Finance Manager

Child Development Institute•Toronto, ON

19d•CA$83,000 - CA$90,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Reporting to the Director, Finance, we are hiring a Finance Manager to provide leadership and oversight across CDI’s financial operations, accounting, reporting, compliance, and internal controls. As our new Finance Manager, you will lead key financial processes, including month-end and year-end reporting, budgeting and planning, audits, treasury, and funder reporting, while ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial information. You will lead and develop the accounting team, strengthen financial processes and systems, and partner with program managers and senior leadership to provide the financial insight and guidance they need to make informed decisions and support CDI’s programs and priorities. This is a permanent, full-time role based at our head office at 197 Euclid Avenue in Toronto. You will work onsite for your first 60 days for training and onboarding, after which you can transition to a hybrid model with up to two remote days per week

Requirements

Comprehensive experience overseeing financial operations, including month-end and year-end close, audit preparation and management, budgeting and planning, financial reporting, and internal controls.
Understanding of Canadian accounting standards and the reporting and compliance requirements of a nonprofit organization with multiple government and other funding sources.
CPA designation.
Experience leading and developing an accounting or finance team. Ability to set clear expectations, manage competing priorities and deadlines, coach and support team members, and create an environment of accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning.
Advanced Excel skills.
Experience working with financial and accounting systems.
Ability to interpret complex financial information, identify trends and risks, and turn analysis into clear, practical recommendations.
Comfort supporting budgeting, variance analysis, financial performance monitoring, and decisions about how resources are allocated.
Ability to communicate financial information clearly to people with different levels of financial knowledge.
Ability to build trusted relationships with program managers, senior leaders, auditors, funders, government agencies, and other stakeholders.
Collaborative and solutions-focused approach to working across the organization.
Comfort working in an environment with concurrent deadlines, changing priorities, and multiple reporting requirements.
Ability to stay organized and composed under pressure, take initiative to solve problems, and look for opportunities to improve processes and how the Finance team works.
Successful completion of a Vulnerable Sector Check.
Credential verifications and references are required.

Nice To Haves

Experience with QuickBooks and Concur is valuable.
Experience supporting financial systems implementation, automation, or other process improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

Lead financial reporting and accounting. You will oversee general ledger accounting and month-end, quarterly, and year-end close processes, ensuring financial statements and reports are accurate, timely, and complete. You will maintain the integrity of financial information and ensure reporting requirements are consistently met.
Own budgeting, planning, and financial analysis. You will lead budgeting and planning activities, monitor financial performance, and provide analysis that supports informed decision-making. Working closely with program managers and senior leadership, you will help translate financial information into practical insights that support organizational and program priorities.
Manage audits, compliance, and controls. You will coordinate the annual audit and preparation of audited financial statements and oversee compliance with accounting standards, government requirements, funder obligations, and organizational policies. You will strengthen internal controls, financial policies, and processes to support effective stewardship and manage risk.
Oversee treasury and financial operations. You will manage cash flow, reconciliations, banking relationships, investments, liquidity, tax remittances, and the corporate credit card program. You will ensure day-to-day financial operations are well managed while balancing multiple deadlines and reporting requirements.
Lead and develop the team. You will provide direction, coaching, training, and performance management to accounting staff, ensuring workloads and priorities are effectively managed. You will foster collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning while helping the team navigate changing priorities and deadlines.
Improve systems and processes. You will identify opportunities to strengthen financial workflows, controls, reporting, and ways of working. You will contribute to financial systems implementation and automation initiatives, working across teams to introduce practical improvements that increase efficiency, accuracy, and effectiveness.