CFO POST NUMBER: 467671
Our client is a manufacturing company. They are looking for a CFO to join their team!
Why Work Here
- Strong management/leadership team
- Excellent total compensation plan
- Annual bonus (STIP)
- Car allowance
- Comprehensive Benefits
- Strategic Leadership & Business Partnership
- Serve as a trusted advisor to the President and EVP on financial strategy, performance, and long-term value creation.
- Contribute meaningfully to the company’s 3–5 year strategic plan, including growth initiatives, capital investments, and risk management.
- Provide clear, actionable financial insight to support strategic and operational decisions (e.g., pricing, capacity planning, product mix, and capital projects).
- Act as a visible, values-aligned leader who reinforces company’s culture
- Financial Management & Reporting
- Lead all core financial activities, including:
- Monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting
- Budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning
- Cash flow management and working capital optimization
- Tax and treasury activities (in partnership with external advisors)
- Ensure timely, accurate, and insightful reporting to the leadership team, ownership group, and lenders.
- Translate financial results into clear narratives that highlight performance drivers, trends, and opportunities.
- Governance, Controls & Risk Management
- Evaluate existing financial controls and governance practices and continue to evolve them in a practical, business-aligned manner.
- Strengthen consistency and discipline across operations, including inventory, purchasing, and spend management.
- Oversee audit processes and maintain strong relationships with external auditors and advisors.
- Proactively identify and manage financial and operational risks in partnership with leadership.
- Performance Management & Cost Visibility
- Enhance cost and margin visibility across plants, products, and customers.
- Establish disciplined variance analysis and performance review routines with operational leaders.
- Partner with plant and functional leaders to support productivity, efficiency, and profitability improvements.
- Help shift finance from traditional reporting toward deeper insight, forward-looking analysis, and decision support.
- US Operations Financial Partnership
- Provide financial leadership and oversight for company’s US operations.
- Support local leadership with clear financial reporting, KPIs, and performance tracking.
- Ensure appropriate financial processes and controls are in place across geographies.
- Assess resourcing needs over time to support the evolving needs of the business.
- Systems, Data & Process Improvement
- Assess the current finance and operational systems landscape (including Microsoft Dynamics NAV, EPICS, and Salesforce) and develop a practical, multi-year roadmap to enhance systems functionality.
- Partner closely with IT to improve system integration, reporting capabilities, and data quality.
- Streamline finance and operational processes to improve efficiency, scalability, and usability.
- Champion data consistency and accessibility to support better decision-making across the organization.
- Team Leadership & Development
- Lead, mentor, and develop the Controller and broader finance team.
- Clarify roles and responsibilities within finance to support scalability and effectiveness.
- Build depth and succession within the team by developing high-potential talent.
- Foster a collaborative, accountable finance culture aligned with company’s values.
- 10 years of progressive finance experience, including senior leadership roles (CFO, VP Finance, or equivalent).
- Manufacturing experience strongly preferred; multi-plant and cost accounting exposure is an asset.
- Demonstrated success in:
- Leading finance in mid-sized, growing organizations ($100M–$300M revenue)
- Improving systems, reporting, and controls pragmatically
- Partnering closely with operations to drive performance and profitability
- Experience with Microsoft Dynamics (NAV/Business Central) or similar ERP platforms.
- Exposure to lender relationships, bank reporting, and ownership or Board interaction.
- Experience in family-owned, founder-led, or post-transaction environments is an asset.
- CPA designation (or equivalent) required.
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field.
- Strategic yet hands-on; comfortable operating at both enterprise and operational levels.
$250,000 - $300,000 / year
How to Apply
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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 opportunity. A recruiter will be in touch with you if your profile meets our client’s requirements for this role.
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco/Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual’s skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law in geographies that require salary range disclosure, Vaco/Highspring notes the salary range for the role is noted in this job posting. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company’s 401(k) retirement plan. Additional disclaimer: Unless otherwise noted in the job description, the position Vaco/Highspring is filing for is occupied. Please note, however, that Vaco/Highspring is regularly asked to provide talent to other organizations. By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. Submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase within Vaco/Highspring will be otherwise assessed by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco/Highspring does not have knowledge of the tools used by its clients in making final hiring decisions and cannot opine on their use of AI products.
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Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
- the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
- licensure and certification requirements;
- office location and other geographic considerations;
- other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.