Senior Director, Financial Reporting

Most financial reporting functions are measured by whether deadlines are met. That’s important, but this role gets to decide what excellence looks like while meeting deadlines.

With accountability for external reporting and technical accounting, the Senior Director, Financial Reporting will play a defining role in advancing the reporting function of a Canadian-headquartered public manufacturing company. Reporting to the VP, Finance, this leader will oversee the full reporting cycle and strengthen the processes, controls, technical expertise and team required to support its continued evolution.

This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who can deliver against current reporting requirements while strengthening the function for the future. The successful candidate will bring experience from a rigorous public company reporting environment and the judgment to apply that experience within a Finance organization that continues to evolve.

The Mandate

The Senior Director will have end-to-end responsibility for quarterly and annual public company reporting under IFRS, ensuring financial statements, disclosures and supporting documentation meet the standards required of a public company.

The role will also serve as a key technical accounting resource across Finance, providing guidance on complex and non-routine matters and ensuring accounting positions are well considered, documented and communicated.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead quarterly and annual public company reporting, including the preparation and review of external financial statements and disclosures under IFRS.
• Own the reporting process from planning through review and completion, with clear accountability for quality, accuracy and timelines.
• Provide technical accounting leadership across Finance, interpreting and applying IFRS to complex and judgmental matters.
• Prepare and review technical accounting memos covering areas such as goodwill, impairment and significant accounting estimates.
• Support potential US GAAP considerations and the requirements associated with a potential conversion.
• Provide accounting support for M&A transactions, integrations and divestitures as they arise.
• Lead reporting and technical accounting discussions with external auditors, ensuring issues are properly analyzed, documented and resolved.
• Strengthen reporting processes, controls, documentation and review standards.
• Identify opportunities to create greater consistency, efficiency and discipline across the reporting function.
• Lead, coach and develop the team, including a planned Senior Manager, Technical Accounting hire.
• Partner closely with Finance and Tax on accounting and reporting matters.
• Build effective relationships with senior leaders and C-suite stakeholders, communicating complex issues clearly and credibly.

What You Bring

You are a CPA/CA with progressive public company financial reporting experience and strong technical accounting capability. You understand the discipline required in a public company environment and have experience taking ownership of a reporting process from beginning to end.

Your background includes:

• CPA/CA designation, ideally with a foundation in public accounting.
• Progressive public company financial reporting experience with direct ownership of quarterly and annual reporting.
• Strong IFRS technical accounting expertise and experience applying guidance to complex accounting matters.
• Experience preparing and reviewing technical accounting memos on significant, judgmental and non-routine issues.
• The technical depth and judgment required to support potential US GAAP conversion requirements.
• Experience working directly with external auditors and supporting accounting positions through clear analysis and documentation.
• M&A-related accounting experience, including exposure to integrations and divestitures, considered a strong asset.
• A track record of improving reporting processes, controls and standards.
• Proven people leadership experience, including coaching, development and performance management.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced environment where processes and capabilities continue to be refined.

How You Lead

You bring the technical credibility to navigate complex accounting matters and the business judgment to understand their broader implications. You are comfortable operating in the detail, but you know when to step back, engage others and move an issue toward resolution.

Your leadership is reflected in how you:

• Establish and maintain a high standard for reporting quality.
• Apply sound judgment when accounting guidance requires thoughtful interpretation.
• Communicate complex matters clearly to audiences with varying levels of technical knowledge.
• Build trusted relationships across the reporting team, Finance, Tax, external auditors and the C-suite.
• Create accountability through clear expectations, ongoing feedback and meaningful coaching.
• Develop people while addressing performance concerns directly and fairly.

The Opportunity

For someone who has developed their experience in a strong public company reporting environment, this role provides the opportunity to take on a broader leadership mandate within a manufacturing business headquartered in Canada.

The Senior Director will have the scope to improve how the reporting function operates, strengthen its technical accounting capability, develop the team and introduce the structure needed to support the organization as it evolves.

It is a role for a financial reporting leader who enjoys the rigor of public company reporting but also wants the opportunity to build, improve and leave the function stronger.