Overview
Finance Director Jobs in Brampton, Ontario at Sonepar Canada
Title: Finance Director
Company: Sonepar Canada
Location: Brampton, Ontario
About Us:
Sonepar Canada is an independent family-owned company with global market leadership in the business-to-business distribution of electrical, industrial and safety products and related solutions. In Canada, we are represented by 9 locally managed electrical and industrial distributors and have over 100+ locations with coverage in 8 provinces.
We are a proud member of the Sonepar Group, the world’s largest privately-held electrical distributor. The Sonepar Group is present in more than 40 countries with over 45,000 employees.
To explore and learn more about Sonepar opportunities, please visit www.career.sonepar.com
To explore and learn more about Sonepar opportunities, please visit www.career.sonepar.com
What’s In It For You?
You will be joining a market leader with over 40 years of experience to help you elevate your potential.
You will be working for the world’s #1 privately held business to business distributor of electrical products and related solutions.
A chance to get involved in the forever growing electrical industry.
We house the largest inventory to better service our customers and deliver on sales commitments.
An opportunity for career development across many business departments within our organization.
Scope of the Position:
Sonepar Ontario, a Sonepar Company is looking for a Director of Finance that will drive and promote our leadership mindset of Adapt, Dare and Learn. At Sonepar Ontario, our leaders are focused on building customer centric strategies, inspiring, empowering and developing associates, adapting to change, and driving organizational efficiencies to deliver results.
The Director of Finance is responsible for providing business and financial leadership. This position has dual reporting lines and is a strategic thought partner to the President and the SVP of Finance. You will work closely with all levels of management (and particularly with the President of the company) and demonstrate business acumen in analysis as well as effectively communicating the impact, alternatives, and recommendations from your analysis.
You will support Ontario’s leadership by helping them understand and find ways to improve financial results year-over-year. The scope of this role goes beyond just financial planning & analysis, budget and forecast and financial accounting & report, you will be part of the development of targets, metrics, controls, and improvement recommendations. Having an inquisitive nature, you will ask insightful questions with a goal to bring excellence to all tasks.
Key Responsibilities
Develop and maintain policies in order to comply with applicable laws, rules and regulations, accounting standard and Sonepar policies.
Review consistency and correctness of monthly financial reporting, ensure Sonepar rules and GAAP are respected and that the accounts reflect a fair and true view of the company economic situation.
Collaborate and maintain a strong relationship with Shared Services and the Corporate Finance team including Tax, Treasury, Risk Management, and M&A.
Manage internal and external audits.
Declare proactively any fraud suspected or alleged to Legal Department and Internal Control department; Participate in the creation and implementation of action plans and recommendations made by internal or external auditors or by Sonepar Internal Control team in a timely manner.
Continuous financial review to control an…
