Director, Financial Reporting, Planning & Ana

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Senior Director Finance Controller

As a key member of the "Business Support Services" (BSS) team, the Director, Finance, reporting directly to the Senior Director Finance Controller, is responsible for leading and overseeing the finance business partners team. This role is crucial in ensuring the accuracy and efficiency of financial processes, including month-end close, reporting, budgeting, and forecasting. The Director provides strategic guidance, fosters collaboration, and implements innovative solutions to enhance the organization’s financial management and reporting capabilities.

In this capacity, the Director provides strong leadership, communicates effectively, and demonstrates emotional intelligence to support and guide the finance business partners team. This team is instrumental in driving the finance month-end process and managing financial reporting, thereby facilitating informed decision-making within the organization.

Additionally, the Director offers expert guidance on current and future business system requirements, leading the implementation and integration of ongoing and upcoming system projects to ensure alignment with the organization’s objectives.

A critical aspect of this role involves vigilant monitoring and assessment of various systems and reporting tools vital to the organization’s control mechanisms. This evaluation process identifies opportunities to streamline operations, improve efficiencies, and enhance overall performance. By leveraging industry best practices and the latest technological advancements, the Director introduces innovative solutions to address business challenges effectively.

Furthermore, the Director collaborates closely with Business Leaders and the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) at CNIB, actively engaging with them to identify specific business needs. They forge partnerships with external developers to design and implement user‑centric solutions that meet these business requirements. This collaborative approach optimizes business processes, resulting in a more responsive and efficient operational framework.

The position entails, but is not limited to the following general responsibilities:

• Lead the CNIB’s Financial planning and reporting process, prepare monthly and quarterly Financial Reporting Packages tailored to different stakeholder groups.
• Present financial information to the Executive Leadership Team with support analysis and recommendations.
• Budget coordination and planning, lead budgeting process, including data collection, evaluation, and validation.
• Assist in financial forecasting to provide insights into future financial performance.
• Play a key role in the development of a 3-year Budget and Strategy, as the organization strives to improve its longer‑term outlook and planning.
• Financial performance analysis, analyze current performance using financial metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Identify and quantify changes needed to improve KPI performance, working from summary‑level metrics down to detailed transaction data.
• Oversee post‑implementation usage and testing of finance business tools such as Net Suite PBCS, Net Suite, Power BI, etc.
• Look to improve financial reporting through more accessible ways, adapting information using innovative technology and dashboards.
• Evaluate the ongoing efficacy and, if suitable, the implementation and administration of One Stream as the new reporting, budgeting, and forecasting tool, and/or assist in finding an alternative tool that would accommodate CNIB’s needs.
• Assist the operational team with month‑end duties to ensure a smooth financial close process.
• Work with Executive Leadership Team members to review monthly results and explain variance to budget or revised forecast to ensure departments stay on track with spending, revenue and/or fundraising…