Business Finance Lead (Signature Dining)

Dexterra•Mississauga, ON

4d•CA$90,000 - CA$105,000•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Business Finance Lead, you will be responsible for the monthly close activities within our Signature Dining business portfolio. This includes liaising with the sites, reviewing monthly financials, preparing monthly management reports with comparison analysis against forecasts and budgets, liaising with external stakeholders, and preparing monthly and quarterly compliance reports.

Requirements

Bachelors degree in Finance/Accounting is required.
CA certification required (CPA preferred).
Minimum of 4-6 years of related financial accounting and analysis experience (Public company experience would be an asset).
Experience in the Food Services, Hospitality, or Contract Services industry an asset.
Strong background with ERP / Accounting systems (experience with NetSuite or other ERP system preferred).
Experience leveraging AI, automation, and data analytics tools to improve financial reporting and business processes is considered an asset.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to deal effectively with senior management and colleagues at sites.
Ability to prioritize tasks in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment.
Expert knowledge of Microsoft applications including Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
A clear criminal record check is required for this role.

Nice To Haves

Public company experience would be an asset.
Experience in the Food Services, Hospitality, or Contract Services industry an asset.
experience with NetSuite or other ERP system preferred.
Experience leveraging AI, automation, and data analytics tools to improve financial reporting and business processes is considered an asset.

Responsibilities

Ensuring financial records and audit binders within business portfolio; review balance sheet reconciliations and ensure that reconciling items are cleared in a timely manner.
Preparing /consolidating budget, forecasts, business plans for review in a timely and accurate manner.
Preparing monthly divisional financial statements with comparison analysis against forecasts and budgets.
Performing analysis on the monthly financials, producing reconciliations for variances and ‘deep dive’ analysis of costs where required.
Preparing monthly and quarterly reports for external stakeholders
Calculating annual escalation increases, in line with the contract methodologies
Owning the weekly cash flow forecasts for their business, this includes monitoring accounts receivable balances on an on-going basis and liaising with operational colleagues to ensure payment
Supporting finance projects e.g. process improvement, management reporting enhancements.