Finance Manager

Canada Finance Manager

Big Ass Who? We didn’t set out to start a fan company. We set out to solve a problem—workplace discomfort. (Sorry, HR, not your kind.) Facilities become furnaces during the summer, but businesses still expect peak performance and productivity. Without providing the basic human right of comfort, that’s just asinine. Seeing how overhead fans cooled California dairy cows begged a massive question for our founder.

“Can a fan be made to revolutionize comfort for people?” he uttered.

We don’t just move air, we transform experiences. Big Ass Fans deliver comfort where it counts. We build every product like lives depend on it. Because, turns out, they do. Are you seeking an opportunity to work with extraordinary people with an entrepreneurial spirit? Do you have something that sets you apart from the rest? With a bias for action, we want you to #livelifebigass and bring the next great BAF product to market.

From our customers to our employees, we are passionate about what we can accomplish together. The successful candidate will bring passion, energy, and a “get it done” mentality to BAF and the industrial business and contribute in a meaningful way to realize the company’s full potential in the market.

The Canada Finance Manager plays a vital role working alongside Leadership in our mission to Build to a Billion! This role is the most senior Finance and Accounting role in the business and is responsible for both the day-to-day accounting and financial execution and setting the strategic financial vision of the business. Applying the 80/20 methodology to our Business Units, you will streamline financial processes so that we can better invest in our people, our products, and our systems and bring the biggest returns.

You will serve as a strategic authority and dynamic business partner managing all finance and accounting functions, including annual budgets and forecasts, monthly financial analysis, monthly close, KPI reporting, forecasting and leadership presentations. Working side by side with the Managing Director of Canada and the Global BAF Finance Team, the successful candidate will have a desire to work in a fast-paced environment based on trust and a bias for action!

• Contribute to the development, delivery, and achievement of Canada Business Unit strategic financial objectives and priorities.
• Enhance Canada Business Unit financial performance through improved forecasting, business analysis, reporting (i.e. budget-to-actual/variance reporting) and overall systems and processes.
• Accountable for all relevant Financial and Accounting processes (Accounting, Treasury, Finance, Tax, etc) in the Canadian Business Unit.
• Deliver timely, complete, and accurate financial statements, management reports, budgets and forecasts, while adhering to all regulatory requirements.
• Manage sales tax filings and remittances on a monthly and quarterly basis.
• Act as a steward of all financial assets of the Canada Business Unit.
• Analyze and communicate the trends of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) relating to financial metrics such as sales, expenditures, and profit margin within each Business Unit.
• Interpret and communicate monthly financial results and business performance for the Canada Business Unit.
• Collaborate with Canada Business Unit Managing Director on monthly business reviews to Senior Leadership.
• Partner with Corporate FP&A in the annual budget process and quarterly forecasting for Canada Business Unit.
• Create and manage Business Unit pricing models; contribute to commercial business decisions via , as well analyzing monthly leading indicators to help predict future performance.
• Create and lead continuous improvement and strategic best practice initiatives necessary to drive financial efficiencies and processes.
• Analyze complex financial scenarios to provide detailed insight into Canada Business Unit drivers and potential value creation opportunities; this may require gathering and interpreting of marketing, logistics, manufacturing data.
• Partner with Sr. Leadership – CEO, Int’l VP and Group CFO - on data requests regarding Business Unit financials, strategic initiatives,…