About the Company
Our client is a large multi-national manufacturing company. They are looking for a Director of FP&A; to join their team Why Work Here
- Fantastic leader and mentor
- Amazing culture with room for advancement
- Excellent long term opportunities
- Excellent total compensation plan
- Excellent advantages About the Opportunity
- Financial Planning & Forecasting
- Lead the annual budget, quarterly forecast, and long-range planning processes for the service business.
- Develop robust revenue, margin, cost, and headcount forecasts based on operational and commercial drivers.
- Translate business strategies into financial plans with clear assumptions, risks, and opportunities.
- Support scenario planning and sensitivity analysis for service growth, pricing, labor utilization, and investment decisions.
- Performance Management & Analysis
- Deliver timely and accurate monthly financial reporting and variance analysis for service revenue, gross margin, SG&A;, and operating income.
- Analyze business performance by region, product line, customer segment, channel, and service offering.
- Monitor and explain key drivers of performance, including labor utilization, absorption, contract profitability, attach rates, response times, and service productivity.
- Provide actionable insights and recommendations to improve growth, profitability, and working capital performance.
- Business Partnering
- Serve as the senior finance partner to service leadership, operations, commercial teams, and Customer Success leaders, providing insight and challenge on strategic priorities, business performance, and investment decisions.
- Lead financial evaluation of pricing strategies, contract renewals, service program design, and capital or operating investments to support sustainable growth and margin expansion.




- Provide proactive challenge and decision support to business leaders by identifying risks, opportunities, and trade-offs across growth, productivity, service delivery, and resource allocation.
- Lead cross-functional evaluation of new service offerings, business models, and transformation initiatives that improve service coverage, utilization, fulfillment, cost efficiency, and customer value.
- Sponsor finance and business transformation initiatives across Finance, including enhancements to processes, reporting, operating metrics, and decision frameworks that support growth, profitability, and scalability.
- Management Reporting & KPI Development
- Develop and enhance dashboards, reporting tools, and KPIs that improve transparency and decision-making.
- Standardize definitions and reporting for critical service metrics across the organization.
- Improve reporting automation and self-service analytics capabilities where possible.
- Present clear financial results and business insights to senior leadership.
- Process Improvement & Governance
- Strengthen forecasting accuracy, reporting discipline, and financial controls within the service business.
- Drive continuous improvement in FP&A; processes, planning models, and reporting frameworks.
- Ensure alignment with corporate finance requirements, accounting policies, and internal controls.




- Support month-end close and planning processes in partnership with accounting and finance teams. About You
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field required.
- CPA, CMA, CFA, or MBA preferred.
- 10+ years of progressive experience in FP&A;, finance business partnering, commercial finance, or operational finance, including leadership responsibility.
- Experience in a service, aftermarket, field service, maintenance, or contract-based business strongly preferred.
- Strong financial modeling, forecasting, and business analysis skills.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel and experience with ERP and planning/reporting systems.
- Executive presence with strong communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills, and the ability to influence senior leaders across functions and regions.
- Proven ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced, performance-driven environment.
- Preferred Experience in a Service Business
- Understanding of service revenue models such as time and materials, service contracts, preventive maintenance, subscriptions, and parts/service bundles.
- Experience analyzing operational KPIs such as technician utilization, service efficiency, contract margins, backlog, renewal rates, and service attach rates.
- Familiarity with pricing strategy, labor productivity, installed base analytics, and customer lifecycle economics. Salary Range $180,000
- $200,000 / year This position for employment is for a current vacancy withVaco/Highspring's client. You must currently reside within the Greater Toronto Area and be permitted to work in Canada to be considered for this chance. A recruiter will be in touch with you if

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📌 Director of FP&A (Ottawa)
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