Transaction Financing Manager

The position requires in-person collaboration up to five days a week. This arrangement is subject to change based on business requirements.

The Transaction Financing Manager is responsible for managing the end-to-end execution of fleet transactions, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely delivery across all stages of the transaction lifecycle. This role combines operational leadership, financial oversight, and cross-functional coordination to support successful transaction outcomes and continuous process improvement.

• Manage the end-to-end fleet transaction lifecycle, ensuring all transactions are executed accurately, efficiently, and in alignment with business objectives.
• Review and validate financial analysis to ensure accuracy, sound assumptions, and alignment with business requirements and internal policies
• Support and lead negotiations for complex transactions, working with multiple internal and external stakeholders to achieve favorable outcomes
• Act as the central point of coordination across cross-functional teams (e.g., Finance, Legal, Operations), ensuring effective communication, alignment, and timely decision-making
• Track transaction progress, monitor key milestones, and proactively identify risks, delays, or issues requiring escalation
• Provide regular reporting on transaction status, performance metrics, and key outcomes to management and stakeholders
• Review and validate transaction documentation and agreements to ensure accuracy and consistency with approved terms
• Partner with internal teams to support seamless implementation and ensure all downstream impacts are effectively managed
• Ensure compliance with internal governance, policies, and regulatory requirements throughout the transaction process
• Identify opportunities to improve transaction workflows, including streamlining processes, enhancing standardization, and supporting automation initiatives
• Contribute to system enhancements and continuous improvement efforts to increase efficiency, accuracy, and scalability of transaction management

• Experience managing complex transactions in fleet, leasing, finance, or a related industry.
• Strong financial acumen with the ability to review and interpret financial models and analyses.
• Experience supporting or leading negotiations and managing multiple stakeholders.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong understanding of contract review, governance, and compliance practices.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

• Results-driven with strong attention to detail
• Effective stakeholder management and collaboration
• Analytical thinking and financial literacy
• Problem-solving and decision-making
• Process improvement mindset
• Accountability and ownership

• A fun and friendly culture with colleagues who work together to win
• Travel privileges for you and your family, effective from your start date
• Savings and Benefit programs that are flexible to meet your specific needs

West Jet took to the skies in 1996 with just over 200 employees and three aircraft operating service to five destinations. Since then, West Jet has pioneered low-cost travel in Canada, cutting airfares in half, and increasing the flying population in Canada by more than 50 per cent. Since the Sunwing Airlines integration in 2025, more than 15,000 West Jetters support nearly 200 aircraft and connect guests to our global network of more than 100 destinations across North America, Central America, the Caribbean, Europe and Asia.

The West Jet Group is a major Canadian employer and includes West Jet Airlines, West Jet Encore and Sunwing Vacations Group. We’re Canada’s leading value airline and largest vacation provider, with a united purpose of providing affordable and accessible air and vacation travel to Canadians.

At West Jet, the safety and security of our people and our guests is a core value and at the heart of what we do. Safety and security are shared responsibilities all team members are expected to use…