This is a 12 month contract with permanent potential at the end of the contract

Key Responsibilities
Finance Operations and Month-End Close

Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities.

Prepare journal entries, reconciliations, schedules, working papers, and related documentation.

Analyze balance sheet and income statement results and resolve variances.

Maintain audit-ready documentation and support internal controls, regulatory needs, and annual close.

Provide adaptable backfill support during peak periods, vacations, resource gaps, and project demands.

Financial & Regulatory Reporting

Prepare internal, external, and management reporting deliverables.

Support insurance regulatory reporting and filing requirements.

Contribute to IFRS 17 reporting, analysis, reconciliations, and process support.

Coordinate audit, review, leadership, and reporting information requests.

Financial Planning, Analysis & Business Support

Support budgeting, forecasting, planning, and financial review processes.

Build financial models, dashboards, scenarios, and executive reporting packages.

Analyze performance, explain variances, and identify emerging trends.

Prepare ad hoc analysis, Board materials, and leadership presentations.

Partner with Finance and business stakeholders to gather, validate,



and interpret information.

Project and Cross-Functional Support

Support finance transformation, reporting, systems, controls, and process improvement initiatives.

Assist with new reporting tools, finance processes, testing, data validation, and documentation.

Provide hands‑on support through key project milestones and shifting business priorities.

Apply broad finance experience flexibly across recurring, project-based, and ad hoc work.

Qualifications

Degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, Economics, or related field.

CPA required or strongly preferred; CFA or equivalent designation an asset.

5+ years of progressive experience in accounting, reporting, FP&A;, corporate finance, or financial analysis.

Insurance or financial services experience strongly preferred.

IFRS 17 knowledge or experience strongly preferred.

Strong Excel, financial modeling, analytical, and problem‑solving skills.

Experience with financial systems, dashboards, reporting tools, and management reporting.

Excellent communication, presentation, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.

Flexible, detail‑oriented, independent, and comfortable managing competing priorities.

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📌 Senior Finance Manager - 12 month contract (Manitoba)
🏢 Vaco by Highspring
📍 Manitoba