search and recruitment firm specializing in Finance & Accounting talent across Canada - from accountants to CFOs. Additionally, Clarity partners with organizations to hire exceptional talent in HR, Operations, and IT, helping build the teams that power business success. Our process is designed to minimize risk, maximize alignment, and move quickly. With dedicated practices in Executive Search, Full-Time Search, and Project & Interim Consulting, we help organizations grow with confidence. Visit findingclarity.ca to learn more!