Do you have proven experience in expense management, cost accounting, activity based costing, and financial modelling? Are you eager to gain some experience in the financial services industry? Do you have problem solving, analytics and resolution skills? If so we have the role for you!
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We are currently looking for individuals to join our client, one of Canada's largest insurance and financial services companies, as a Finance Director.
Flexibility for 100% remote or hybrid role.
Advantages
- Gain experience working for a well-known insurance company
- Working days: Monday - Friday
- Hours of operation: 8-5pm
- 6-month contract
- Pay Rate: $76.50/hr
- Oct 2nd, 2023 start date
Workers placed through Randstad are eligible for preferred rates on health, dental, and life insurance. This Value-add program will provide a wide range of options to suit your needs.
Responsibilities
As a Finance Director, your responsibilities will include but not limited to:
•Developing strategy and sets direction for the business portfolio and influences broadly.
•Acting as a role model. Mentoring and developing less experienced peers.
•Providing thought leadership for the business portfolio.
•Driving and helping implement digital transformation changes.
•Driving best practices, enforcing the highest standards.
•Defining lead and influence the business portfolio strategy
•Participating in Annual Strategic and Business Planning processes including
•Leading the development of business portfolio guidelines and standards which include defining the guardrails to optimize cost performance
•Leading business portfolio financial cost modeling which include the cost and revenue models as well as the forecasts and budget review processes
•Being responsible for the oversight and management of the Chief Technology Office portfolio’s operating budget and chargebacks to clients
•Monitoring financial performance during month-end, quarter-end, year-end activities.
•Presenting business reviews to senior management
•Forecasting costs to business application owners to support budgeting process
•Reporting on project costs.
•Driving successful implementation on product cost tracking and status reporting on initiatives.
•Identifying and leveraging cost optimization opportunities.
•Being responsible for the oversight of On-Prem and Cloud related enterprise-wide contracts
Qualifications
•Progressive experience within the financial management functions (7-10 years)
•Accounting designation (CPA) or equivalent relevant business experience
•Proven experience in expense management, cost accounting, activity based costing, and financial modelling
•Familiar with / basic knowledge of cost recovery / chargeback models.
•Experience working with Oracle Financials and Hyperion Planning would be an asset
•Ability to manage multiple and often conflicting timelines
•Ability to operate in cross-functional and multidisciplinary teams
•Customer focused with an attitude to deliver excellent customer outcomes
•Ability to think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges
•Ability to take "ownership" with high sense of urgency and work like an "entrepreneur"
•Problem solving, analytics and resolution skills
•Exceptional and effective verbal & written communication skills
•Strong collaboration and influencing skills required to help drive management actions based on insights observed
•Hyperion Essbase, SAP, Tableau (read access, not developer access), Microsoft products (Excel, Powerpoint, etc) experience is needed
Summary
If you are interested in the Finance Director, please apply online at www.randstad.ca.
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
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Do you have proven experience in expense management, cost accounting, activity based costing, and financial modelling? Are you eager to gain some experience in the financial services industry? Do you have problem solving, analytics and resolution skills? If so we have the role for you!
We are currently looking for individuals to join our client, one of Canada's largest insurance and financial services companies, as a Finance Director.
Flexibility for 100% remote or hybrid role.
Advantages
- Gain experience working for a well-known insurance company
- Working days: Monday - Friday
- Hours of operation: 8-5pm
- 6-month contract
- Pay Rate: $76.50/hr
- Oct 2nd, 2023 start date
Workers placed through Randstad are eligible for preferred rates on health, dental, and life insurance. This Value-add program will provide a wide range of options to suit your needs.
Responsibilities
As a Finance Director, your responsibilities will include but not limited to:
•Developing strategy and sets direction for the business portfolio and influences broadly.
•Acting as a role model. Mentoring and developing less experienced peers.
...
•Providing thought leadership for the business portfolio.
•Driving and helping implement digital transformation changes.
•Driving best practices, enforcing the highest standards.
•Defining lead and influence the business portfolio strategy
•Participating in Annual Strategic and Business Planning processes including
•Leading the development of business portfolio guidelines and standards which include defining the guardrails to optimize cost performance
•Leading business portfolio financial cost modeling which include the cost and revenue models as well as the forecasts and budget review processes
•Being responsible for the oversight and management of the Chief Technology Office portfolio’s operating budget and chargebacks to clients
•Monitoring financial performance during month-end, quarter-end, year-end activities.
•Presenting business reviews to senior management
•Forecasting costs to business application owners to support budgeting process
•Reporting on project costs.
•Driving successful implementation on product cost tracking and status reporting on initiatives.
•Identifying and leveraging cost optimization opportunities.
•Being responsible for the oversight of On-Prem and Cloud related enterprise-wide contracts
Qualifications
•Progressive experience within the financial management functions (7-10 years)
•Accounting designation (CPA) or equivalent relevant business experience
•Proven experience in expense management, cost accounting, activity based costing, and financial modelling
•Familiar with / basic knowledge of cost recovery / chargeback models.
•Experience working with Oracle Financials and Hyperion Planning would be an asset
•Ability to manage multiple and often conflicting timelines
•Ability to operate in cross-functional and multidisciplinary teams
•Customer focused with an attitude to deliver excellent customer outcomes
•Ability to think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges
•Ability to take "ownership" with high sense of urgency and work like an "entrepreneur"
•Problem solving, analytics and resolution skills
•Exceptional and effective verbal & written communication skills
•Strong collaboration and influencing skills required to help drive management actions based on insights observed
•Hyperion Essbase, SAP, Tableau (read access, not developer access), Microsoft products (Excel, Powerpoint, etc) experience is needed
Summary
If you are interested in the Finance Director, please apply online at www.randstad.ca.
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
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