Bilingual Director, Finance
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Job Summary
Now, if you were to come on board as our Bilingual Director of Finance, we would ask you to do the following for us:
- Develop a dynamic partnership with the senior executives responsible for Food Service and Facility Management in a sector
- Develop and evolve management reporting: ensure the business departments and the corresponding executives understand their key numbers, key value drivers and KPIs. Develop the appropriate reporting down to key actions
- Own and evolve the numbers for the Operational 5 Year plan and budget: work with the Executives and Senior Management Team to develop the annual and the long-term strategic plan ensuring clarity of drivers, milestones and numbers
- Develop and manage the appropriate top down and bottom up budgeting and forecasting processes: compile the information, manage the assumptions and develop the financial story
- Provide business decision support: evaluate options, develop and validate business cases against new projects and strategic initiatives, support business initiatives. Partner with the various departments to provide financial structure, context and guidance to on-going business initiatives
- Lead and manage a team in the preparation of in-depth analysis of the business and management reporting, challenge the business results, continuously evolve the reporting to reflect evolving context, data availability and priorities
- Recruit, select, hire and on-board the best talent; lead, coach, motivate and retain a team of high performing employees that are capable of delivering results by owning, explaining, critiquing and improving the management accounts, key value drivers and associated departmental reporting
- Recognize and reward extraordinary performance; give feedback and develop performance improvement plans for underperforming employees. Implement succession planning, team building and skill development
- Comply with all Health & Safety policies and requirements
Think you have what it takes to be the Bilingual Director of Finance? We're committed to hiring the best talent for the role. Here is how we will know you will be successful in the role:
- Post-secondary degree in a related field or equivalent work experience, CPA required
- 15+ years of post-university work experience, including a minimum of 7 years planning & analysis and 3 years' leadership level experience
- Demonstrated leadership and influencing skills with the ability to get things done; be viewed as a trusted advisor of business leadership
- Proven ability to operate under pressure, to manage competing priorities and meet deliverables
- Demonstrated collaborative thinking, ability to build cross-functional approaches and consensus. At the same time , you need to be able to establish a unique point of view
- Excellent interpersonal skills; a team player who is able to act as both a leader and an individual contributor as required
- Confident and effective communication (written & verbal) skills
- Adaptable and comfortable with ambiguity and change
- Bilingual - Proficiency in French and English is required.
Compass Group Canada is committed to nurturing a diverse workforce representative of the communities within which we operate. We encourage and are pleased to consider all qualified candidates, without regard to race, colour, citizenship, religion, sex, marital / family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, aboriginal status, age, disability or persons who may require an accommodation, to apply.
For accommodation requests during the hiring process, please contact PeopleHub@compass-canada.com for further information.