Finance Manager
- Flexible medical, dental, and vision plan
- Employee & family assistance program
- RRSP matching program
- Health & Wellness reimbursements
- Product purchase program
- Opportunities to take part in job-related training and development
- Growth and progression opportunities within Irving Tissue/Irving Personal Care and the larger network of the J.D. Irving group of companies
- Relocation cost (if applicable)
• Deliver accurate and timely weekly, monthly, and annual financial reporting while maintaining the integrity and reliability of financial reporting systems.
• Support forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis activities, providing meaningful insights to inform business decisions and performance management.
• Prepare and analyze financial and operational reports to meet business reporting requirements and support strategic objectives.
• Lead, coach, and develop finance team members by fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• Support talent management processes, including recruitment, onboarding, performance management, employee development, and succession planning within the finance function.
• Contribute to the successful delivery of departmental and organizational initiatives by participating in and supporting a variety of ongoing projects.
• Evaluate customer financial performance by gathering, analyzing, and validating key financial inputs across the product lifecycle to support profitability and strategic decision-making.
• Partner closely with Sales and cross-functional teams to identify opportunities, optimize pricing strategies, and maximize customer profitability.
• Lead the customer quotation and bid process, ensuring financial assumptions, risks, and profitability targets are clearly assessed and aligned with business objectives.
• Lead the annual budgeting process, facilitating budget planning sessions, coordinating input from key stakeholders, and ensuring the timely completion and submission of budgets across the organization.
• Serve as the primary liaison with JDI Corporate Finance, responding to a broad range of requests including capital investment proposals, financial variance analyses, business performance updates, and ad hoc financial reporting requirements.
• Identify, communicate, and support cost reduction and margin improvement opportunities through data-driven analysis and collaboration with operational stakeholders.
• Deliver actionable financial insights and performance metrics to leadership teams, enabling informed decisions that drive profitability, operational efficiency, and sustainable growth.
- University Degree or equivalent (Preferably in Finance & Accounting)
- Professional Accounting Designation - CPA designation, or actively pursuing a CPA designation (CPA in progress), is required.
- 7 – 10 years of relevant experience
- Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization
- Demonstrated people leadership capabilities
- Collaboratively leading and working with all business partners, internal and external
- Strong financial reporting, accounting, internal controls, budgeting and forecasting experience
- Experience leading and developing analysts, leads and individual contributors