Director, Strategic Finance - Remote in Canada

The Director, Strategic Finance is a high-impact leader within the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) who brings an investment-oriented perspective to Good Life Group’s most consequential strategic, financial and enterprise-value decisions. This role personally leads complex analysis and selected cross-functional work streams under the delegated authority of the CFO.
Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer, the role expands the capacity and analytical depth of the Office of the CFO across executive decision support, capital allocation, enterprise performance, Value Creation Plan validation, Apollo and Board engagement, financing and merger and acquisition (M&A) execution.

• Build, enhance and apply integrated financial models, strategic scenarios and sensitivity analyses that connect operating performance, cash flow, leverage, capital requirements, and enterprise value.
• Evaluate organic growth initiatives, capital projects, acquisitions, financing alternatives and other uses of capital through disciplined return, risk, liquidity and enterprise-value analysis; establish appropriate post investment performance reviews.
• Translate complex financial, operational and market information into clear alternatives, trade-offs and recommendations for the CFO, CEO, and executive leadership.

• Lead the financial synthesis, analytical challenge and development of decision-useful performance narratives for selected Apollo, Board and lender discussions, while the CFO remains the primary relationship owner and existing teams retain responsibility for underlying financial information.
• Integrate and constructively challenge inputs from Financial Planning & Analysis, Accounting, Data & Analytics and operating teams to identify key drivers, emerging risks, outlook implications and required decisions
• Partner with the CFO and executive leadership to articulate clear financial narratives regarding business performance, strategic priorities, risks, and opportunities.
• Lead selected follow-up analyses and coordinate timely resolution of material questions, commitments and decisions arising from Apollo, Board and lender discussions.

• Lead core financial analysis and selected execution work streams for acquisitions, dispositions, refinancing’s and other strategic transactions, including screening, valuation, financial modelling, due diligence, scenario analysis and approval materials.
• Support the CFO in evaluating capital structure, liquidity requirements, financing alternatives, and capital-allocation priorities.
• Coordinate Finance work streams, data-room requirements and financial analysis across internal teams, financing sources, counter parties and external advisors.
• Evaluate transaction structures, synergies, risks, integration considerations and value-creation implications, and support post transaction performance tracking where appropriate.

• Serve as a trusted thought partner to the CFO on high-priority strategic, financial and operational matters.
• Lead selected cross-functional strategic work streams and high-priority analyses, bringing investment discipline, structure, pace and clear accountability to complex or ambiguous issues.
• Support the financial elements of the Value Creation Plan, including connecting initiative impacts to the long-range financial model, validating material financial assumptions and supporting the reporting cadence for key financial and operating KPIs, without assuming…