Salary: $150k - 170k per year
Reference: JOB-20833
Another Mason Group exclusive! Are you interested in working with a tenured group of dynamic yet down-to-earth experts in an entrepreneurial environment as their Director / VP Finance? If so, you may be a fit for our highly successful client located in beautiful Victoria BC.
As an experienced CPA you are equally passionate about mentoring a team and maximizing efficiencies of technology as you are about being part of the business and building something great!
Reporting directly to the President and engaging regularly with the Board, the Director / VP Finance is this organization’s senior financial leader. This is a full-time, in-office role based in Victoria, BC, leading a finance team of four to six professionals across diversified consumer packaged goods manufacturing operations.
This is both a strategic and hands-on position. The successful candidate will elevate the maturity of the finance function — bringing greater rigour, reporting depth, and analytical insight — while acting as a trusted thought partner to the President and Board.
Key responsibilities of the role include:
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Financial Leadership & Reporting: Board reporting and KPI’s, financial and regulatory reporting oversight, and a best-in-class controls framework.
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Productivity and SKU Profitability: Build and maintain a cost accounting framework providing management with clear gross margin visibility at all levels.
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Budgeting Forecasting & Planning: Lead the annual budget process, develop forecasting and provide recommendations to the leadership team, & model and support potential acquisition targets.
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Treasury, Tax & Compliance: Oversee cash flow forecasting, working capital management, tax compliance, and manage the external audit process.
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Team & Systems: Coach & mentor the finance team with a lens of continuous improvement including reviewing systems and processes to reduce manual effort and drive efficiencies.
Senior Management will be looking for your suggestions and recommendations as you learn the business and master this opportunity.
Our client offers a tenured and collegial team environment. They also offer some flexibility with in-office hours to support personal commitments.
With responsibility for all financial operations, this is a pivotal role and ‘fit’ with the team is everything to our client. If you meet most of the requirements but are open to learning others, then please don’t hesitate to apply.
Requirements
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A Canadian CPA designation is required with 8+ years of progressive finance experience, and a minimum of 3+ years in a senior finance leadership role.
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Background in manufacturing, food & beverage, consumer packaged goods, or a multi-product business strongly preferred.
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Demonstrated expertise in cost accounting, SKU/product-level profitability, and COGM analysis.
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Proven track record in Board-level reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and financial controls.
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Operations Experience. You are genuinely interested in the business and the levers that drive performance.
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Hands-on and pragmatic; comfortable in a lean, nimble, owner-operated environment.
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A strong communicator who can translate complex financials into clarity and action for non-financial stakeholders.
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Advanced Excel skills, including proficiency with functions and tools for managing large data sets.
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Exceptional analytical skills, with meticulous attention to detail and an obsession with producing error-free work.
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Proactive problem solver with strong critical thinking skills, adept at multi-tasking.
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Committed to the highest levels of integrity, ethics, and professionalism and energized by building something great!
TMGVC
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