Senior Director, FP&A; and Business Partnershi Permanent - Full Time St-Jérôme, QC, CA

Join Our Team at Foliot Furniture At Foliot Furniture, we’re more than just a leading manufacturer—we’re a team of innovators, problem-solvers, and hard workers. We are an international company with 3 locations (Saint-Jérôme, Las Vegas and Mirabel). Known for our commitment to quality, efficiency, and sustainability, we take pride in designing and building exceptional furniture while fostering a workplace where employees thrive.

We are currently seeking a Senior Director, FP&A; and Business Partnership to lead the planning, forecasting and performance analysis functions, while serving as a strategic business partner to Operations, Sales and senior leadership. This role will transform financial and operational data into actionable insights and recommendations to drive profitability and overall business performance.

Reporting directly to the CFO, this senior leadership position offers a unique prospect to build and structure the FP&A; function, optimize processes and develop a talented team within a rapidly evolving manufacturing environment.

What You’ll Do Planning, Forecasting and Budgeting

Lead the budgeting, financial forecasting and long-term planning processes.

Establish rigor in monthly budget and forecast updates, ensuring reliable and defensible assumptions.

Structure the S&OP; process with Sales and Operations to align forecasts with the order backlog and production plans.

Build scenarios, analyses and business cases to support strategic decision-making.

Coordinate corporate reporting with key stakeholders.

Costing, Margins and Profitability





Develop analyses to understand and improve margins and profitability by product, customer, market and plant.

Understand and challenge manufacturing costs with Operations, including labor, materials, productivity, efficiency, scrap, overtime and overhead.

Lead the monthly margin review process and make margin performance visible and actionable.

Assess the margin impact of volume and contract decisions and support profitable pricing strategies with Sales.

Business Partnership — Operations and Sales

Maintain a strong presence with operational teams and on the production floor to understand business realities and their financial impact.

Assess customer, product, project and commercial decision profitability in partnership with Sales.

Challenge assumptions and provide data-driven recommendations to identify profitability, productivity and cost-structure levers.

Review pricing and margins on new contracts and ensure effective management of price lists.

Performance, Controls and Proactivity

Proactively identify and flag margin, cost and working capital variances before they become critical.

Monitor key financial and operational KPIs and contribute to a culture of performance and accountability.

Translate variances into concrete action plans and follow up to ensure a return to expected performance levels.





Ensure the integrity of information and KPIs reported through company dashboards.

Leadership, Team and Growth

Lead, structure, coach and engage the FP&A; team, with concrete development plans and high analytical standards.

Strengthen the FP&A; team's partnership with business and operational teams.

Contribute to growth and M&A; initiatives, including synergy analysis, due diligence and financial integration.

What You Bring

Demonstrated ability to provide mobilizing leadership and foster the development of team members.

Strong analytical skills and business acumen, with confidence in financial modeling and scenario analysis.

Ability to understand the underlying drivers of results, ask the right questions and constructively challenge assumptions.

Results-oriented mindset with a solid focus on continuous performance improvement.

Strong communication and influencing skills with non-financial leaders, senior executives and the Board.

Sound judgment, autonomy and a strong sense of accountability in decision-making.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or a related field.

CPA, CMA or MBA is an asset.

15+ years of experience in FP&A;, operational finance or manufacturing finance, including a minimum of 6–8 years in a leadership role (Director level or above) with experience managing managers.

Proven experience building or transforming an FP&A; function, including implementing budgeting, forecasting, S&OP; and performance review processes.

Significant experience in a multi-site manufacturing environment, with a strong understanding of production-floor operations.

Experience in a privat

📌 Senior Director, FP&A and Business Partnershi (St-Jérôme)
🏢 Meubles Foliot - Foliot Furniture
📍 St-Jérôme