Finance Manager

Full-time • Finance & Accounting • Leadership

Emmerson Packaging is a third-generation, family-owned company and an industry leader in flexible packaging solutions — and we love what we do. We hold ourselves to the highest quality standards in everything we take on, including the talented people we add to our team. That commitment has earned us a place among Canada’s Best Managed Companies for 17 years running.

We’re looking for an experienced finance leader ready to shape strategy, modernize how we work, and develop a strong team.

Our Values Say It Best

• We enhance our lives by helping others succeed
• We care about our clients, each other, and our communities
• We are responsible for the outcome of our actions
• We strive to do the right thing, even if it costs us

About the Role

The Finance Manager leads strategic financial planning, reporting, and analysis to support executive decision-making and long-term value creation. You’ll champion modernization and transformation across our financial systems, processes, and controls — and provide leadership and mentorship to a talented finance team, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Business Process Owner (“BPO”) for the department-specific SAP module
• Develops analytics to improve department efficiencies and monitor internal workload
• Accountable for the preparation of the year-end audit working paper file and manages the relationship with external auditors

Financial Accounting

• Ensures that accounting records are prepared and maintained in accordance with the company’s accounting policies, principles, and practices, and that subordinate ledgers reconcile with the general ledger
• Prescribes methods of providing accounting data for various reports and statements
• Interprets the company’s general accounting systems and procedures for all components of the accounting function, including accounts receivable, accounts payable, and payroll
• Directs maintenance of fixed asset records and related depreciation accounts; provides interpretive guidance on the proper capitalization and recognition of expenditures, grouping of fixed assets by class, and depreciation methodology
• Leads the budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis process
• Partners with operations teams to provide financial insight and analysis that supports business decision-making
• Collaborates with management to develop schedules, procedures, and systems that enable the timely and informative accumulation, adjustment, and reporting of financial data
• Develops, implements, and maintains operational accounting procedures and controls for production and inventory management
• Coordinates, controls, audits, and reconciles annual physical inventories
• In conjunction with other relevant personnel, develops Return on Investment (“ROI”), Internal Rate of Return (“IRR”), and payback analysis for capital projects and expansion programs
• Assists with the preparation of detailed operating budgets, capital plans, and other forecasts
• Accountable for administration of CRA remittances, including GST/HST, corporate income tax instalments, non-resident withholding, and related filings

Cost Accounting

• Periodically reviews and adjusts various costing assumption schedules
• Provides the senior management team with inventory, costing, and product profitability reports
• Supervises the financial analysis of manufacturing operations, including preparation of manufacturing statements that identify variances incurred, reporting to management on the nature of variances and any appropriate corrective action
• Tracks cost-saving initiatives for the manufacturing process and ensures they are appropriately maintained in the Cost Accounting system
• Provides product line and customer profitability reporting, development of key operating metrics, and variance reporting and analysis
• Determines cost of raw materials in calculating standards
• Provides direction to departmental managers as required, and to operating and senior management, on matters involving cost determination — such as inventory valuation, distribution of overhead, and production performance reporting
• Provides guidelines for standard cost approaches used in business decisions; establishes and monitors cost reduction programs

Requirements

• Successful completion of pre-employment assessments
• Accounting designation (CPA)
• Experience in a leadership role with supervisory responsibilities
• Experience identifying opportunities for improvement within a production environment
• Experience preparing cost-benefit justification for capital investment

Preferred

• Experience with SAP
• Minimum three (3) years’ accounting experience in a manufacturing environment

What’s In It For YOU?

• Competitive wages
• Comprehensive health and dental benefits
• Defined contribution pension plan
• Profit Sharing program
• Training and development support
• On-site gym and cafeteria
• Being part of an awesome team

Sound like you? Visit the careers section of our website and apply today at emmersonpackaging.com/careers [https://www.emmersonpackaging.com/careers/].