Interim Director of Finance & IT
About The Position
The Director of Finance and IT position is a 13-month contract opportunity and will report directly to the President. This position’s focus is managing a large Finance and Accounting team, as well as a small IT team. This person will also act as a trusted advisor to our business leaders and will help coordinate the associated reporting deliverables to the executive leadership team and the Board of Directors. This individual will work primarily out of the Ontario Food Terminal location but will require the ability to travel to our 302 Dwight Avenue location as required. This role requires the ability to maintain a flexible schedule to accommodate the needs of the business, which may included occasional evenings and weekends.
Requirements
- Candidates must have completed a bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance along with successfully achieving their CGA/CMA/CPA designation, an MBA is an asset
- Analyzes the company's financial results with respect to profits, trends, costs, and compliance with budgets. Issue regular status and ad hoc report to senior management
- 8+ years of FP&A experience with 4+ years of management experience in roles of increasing responsibility at high-growth and high-performing organization(s)
- Demonstrated technical ability with using tools and systems to automate and scale FP&A tasks
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, including the ability to communicate effectively with senior management, large/small groups and one-on-one
- Strong project management skills and demonstrated ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives across a breadth of stakeholders
Nice To Haves
- MBA is an asset
- Experience working within a fresh food wholesale distribution business is an asset
Responsibilities
- Ensure that financial and operational insights are provided through the development of tools, processes, and systems
- Create and measure the organization’s performance against defined budgets and forecasts
- Work with Business Unit heads to build their annual budgets and forecasts
- Analyzing financial and operational results to better understand company performance
- Produce models to project long term growth and projects, and determine the impacting business factors
- Work with the leadership team to set annual organizational objectives whereby finance and IT support the operational objectives with an eye towards strategic financial growth
- Oversee monthly reporting, ensuring a high degree of quality, timeliness, and accuracy, as well as highlighting key business insights
- Develop forward-looking predictive models that provide insight into the company’s operations and business planning
- Execute a reliable and efficient IT strategy while ensuring that the department meets the organization’s data processing and control requirements
Benefits
- employer covered health and dental benefits (you don’t pay the premiums!)
- company matched Pension Plan for our full-time employees
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
