Manager, Finance Systems & Data Governance

About the Company  

Our client is a manufacturing company. They are looking for a Manager, Finance Systems & Data Governance to join their team!

Why Work Here  

• Strong culture with flexibility and hybrid work arrangement
• Long term scope with visible impact working with exceptional leaders in the industry
• Competitive overall compensation package inclusive of annual bonus and RRSP matching program
• Work at a leading-edge, global organization with opportunity for career development

About the Opportunity  

• Translate Finance requirements into practical system, workflow, data and reporting requirements in collaboration with Corporate and local Finance, IT and external specialists.
• Manage assigned systems and data improvement workstreams, including deliverables, milestones, dependencies, issue resolution and escalation.
• Support financial systems implementation through hands-on data validation, reconciliation and UAT, investigating discrepancies, resolving issues and coordinating with implementation partners.
• Support future system capabilities, including account reconciliations, budget consolidation and reporting, and, as priorities evolve, management reporting and operational KPIs.
• As implementation progresses, take increasing responsibility for data governance across systems: definitions, mappings, reporting hierarchies, ownership and recurring data-quality issues.
• Work with local teams to make financial and operational information more consistent, accessible and useful, reducing avoidable manual workarounds.

About You  

• Hands-on involvement in implementing or materially enhancing a financial system, including direct responsibility for data validation, reconciliation, UAT or comparable implementation testing.
• Practical accounting and consolidation knowledge sufficient to investigate trial-balance, mapping and reporting differences.
• Strong Excel, analytical and root-cause investigation skills, with willingness to perform detailed validation work.
• Demonstrated project management skills, including issue management, milestone tracking, coordination and timely escalation.
• Ability to work effectively with Finance users, IT, operations and external implementation partners.
• Experience with OneStream or a comparable EPM/consolidation platform (such as Oracle FCCS, Hyperion HFM, SAP BPC) is preferred; experience with reconciliation, budgeting or reporting applications is an additional asset.
• CPA or equivalent accounting designation is an asset; public-company multi-entity or multi-system experience is preferred.

Salary Range  

$110,000 - $135,000 / year 

How to Apply  

Click the “Apply Now” button and follow the instructions to submit your resume. Please know that we only accept documents in MS Word or Rich Text formats.

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This position for employment is for a current vacancy with Vaco/Highspring’s client. You must currently reside within the Greater Toronto Area and be permitted to work in Canada to be considered for this opportunity. A recruiter will be in touch with you if your profile meets our client’s requirements for this role.

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco/Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual’s skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law in geographies that require salary range disclosure, Vaco/Highspring notes the salary range for the role is noted in this job posting. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company’s retirement plan. Additional disclaimer: Unless otherwise noted in the job description, the position Vaco/Highspring is filing for is occupied. Please note, however, that Vaco/Highspring is regularly asked to provide talent to other organizations. By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. Submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase within Vaco/Highspring will be otherwise assessed by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco/Highspring does not have knowledge of the tools used by its clients in making final hiring decisions and cannot opine on their use of AI products.

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Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Vaco by Highspring’s use of AI can be found here (). Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco by Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client’s use of AI products in hiring.

Pay Transparency Notice

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

• the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
• licensure and certification requirements;
• office location and other geographic considerations;
• other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.