Vice President Finance

Our client is a growth-focused organization seeking a Vice President, Finance to join its executive leadership team. The role is based in Oakville, Ontario. This leader owns financial strategy, capital structure, and profitable growth. They act as a trusted partner to the CEO, CFO, Board and investors, and lead FP&A, corporate strategy, corporate development and M&A. They also work with commercial, operations and technology teams to turn financial insight into decisions on pricing, investment and M&A.
Key ResponsibilitiesStrategic Leadership & Executive Partnering
Partner with the CEO, CFO and executive team to shape multi-year strategy, capital allocation and corporate scorecards.
Align executive incentives with free cash flow and EBITDA milestones.
Build quantitative business cases, including payback analyses and market and commercial sizing, for major investments, new service lines and platform or infrastructure modernization.
Support Board authorization of large investments with clear financial models and go-to-market cases.
Capital Structure, Treasury & M&A
Lead debt and equity financing, refinancing and capital structure work, including covenant compliance frameworks, liquidity stress-testing and 13-week cash flow forecasting.
Direct sell-side readiness: normalized Quality of Earnings (QoE) bridges, pro forma EBITDA adjustments, working capital targets and virtual data room preparation.
Own acquisitions end to end: valuation, financial due diligence, deal close and post-merger integration.
Build and review valuation and transaction models (three-statement, DCF, LBO, precedent transactions, trading multiples).
Assess restructuring and recapitalization options, including unit economics, overhead rationalization and debt capacity.
FP&A, Reporting & Analytics
Run annual budgeting, long-range planning and monthly rolling forecasts.
Standardize C-suite, Board and sponsor reporting, including Monthly Business Reviews (MBRs), EBITDA bridges and operational KPIs.
Build executive dashboards for real-time KPI tracking, and set data governance and integrity standards across ERP and CRM systems.
Lead the financial modeling and rollout of AI and predictive analytics tools, quantifying efficiency gains, productivity lifts and cost takeout.
Commercial Finance & Pricing
Work with Sales leadership on pricing models, pricing floors and profitability guardrails, and on pipeline and sales reporting.
Redesign variable commission and incentive compensation plans.
Formalize contractual price escalation schedules and model multi-year renewals to protect margin.
Evaluate and structure strategic partnerships and commercial alliances, including ROI modeling and revenue-sharing frameworks.
Evaluate facility and operational footprint consolidation to reduce recurring overhead.
Accounting & Governance
Ensure financial reporting complies with US GAAP and IFRS.
Prepare executive and Audit Committee packages.
Bring audit-level rigor to financial governance and compliance.
Lead, mentor and develop the FP&A team and wider finance staff.
Provide high-visibility decision support to the CEO, CFO and investors.
Qualifications & ExperienceEducation & Credentials
Honours bachelor's degree in science, finance, accounting or a related field.
MBA.
Experience
Senior finance leadership experience, acting as a close partner to the CEO, CFO and Board.
Experience in private equity-backed, SaaS/FinTech or tech-enabled services environments, including sponsor reporting and governance.
Hands-on M&A experience: sell-side readiness, due diligence, valuation and post-merger integration.
Capital markets and lending experience: leading a major credit facility refinancing, covenant management and liquidity forecasting.
Commercial finance experience: pricing strategy, incentive compensation design and contract economics.
Experience quantifying and rolling out AI or predictive analytics initiatives.
FP&A leadership: has led an FP&A team of 7 and supported CEO, CFO and investor decision-making, and has supervised teams of 3 to 20 staff.
Background in public accounting, including financial audit under US GAAP and IFRS and transaction due diligence.
Experience across technology, retail, manufacturing and financial services.
Scale: has worked on transactions and programs of real size, such as a $300M senior credit facility refinancing, investment cases of $50M+, or due diligence on targets from $20M to $1B+.
Core Competencies
Strategic financial planning and business case development.
Private equity governance, Board and business reporting.
M&A readiness, valuation, diligence and integration.
Commercial sales finance, pricing and compensation structuring.
AI and predictive analytics rollout, with data governance across ERP and CRM systems.
Clear communication of complex financial narratives to the Board, executives and non-financial stakeholders.
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