Salary Range: $132,901.47 To $168,800.41 Annually

Director of Finance

York Region Children’s Aid Society | Newmarket, Ontario

Lead with purpose. Strengthen our future.

Bring your financial expertise, strategic perspective, and entrepreneurial thinking to an organization dedicated to children, youth, and families.

At York Region Children’s Aid Society (YRCAS), strong financial leadership helps make essential services possible. Behind every budget, technology investment, and operational decision is an opportunity to strengthen how we protect children and youth from abuse and neglect and support their well-being and best interests.

Working alongside parents, caregivers, and community partners, we deliver equitable, culturally aligned services across York Region. Our diverse, interdisciplinary teams bring fresh thinking to child-, youth-, and family-centred care, supported by a culture of belonging where people are encouraged to contribute ideas and lead within their roles.

As our Director of Finance, you will join the Senior Leadership Team and work closely with the CEO and Board to turn strategic priorities into sustainable action. Your portfolio spans Finance, Information Technology, Property and Facilities, and Procurement—giving you a significant opportunity to shape the systems, resources, and infrastructure that support our mission.

You will also help build our next chapter: developing a shared services model that brings the Society’s expertise to community partners and creates sustainable service-based funding opportunities.

If you are a strategic CPA who combines sound stewardship with an entrepreneurial outlook and a collaborative leadership style, we invite you to bring your ideas and experience to YRCAS.





Your opportunity to make a difference

Guide financial strategy and stewardship

Provide the insight, discipline, and direction that help YRCAS navigate a complex funding setting and plan confidently for the future.

- Lead financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, controllership, auditing, internal controls, and financial risk management.
- Develop short- and long-term financial strategies aligned with the Society’s goals, legislation, and Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services requirements.
- Lead and resource the Finance team, strengthening the policies, cost controls, tools, and systems that support informed decisions.
- Direct annual budgeting and financial planning, monitor results, and assess performance against budgets and the long-term strategic plan.
- Engage and advise the CEO and Senior Leadership Team, Finance Committee of the Board and other board Committees on issues, trends and changes in the funding model(s), provincial activities, and operational impacts as well as on cost and expenditures control/deviations, significant budget variances, and extraordinary financial activity.
- Interpret Ministry funding and reporting guidelines; oversee statutory, Board, and Ministry reporting; and approve financial statements before submission.




- Translate funding model changes and provincial developments into clear advice for the Senior Leadership Team, Board Finance Committee, and other committees, supporting effective fiduciary oversight.
- Administer special funds privately held by the Society, including communications with external sources.

Strengthen technology and operational infrastructure

Help ensure our people have secure, reliable, and cost-effective systems and spaces in which to work.

- Directly manage the IT team in the planning and implementation of enterprise information and telecommunications systems, including equipment, software, network services, and printers and in addressing operational challenges, strengthening access protocols, advising on system design, and maintaining cybersecurity measures.
- Oversee building maintenance, repairs, and renovations, along with premises security and building code compliance.
- Negotiate and review mortgages, leases, and renewals in keeping with the Society’s long-term plan.

Deliver value through procurement

Lead purchasing practices that combine operational value with responsible stewardship of public funds.

- Ensure procurement is transparent, competitive, cost-effective, and aligned with legislation, policy, delegated authorities, and best practices.
- Oversee vendor selection, contract management, and procurement risk.

Build shared services for the future

Bring an entrepreneurial approach to expanding the Society’s contribution to community partners.

- Design, integrate and unify shared service offerings that the Society can offer to external stakeholders and community-based partners.
- Identify sustainable service-based opportuniti

📌 1245 Director of Finance (Newmarket)
🏢 York Region Children's Aid
📍 Newmarket