Position Title: Finance Manager Systems and Projects

Client Details:

The company is one of the country’s leading providers of Healthcare Solutions and is a Canadian-owned company. With over 100 locations across the countr the company has more than 18,000 staff members and provides care to over 350,000 clients. The company has also been a recipient of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies award since 2006 and is a Platinum Member.

Role Summary:

The Finance Manager, Systems & Projects will provide oversight of financial reporting system (currently Vena), build the processes and related policies, drive continuous improvement in financial reporting and help prioritize the future enhancements to optimize the reporting and planning needs.
The Manager will also act as a Vena system administrator providing user support including first tier of trouble shooting and develop user training strategies. In addition, the Manager will work as the liaison between the finance leadership team and the Director PMO in IT/other PMO’s within the business (where financial systems development and/or process changes are required). This role is not responsible for project management of individual projects, but rather coordination of finance effort, prioritization and communication of the project roadmap and escalation if deliverables/timelines change.

Key Job Responsibilities:

Financial Reporting Systems (Vena & other reporting tools)

The Manager will act as a Vena system administrator
Establish Vena roadmap, build the stabilization of the system and also drive moving from stabilization to further enhancements and efficiencies
Maintenance of finance system data structures within Vena; establishing a governance process for any required master data changes (to chart of accounts, customers etc.)
Management of Vena licenses (approval of licenses, oversight of license budget)
Training and ongoing development of Vena skills in house (establish ‘train the trainer’ education and employee development as needed)
Evaluate, support the design and implementation of reporting enhancements (for complex reporting / execute the changes, wherever possible train finance users to development their own reports)
Supporting and educating data owners to drive improvement in the integrity of master data and managing how data flows effectively between systems
Work with Finance leaders to build self-serve financial reporting platform and the culture

Finance Project Governance

Development of Finance ‘Checklist’ and ensure it is used to assess financial process or system changes across all new projects (finance or business sponsored)
Recommend approval process for any financial process and system enhancements
Recommend and implement finance project governance with the CFO team
Be a strong business partner to divisional/IT project managers to ensure strong collaboration and clear communication of priorities and changes.

Other Financial Systems (i.e.: Peoplesoft, NAV, Procura, AlyaCare)

Support the enhancement and efficiencies of finance activities, working in partnership with Finance leaders, IT and external resources as appropriate
Support business teams in prioritization of business projects requiring financial process and/or system improvements
Manage overall Finance project plan – ensuring both finance and business team initiatives are prioritized, progress is monitored and communicated

Location:
GTA ** HYBRID WORKING MODEL (1-2 days Office/ 3-4 days home)

Salary Range:
Based on Experience plus Bonus

Requirements:

University Education with CPA or MBA designation or equivalent
5+ years of financial applications, accounting and reporting management (ideally with project management experience and/or implementation of an enterprise-wide financial system or application)
Strong experience implementing and training in financial reporting / business intelligence reporting tools (ideally Vena experience would be an asset)
Advanced computer skills with an ability to manipulate large data sets
Excellent technical skills (i.e. Advanced Microsoft Office Skills – expert in Excel, Accounting Software, Business Intelligence applications)
Experience with CRM, NAV and PeopleSoft considered an asset
Experience developing financial reporting to meet business and finance user needs
Ideally, ‘end to end’ finance processes understanding (i.e.: ‘order to cash’ in billing and payments, to financial reporting)
Strong analytical skills and problem-solving ability
Track record of achievement through others and of building positive working relationships, supported by excellent communication skills (written, spoken, presentation)
Strong negotiating and influencing skills with the ability to resolve conflicting priorities
Ability to prioritize own workload and that of others with a keen focus on meeting deadlines
Highly motivated and passionate about making a difference

ID1844 - Lead Finance Manager, Systems and Projects