Director, Financial Planning & Analysis - Bilingual (English/French)

Director, Financial Reporting & Analysis – Bilingual (English/French)Position Overview
We are hiring a Director of Financial Reporting & Analysis to own financial reporting, forecasting, and analysis for a growing software business with professional services operations and an international footprint. This role exists to scale financial insight delivery, improve reporting discipline, and materially reduce CFO execution load. You will play a central role in the Messagepoint operation and ensuring leadership, lenders, and the board receive reliable, decision‑ready financial information. This is a hands‑on Director role. There are no direct reports. Success depends on execution, judgment and initiative—not delegation.
What Success Will Look Like
Within your first year, you will:
Fully integrate European operations into the consolidated model and establish an effective working relationship with team members
Own forecasting and reporting end‑to‑end, removing the CFO from day‑to‑day FP&A execution
Deliver consistent, credible reporting and analysis that leadership and external stakeholders will trust
What You’ll Do
Own and continuously improve the integrated financial forecast (P&L, cash flow, and balance sheet drivers)
Update forecasts for headcount, SaaS and services revenue, expenses, and working capital
Produce monthly internal financial reporting, analysis and commentary for leadership
Prepare external reporting for lenders and board materials
Develop and maintain executive dashboards and KPIs
Deliver variance analysis versus budget and prior year
Analyze SaaS and services performance, including ARR, project margins, and billable hours
Cash & Performance Insight
Own cash flow forecasting and analysis
Provide customer‑level performance insights (growth, contraction, stagnation)
International & Multi‑Entity Reporting
Act as primary finance liaison with our European operations
Map reporting into consolidated financials
Provide cross-border and multi-entity reporting requirements
Commercial and Revenue Support
Review deal economics for accuracy, profitability, and ROI
Validate license schedules against pricing tools and agreements
Push back on poor‑quality or value‑destructive deals using data
Support revenue recognition analysis under Canadian ASPE
Maintain deferred and accrued revenue forecasting
Partner with Sales Ops / RevOps (analysis and insight only;
no operational ownership)
Audit Support
Prepare schedules and analysis for annual audits
Coordinate PBC requests and support audit execution
What this role does
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do
This role does
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Contract negotiation or legal drafting
RevOps or Sales Ops
Core accounting, HR, IT, or systems administration
What we’re looking for
Experience
Multi‑entity and international reporting experience (required)
Strong FP&A and management reporting background
Experience in professional services environments (POC revenue, billable hours, project margins)
Exposure to board and/or lender reporting preferred
SaaS experience preferred but not mandatory
Capabilities
Bilingual proficiency in English and French (spoken and written).
Strong Excel modeling and analytical judgment
Comfortable working with good—but not perfect—systems
Able to challenge assumptions and push back on deals with data
Execution‑focused operator, not a theorist
Personal attributes
Senior, hands‑on, and self‑directed
Takes ownership of outcomes, not just tasks
Pragmatic, resilient, detail and deadline‑oriented
Low ego, high output
Why This Role
This is an opportunity to step into a true Director‑level role with meaningful ownership, visibility and impact—without layers of bureaucracy. If you are at your best when you are trusted to run the numbers, improve how things work, and deliver clarity to leadership, this role will suit you.
Messagepoint is an Equal Opportunity Employer that encourages diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We thank you for your interest;
only those who qualify for an interview will be contacted.
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