Head of Strategic Finance & Financial Planning & Analysis

Reports To: Director, IT Operations

Role Type: Full-time

Location: Ottawa, ON

Effective: August 2026

is a cornerstone of Canada’s real estate market, dedicated to helping millions of Canadians find attainable housing across the country. As the leading real estate platform in Canada, we offer the most comprehensive listings and resources to assist consumers in finding their dream homes.

is a cornerstone of Canada’s real estate market, dedicated to helping millions of Canadians find attainable housing across the country. As the leading real estate platform in Canada, we offer the most comprehensive listings and resources to assist consumers in finding their dream homes.

At , we are committed to supporting REALTOR® members’ businesses and fostering consumer trust and loyalty. Our dedication to delivering value and continuously adapting to market demands ensures that  is more than just a listing service- it is the heart of the Canadian real estate experience.

Join us and be a part of a team that is at the frontier of the real estate industry, making a significant impact on the lives of Canadians every day.

The Head of Strategic Finance & Financial Planning & Analysis is accountable for building 's strategic finance, financial planning, performance management, and investment decision support capability.

The role exists to provide the financial insight, discipline, and commercial analysis required for  to operate as a focused, for-profit digital marketplace while continuing to advance its mission of helping Canadians make confident housing decisions.

This is a hands-on finance leadership role. The Head of Strategic Finance & FP&A will build the models, prepare executive-ready analysis, work through imperfect data, and partner directly with the CEO, leadership team, and CREA shared-services finance team to strengthen financial visibility, decision quality, and business accountability.

• Financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning
• Revenue, cost, headcount, capital expenditure, and operating expense modelling
• Executive financial reporting and business performance analysis
• Commercial finance, pricing, monetization, and partnership economics
• Business cases, investment decision support, and post-investment reviews
• Financial operating routines, reporting standards, and budget ownership across functions
• Partnership with CREA shared-services finance on reporting, cost centre visibility, and management information

The Head of Strategic Finance & FP&A is expected to create structure, build foundational tools and routines, and directly perform much of the analysis, modelling, reporting, and business partnering work.

Day-to-day finance operations, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and transactional accounting, remain with CREA shared-services finance. This role acts as 's key strategic finance partner and is accountable for the financial insight and decision support the business needs.

• Lead annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and long-range financial planning for
• Build and maintain financial models for revenue, cost structure, headcount, capital expenditures, operating expenses, and strategic initiatives.
• Analyze performance against budget, forecast, prior year, and long-range plan.
• Develop executive-ready reporting that explains financial results, underlying business drivers, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.
• Improve financial visibility so leaders understand performance, trade-offs, and the implications of key decisions.

• Partner across Product, Technology, Sales, Marketing, Operations, Partnerships, and Data to understand business performance and financial drivers.
• Support pricing, monetization, product profitability, partnership economics, and revenue model analysis.
• Build business cases for major initiatives and investments, including return, payback, assumptions, risks, and success measures.
• Challenge assumptions constructively to help leaders make better, more financially informed decisions.
• Connect financial analysis to strategy, business priorities, commercial opportunities, and operational realities.

• Translate 's strategy into financial plans, scenarios, performance targets, and decision frameworks.
• Develop scenario analysis to support strategic choices, investment decisions, and trade-offs.
• Establish practical investment governance, including business case templates, approval thresholds, success metrics, and post-investment reviews.
• Support leadership and board-level discussions with clear financial insight, analysis, and recommendations.
• Ensure major initiatives have clear financial assumptions, ownership, expected outcomes, and performance follow-up.

• Shape the partnership with CREA shared-services finance, including…