Full-Time
Finance Manager
Updated on 5/9/2024
Senior
Cambridge, ON, Canada
Required Skills
Communications
Management
Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
Data Analysis
Excel/Numbers/Sheets
PowerPoint/Keynote/Slides
Requirements
- Minimum 7 years of finance experience
- Minimum 3 years of progressively complex financial leadership roles
- Bachelor's Degree with finance concentration. CPA or MBA preferred
- Demonstrated success in leading finance operational areas (accounting, FP&A or supply chain) and influencing business decisions across different levels of the organization
- Hands-on leadership style with great inter-personal and strong communication skills
- Exceptional presentation skills and the ability to convey a message that is understandable and relevant, linking business issues, financial results, and strategy
- Skilled at persuading and influencing a broad spectrum of constituents at all levels, including senior management
- Exceptional problem solving and analytical skills. Ability to analyze complex business problems and make sound business decisions
- Highly proficient at creating efficient and effective financial models, budgets, and reports and enthusiastic to train others to do the same
- Rock solid technical knowledge of finance and accounting – including costing and pricing
- Systems savvy, ideally with experience managing financial planning and reporting tools
- Self-starter who is comfortable leading in a fast-paced environment and will question and challenge existing norms
- Strong project management skills
- MBA or Data Analytics formal education a big plus
- Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills
- Experienced using Workday Adaptive Insights and NetSuite ERP preferred
Responsibilities
- Oversee and lead the monthly and quarterly reporting and financial planning requirements for the subsidiary managing the strategic data acquisition program
- Manage the entity monthly forecasting process to capture key expenses and cash inflows and outflows, as well as progress toward delivering the Strategic Data Acquisition initiative per the MSA
- Collaborate with the accounting team on the monthly close process including monthly account reviews and comparison of actual results to those forecasted/planned
- Oversee the monthly P&L review process that includes explaining variances to plan and providing insight on current and expected trends
- Develop in-depth systems reporting to ensure full compliance with revenue share structures and SLAs for the contract
- Develop and continually improve management reporting used to present to the Executive Leadership and partners
- Build strong relationships across all functions and areas within Spire and with external partners and maintain an open flow of communication