Manager, Capital Planning

About the Role

Ready to elevate your career? GESI is expanding! We are officially hunting for our next Manager, Capital Planning in Vaughan, Ontario —someone ready to bring fresh ideas and grow alongside a dynamic team. About Us GFL Environmental Services Inc. ("GESI") is a high‑growth environmental services company recently carved out of GFL Environmental Inc. Backed by leading private equity firms, GESI delivers liquid waste, industrial cleaning, and soil remediation services across North America through a vertically integrated platform of over 230 sites and a fleet of 1,800+ vehicles.

Our employees, collectively known as 'Team Green,' enjoy numerous benefits: career advancement opportunities, competitive benefits, job stability within an essential services company, and the chance to make a positive impact every day for our customers and communities, Green for Life!

• Capital Planning Leadership:
  Own the capital budgeting and forecasting processes, ensuring accuracy, alignment, and strategic prioritization across the organization.
• Lead the development of the multi‑year capital investment plan, integrating operational requirements with financial objectives.
• Oversee governance of capital requests, approvals, reporting, and the end‑to‑end capital lifecycle.
• Enhance current reporting outputs to better serve various management groups across the organization.
• Support the enforcement of compliance with the approved process, including identifying data quality issues and assisting in resolving missing data.
• Track capital program performance against approved budgets, timelines, and scope.
• Monitor capital spend, commitments, and forecast variances.
• Support capital program reforecasting and reprioritization as business needs evolve.
• Partner with Finance to support capital budgeting, funding approvals, and financial reporting.
• Conduct return on investment (ROI/ROIC), lifecycle cost, and risk assessments.
• Partner closely with Operations leadership to understand business drivers, validate capital requirements, and challenge assumptions when necessary.
• Provide financial insights that help evaluate the necessity, timing, and ROI of proposed capital projects.
• Facilitate cross‑functional discussions to align capital investment with operational performance expectations.
• Develop, track, and report capital‑related KPIs, including asset utilization, ROIC, spend efficiency, and project performance metrics.
• Produce monthly capital reporting packages, including actuals, forecasts, risks/opportunities, and executive commentary.
• Support the Capital Committee with analysis, financial models, and business cases.
• Ensure capital cash flow forecasting incorporates accurate timing of expenditures, payment terms, and vendor conditions.
• Partner with Accounting to support capitalization policies, month‑end processes, and reconciliation of cash vs. accrual capital spend.
• Identify opportunities to streamline and enhance capital planning processes, systems, and reporting standards.

• Education & Experience
  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Engineering, or a related field.
  • 5+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, capital planning, corporate finance, or related areas.
  • Experience partnering with Operations or supporting asset‑intensive businesses is an asset.
• Technical & Analytical Skills
  • Strong financial modeling and analytical capabilities.
  • Expertise in budgeting, forecasting, and capital planning frameworks.
  • Advanced proficiency in modeling; experience with Workday (particularly the Capital Module) is a strong asset.
  • Solid knowledge of IFRS accounting principles related to capital assets, depreciation, and capitalization rules.
  • Understanding of capital cash flow management, payment terms, and…