Director of Finance

Our client is a global leader in supply chain automation. It designs and delivers turnkey sortation, material handling and warehouse automation solutions for some of Canada's largest parcel, logistics, grocery and beverage networks. With a five-year growth plan underway, the Canadian business is building a new leadership team to take it to its next stage.

Reporting to the Managing Director, with a dotted line to North American finance leadership, the Director of Finance will lead the Canadian finance function. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who can partner on strategy while staying close to the numbers.

What you'll do

• Lead planning, budgeting, forecasting and reporting for the Canadian business
• Oversee project controlling and margin oversight for customer projects ranging from $5 million to $100 million
• Bring discipline to cost control, forecasting and revenue recognition on long-cycle projects
• Lead and develop a small team spanning financial analysis, procurement and project controlling
• Build the processes, systems and capability the function needs to support rapid growth

What you bring

• Progressive finance leadership experience in a project-based environment, ideally automation, material handling, consulting, construction or capital projects
• Strong project controlling and cost management experience
• Working knowledge of SAP and experience in a matrix or multinational organization
• A builder's mindset: decisive, hands-on and comfortable with change

Why join

You'll join a newly forming leadership team at a pivotal time. You'll have real autonomy within a global organization and a clear growth plan to help deliver. The role is hybrid, with two to three days per week in the office.