Senior Finance Manager - Domestic Relief & Readiness

Senior Finance Manager
- Domestic Relief & Readiness Location Canada

Requisition Code 16545 Compensation Range (CAD) $95,227 - $101,177

Title: Senior Finance Manager
- Domestic Relief & Readiness

Employee Working

Location:

Partially Virtual / Hybrid (Canada)

Employment Status: Permanent Full-time

The Canadian Red Cross (Red Cross) - an inspirational not for profit organization, helps people and communities in Canada and around the world in times of need and supports them in strengthening their resilience. As a Canada's Best Employers 2026
, we are committed to having an accessible, diverse, inclusive, and barrier-free work environment.

Manage the teams that perform the day-to-day financial planning and analysis for the program’s administrative departments and domestic readiness project, including budgeting, proposal writing, transactional reconciliation and review, general ledger journal entries as needed, monthly forecast updates, and monthly and ad hoc financial reporting to operational teams.

Understand staff related policies and procedures and ensures operational compliance and provide leadership, training, coaching, and advice to staff to facilitate continuous improvement and development.

Review and analyze program’s consolidated budgets ensuring completeness and accuracy and to identify any errors or omissions that may require collaboration with operational and finance teams to resolve.

Develop program specific monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting timelines with appropriate deadlines to ensure CRC wide reporting deadlines are met and ensure the process occurs as scheduled.

Review program’s consolidated year to date actuals to ensure completeness and accuracy, identify errors or omissions, and collaborate with finance teams to resolve before general ledger close.

Review program’s consolidated annual forecasts to ensure completeness and accuracy, identify errors or omissions, and collaborate with finance teams to resolve before forecast ledger close.

Collaborate with program finance teams to gather reports to be utilized to develop program’s consolidated reporting and narratives for submission to Director of Finance, VP of Finance, CFO, and AFC.

Identify analysis and reporting process deficiencies and recommends areas of improvement and collaborate with finance systems team to adjust existing reports or develop new reports, as needed.

Review and/or perform other analysis and reporting as requested by program operational staff or senior management.

Prepare analysis and reporting for presentation to operational senior management to allow for operational decision making and ultimate approval of the program budget submission.

Prepare reporting and narrative for submission as part of CRC consolidated budget to VP of Finance, CFO, the Audit and Finance Committee (AFC), and Board of Directors.

A professional accounting designation (CPA) and a minimum of seven (7) years of job-related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Strong knowledge and understanding of accounting theory, techniques, and policies.

Experience directly working with and reporting to both operational and financial senior management.

Experience in people management, specifically direct reports.

Experience working with Microsoft AX Dynamics and/or BI360 systems is considered an asset.

Strong attention to detail, analytical, and problem-solving skills along with the ability to make sound financial decisions.

Superior knowledge of Excel is required and knowledge of PowerBI is considered an asset.

Superior organization and time management skills reflected in the ability to prioritize and multi-task within a fast-paced environment.

Ability to work both independently…