Interim Vice President – Corporate Budgeting & Planning

Interim Vice President – Corporate Budgeting & Planning

Reports To:

Chief Financial Officer Duration: 12 - 18 months

Location:

Toronto, ON

Our client — a highly complex, regulated organization with significant long‑term capital and infrastructure commitments — is seeking an accomplished interim leader to guide its Business Planning, Budgeting, and Enterprise Risk Management function through a critical period of organizational transition.

This mandate will appeal to senior finance and planning leaders who excel in multi‑stakeholder, regulated environments
, possess deep corporate budgeting and forecasting expertise
, and are comfortable leading teams that support large, multi‑year, multi‑billion‑dollar programs or infrastructure projects
.

The interim will play a pivotal dual role:

• Tactical Leadership — ensuring the discipline, accuracy, and reliability of budgeting, forecasting, cost reporting, and governance processes.
• Strategic Advisory & Transition Leadership — elevating the function’s effectiveness, reshaping processes, strengthening governance, and supporting executive decision‑making during a period of transformation.

The Interim will oversee the organization’s full business planning cycle, including annual budgeting, forecasting, and enterprise performance reporting. The leader will ensure strong financial governance, oversee the consolidation of business plans and cost submissions, and maintain high‑quality internal and external reporting standards.

Given the complexity of the organization, this role demands exceptional judgment, sophisticated stakeholder management, and the ability to operate easily in environments governed by regulatory, legislative, and technical requirements.

The interim leader will also assess the current state of planning and reporting processes, identify opportunities for improvement, and strengthen the overall impact, efficiency, and credibility of the function.

• Lead the full business planning and budgeting cycle, ensuring rigor, due diligence, and alignment with organizational priorities.
• Oversee consolidation of budgets, forecasts, and cost submissions, ensuring accuracy and executive‑ready outputs.
• Provide clear guidance on budgeting assumptions, rate setting, escalation, and financial standards.

• Oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual internal reporting, ensuring the clarity, accuracy, and completeness of corporate results.
• Enhance data quality, reporting processes, and performance measures to improve decision‑making across senior levels.
• Support reporting obligations to member organizations and other stakeholders as required.

• Strengthen financial governance practices related to community funding, external programs, and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure management system processes, governing documents, and compliance frameworks are adhered to and continuously improved.

• Contribute to enterprise‑level strategic planning, offering insights on cost trends, program performance, and financial impacts.
• Act as a strategic partner to the CFRO, executive team, and Board committees, elevating the function’s influence and credibility.

• Provide hands‑on leadership to managers and team members within Business Planning, Performance Reporting, and Finance.
• Clarify roles, expectations, and priorities during a period of organizational change.
• Develop staff capabilities and enhance functional performance through process, system, and organizational improvements.

• 12+ years of progressive leadership experience in corporate planning, budgeting, and enterprise reporting
  .
• Background in complex, regulated environments such as utilities, energy, infrastructure, public sector agencies, transportation, or comparable sectors.
• Experience working on large scale, long‑term capital or infrastructure projects (highly preferred).
• Experience presenting to and influencing senior executives, Boards, or oversight bodies
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• Strong financial acumen, analytical insight, and operational discipline.
• Able to balance…