About the Company: Our client is a leading Canadian capital markets organization with a complex and evolving business. They are looking for a Director, Finance Business Partnering, Technology to join their team

Why Work Here

Highly visible role partnering closely with senior technology leadership

Opportunity to act as the key finance business partner to the technology organization

Significant opportunity to build and mature the technology finance and FinOps function

Exposure to major technology investments across cloud, AI, infrastructure, cybersecurity, engineering, and data

Opportunity to influence strategic decision-making and technology cost management

Growing organization with ongoing transformation and M&A; activity

Strong potential for professional growth as the role and function continue to expand

About the Opportunity

Act as a strategic finance partner to senior technology leadership, providing financial insights and recommendations to support key business decisions

Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning activities for the technology organization

Provide financial oversight and analysis of technology spend, including cloud, infrastructure, cybersecurity, engineering, data, and AI-related investments

Partner with technology leaders to improve cost transparency, financial accountability, and technology investment decision-making

Lead and develop business cases, investment analyses, and financial models for major technology initiatives

Support FinOps activities and technology cost governance, including cloud consumption and usage-based billing models

Analyze technology vendor costs and support vendor negotiations, commercial decisions, and cost optimization initiatives

Provide financial oversight of software development and capitalization, including considerations under IAS 38

Develop executive-level reporting and communicate key financial trends, risks,



opportunities, and recommendations

Strengthen financial governance, processes, reporting, and controls across the technology organization

Partner cross-functionally with finance and business leaders to support enterprise-wide planning and strategic initiatives

Lead and develop finance talent while helping expand and mature the technology finance business partnering function

About You

10-15+ years of progressive FP&A;, corporate finance, or finance business partnering experience

CPA designation preferred; MBA, CFA, or equivalent experience may also be considered

Strong experience in Technology Finance, IT Finance Business Partnering, and/or FinOps

Experience supporting cloud spend, technology investment planning, software capitalization, and/or technology cost governance

Experience serving as a finance partner to senior technology leadership or functions such as Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Engineering, Data, or Enterprise Technology

Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, investment analysis, and management reporting

Experience working within a large and complex corporate environment

Strong business partnering, stakeholder management, and relationship-building skills

Excellent executive communication and presentation skills with the ability to translate financial information into actionable business insights

Proven leadership capabilities with the ability to develop teams and influence senior stakeholders

Hands-on and comfortable operating in an evolving environment with competing priorities

Self-motivated, commercially minded, and able to operate with a high degree of autonomy

Salary Range $160,000 - $180,000 / year

This position for employment is for a current vacancy with Vaco/Highspring’s client. You must currently reside within the Greater Toronto Area and be permitted to work in Canada to be considered for this prospect.

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📌 Director of Finance And Operations (Toronto)
🏢 Vaco
📍 Toronto