Overview
Director, Finance Planning & Analysis Jobs in Concord, Ontario, Canada at Multy
Title: Director, Finance Planning & Analysis
Company: Multy
Location: Concord, Ontario, Canada
Position Summary: The Director, Financial Planning & Analysis is a senior finance leader and strategic thought partner within Multy. This role provides financial leadership, insight, and data-driven analytics to support decision-making across Commercial, Operations, and G&A functions. This senior leadership role leads enterprise-wide planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance management processes, while delivering actionable insights through predictive modeling, KPI reporting, and MD&A analysis. As a trusted advisor to senior leadership, this role is critical in driving financial discipline, operational excellence, and achievement of organizational objectives.
Essential Responsibilities and Accountabilities
- Lead annual operating plans, capital planning, quarterly forecasts, and monthly outlooks using a transparent, bottom-up methodology aligned with industry best practices.
- Support long-range strategic planning initiatives and enterprise-wide capital allocation decisions.
- Build robust business cases and predictive financial models to support Commercial and Operations decision-making, including scenario and sensitivity analysis.
- Conduct post-implementation reviews to evaluate performance against expectations and communicate findings to stakeholders.
- Analyze key financial and operational variances versus budgets, forecasts, and benchmarks; provide clear recommendations to optimize performance or course correct as required.
- Develop and maintain KPI frameworks and value-added dashboards that align financial results with business objectives.
- Deliver segmented performance reporting across customers, products, lines of business, and geographies to enable granular analysis.
- Lead MD&A reporting, ensuring accurate, timely, and insightful commentary on business performance and trends.
- Act as a trusted financial advisor to business leaders, influencing outcomes through data-driven insights and structured recommendations.
- Evaluate alternative investment and operating scenarios using appropriate financial methodologies to maximize value and returns.
- Support ad hoc initiatives, special projects, and enterprise-wide priorities as required.
- Drive accuracy in product costing and support ERP system implementations or migrations.
- Institutionalize best practices, enhance processes, and support continuous improvement initiatives across Finance and the business.
- Provide redundancy across key finance processes and act as a capacity relief resource during peak planning and reporting periods.
- Proven ability to work effectively within a matrixed organizational structure, supporting diverse stakeholders across multiple sites.
- Strong business acumen with deep understanding of manufacturing cost drivers, supply chain economics, and operational data.
- Experience interpreting complex data sets and converting operational information into actionable financial insights.
- Background working with multi-site operations considered an asset
Leadership
- Lead, coach, and mentor at least two (2) Senior Financial Analysts, fostering high performance, accountability, and professional development.
- Influence effectively in a matrixed environment, including the ability to lead without formal authority.
- Set priorities, control agendas, and drive execution with rigor, discipline, and strong results orientation.
- Lead by example with a hands-on approach, bias for action, resilience, and the ability to navigate ambiguity.
Education & Experience
- Minimum 20 years of progressive experience in FP&A, financial leadership, or operations planning roles within fast-paced, technology-enabled organizations.
- Undergraduate degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related business field.
- CPA or MBA required.
- Proven experience supporting diverse client groups within complex, matrixed organizations.
- Experience with Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement considered an asset.
- Experience with foreign suppliers, global sourcing, exposure to 3PL operations considered an asset.
Technical Skills
- Advanced financial modeling, scenario analysis, and predictive analytics capabilities.
- Strong proficiency in ERP systems (e.g. Oracle, NetSuite, or equivalent), including planning, reporting, and costing modules.
- Advanced Excel skills; experience with enterprise planning tools.
- Experience building and maintaining dashboards and management reporting using BI tools (e.g., Power BI, or similar).
- Strong understanding of cost accounting, product costing, margin analysis, and operational performance drivers.
- Solid knowledge of financial reporting, MD&A requirements, and performance management frameworks.
- Ability to work with large, complex datasets and translate analytics into actionable business insights
Other Qualifications
- Strong strategic mindset combined with a hands-on, execution-oriented approach.
- Exceptional analytical rigor, attention to detail, and problem-solving capability.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines in a dynamic environment.
- High level of integrity, professionalism, and accountability.
- Passion for continuous improvement and building scalable, disciplined finance processes.
- Proven resilience, adaptability, and ability to operate effectively in ambiguous or rapidly changing environments.
