IT Specialist – Finance

Vale • Toronto, ON

5d • $110,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

We are currently seeking an IT Specialist – Finance to join our Information Technology team in Toronto, Ontario. This is a permanent position, on Monday to Friday schedule, working a hybrid between the Toronto office and a home office. In this role as an IT Specialist – Finance function, you strategically align technology with financial and corporate objectives across core Finance domains such as Record‑to‑Report, procure‑to‑Pay, Order‑to‑Cash, FP&A, Treasury, and Compliance. This is not a traditional IT delivery role, but a business partnership role focused on shaping demand, guiding technology investment decisions, and ensuring IT initiatives deliver measurable business value. Leveraging strong Finance process expertise and a deep understanding of business planning, controls, and performance management, you act as a trusted advisor to Finance leadership—pairing practical Finance knowledge with a strong grasp of enterprise systems, digital platforms, and data‑enabled solutions. You ensure technology investments genuinely support Finance priorities, enable efficient and compliant operations, and align with long‑term strategic objectives while strengthening governance, risk management, and cross‑functional collaboration. This role is ideal for someone seeking a new challenge who thrives in collaborative, stakeholder‑facing environments and enjoys influencing outcomes through partnership rather than authority, balancing strategic thinking with execution discipline.
Additionally, in this position you will work in:
Collaborate with Finance leadership and process owners to define IT strategies and multi‑year roadmaps, ensuring alignment with Finance strategy, enterprise priorities, and planning cycles.
Translate Finance business needs into structured IT initiatives that deliver measurable improvements in efficiency, control, insight, and scalability, from business case development through value realization.
Lead the intake, structuring, prioritization, and sequencing of Finance IT demand, ensuring transparency and alignment across initiatives, enhancements, and continuous improvement.
Support OPEX and CAPEX planning, ensuring clear traceability between business demands, cost estimates, funding decisions, and delivered outcomes.
Act as the primary liaison between the Finance function and the Technology organization, promoting shared accountability for prioritization decisions, constraint management, and effective system usage.
Promote adherence to IT and financial governance frameworks; proactively identify risks, dependencies, and critical impacts, supporting mitigation strategies across Finance initiatives.
Champion the adoption of standardized, best‑in‑class Finance processes through automation, analytics, and workflow optimization to reduce manual effort and improve decision‑making.
Partner with Finance teams to document, analyze, and improve end‑to‑end workflows that interact with core Finance systems.
Stakeholder Engagement: Embed with Finance teams to understand operational challenges and strategic priorities, ensuring technology solutions are fit‑for‑purpose, scalable, and predictable for the business.

Requirements

• Solid understanding of end-to-end Finance processes and their interdependencies, with the ability to navigate key stages and interfaces across: Record to Report (Accounting and Financial Close), Order to Cash (Sales, Billing, and Receivables), Procure to Pay (Procurement and Payments), Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Treasury, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
• Proven experience working with integrated enterprise processes and corporate systems, particularly within large, complex organizations undergoing digital and business transformation.
• Strong experience operating at the intersection of Finance and Technology, leveraging enterprise platforms (e.g., SAP and related management systems) to translate business requirements into scalable, standardized solutions.
• Demonstrated capability in understanding, documenting, and improving end to end business processes, balancing operational needs with governance, control, and architectural integrity.
• Experience partnering with Business Process Owners (BPOs) and senior leaders, influencing priorities and decisions through structured analysis, transparency, and collaboration.
• Track record of effectiveness in global and multicultural environments, supporting alignment between corporate functions and regional or operational teams.
• Previous experience within corporate Finance roles, contributing to planning, reporting, controls, or transformation initiatives in enterprise settings.
• Working knowledge of agile and incremental delivery models, including MVP based execution, applied pragmatically within enterprise governance frameworks.
• Experience supporting demand, portfolio, budget, or Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) processes, serving as a single point of coordination between Finance stakeholders and Technology teams.

Nice To Haves

• MBA or Postgraduate degree in Management, Business, Finance, Technology, or a closely related field (preferred).
• Professional certifications related to Finance, digital transformation, enterprise systems, or portfolio management are considered an asset.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Finance leadership and process owners to define IT strategies and multi‑year roadmaps, ensuring alignment with Finance strategy, enterprise priorities, and planning cycles.
• Translate Finance business needs into structured IT initiatives that deliver measurable improvements in efficiency, control, insight, and scalability, from business case development through value realization.
• Lead the intake, structuring, prioritization, and sequencing of Finance IT demand, ensuring transparency and alignment across initiatives, enhancements, and continuous improvement.
• Support OPEX and CAPEX planning, ensuring clear traceability between business demands, cost estimates, funding decisions, and delivered outcomes.
• Act as the primary liaison between the Finance function and the Technology organization, promoting shared accountability for prioritization decisions, constraint management, and effective system usage.
• Promote adherence to IT and financial governance frameworks; proactively identify risks, dependencies, and critical impacts, supporting mitigation strategies across Finance initiatives.
• Champion the adoption of standardized, best‑in‑class Finance processes through automation, analytics, and workflow optimization to reduce manual effort and improve decision‑making.
• Partner with Finance teams to document, analyze, and improve end‑to‑end workflows that interact with core Finance systems.
• Embed with Finance teams to understand operational challenges and strategic priorities, ensuring technology solutions are fit‑for‑purpose, scalable, and predictable for the business.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation including a variable annual incentive plan
• Participation in a competitive Defined Contribution Pension package
• Comprehensive benefits package (company paid core coverage, health and dental coverage, flex accounts, disability plans, and optional insurances)
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation, personal, sick, parental)
• Work culture dedicated to safety, diversity & inclusion, and career growth
• Employee Family Assistance Program
• Virtual Healthcare online
• Online training and career development opportunities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level