The opportunity
Key Responsibilities
- Enable financial processes to deliver accurate financial metrics in support of strategic plans, including new service offerings and assets.
- Review and analyze financial metrics, including revenue, gross margin, utilization, leverage, controllable expenses, and exposure, offering timely insights and recommendations for improvement. This includes involvement in month, quarter, and year-end processes aligned with business priorities.
- Prepare, review, and consolidate annual budgets and ongoing forecasts/projections.
- Provide strategic financial input and leadership on decision-making issues affecting the business, including financial results against budgets/forecasts, historical performance, and future estimates.
- Support leadership with the management of engagement economics and exposure, including billing, collection, and revenue days.
- Maintain effective internal controls over financial measurement and reporting of business results and region reporting.
- Support the Canadian CFO by driving common solutions and best practices across Canada.
- Lead and participate in firmwide finance initiatives.
- Demonstrate leadership in delivering strategic finance and operations initiatives across all service lines and finance functions.
- Manage a team of finance professionals in Canada, including mentoring, coaching, and development.
Analytical/Decision Making Responsibilities
- Strong analytical skills and decision-making capabilities are essential for this role.
- Collaborate with other National functions (Markets, Talent, Risk Management, Operations, Experience Management, etc.) to ensure exceptional support and insight to the CFO, Executive Committee, Leadership Team, and overall business.
- Operate in a rapidly changing market and environment, assessing financial result drivers with a focus on continuous improvement.
- Advise the CFO and Leadership Team on expected financial performance vs. plan/forecast based upon analytics such as trend analysis and modeling forward-looking scenarios.
Leadership and coaching
- Able to manage multiple projects and priorities.
- Ability to work collaboratively with senior leaders in Canada and other super regions/Global.
- A successful track record of implementing and leading key business change initiatives.
- Experienced in building, leading, managing, and coaching a team of finance professionals.
- Collaborate effectively with other super region Finance Teams, GDS, Global Centre of Excellence, other National Functions, and within the Canadian Finance Team.
Client service
- Embed trusted business advisor practices throughout the finance team and deliverables.
- Focus on analysis, advice, and solutions that drive the modernization and continuous improvement of financial performance, with a focus on emerging technology including AI.
- Collaborate with finance colleagues and other functions to enhance service to clients and leverage best practices.
Analysis, modeling \& advice
- Communicate strategic financial performance clearly and concisely.
- Synthesize and communicate detailed financial and market trends to support effective decision-making.
- Utilize sound financial practices and seek leading practices to achieve operational excellence.
Qualifications
- CPA or other professional certification is required for this position.
- Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience.
- SAP experience preferred.
- A thorough understanding of the services offered by the Firm and Service Lines and the overall markets landscape would be beneficial. EY experience preferred.
Certification Requirements:
- CPA or other professional certification.
What We Offer
- Support and coaching from some of the most engaging colleagues in the industry.
- Learning opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career.
- The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that's right for you.
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