This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Finance Director based in Canada.
This role is a senior, hands-on finance leadership position supporting founder-led consumer and retail businesses across multiple client engagements.
You will act as the primary analytical partner to CFOs, delivering the financial insights, models, and reporting needed to drive strategic decisions, protect margins, and scale operations effectively.
The position combines high-level financial strategy with deep analytical execution, including ownership of forecasting, budgeting, and complex financial modeling.
You will work closely with founders, operators, and investors to translate financial performance into clear, actionable recommendations.
This is a multi-client environment requiring strong autonomy, precision, and the ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining exceptional quality of output.
The role is ideal for a finance professional seeking exposure to high-growth businesses, M&A readiness work, and strategic CFO-level problem solving.
Accountabilities:
- Own financial reporting, KPI tracking, and weekly performance analysis across multiple client companies to ensure accurate and decision-ready insights.
- Build, maintain, and enhance three-statement financial models, including long-term planning, scenario analysis, and sensitivity modeling.
- Lead budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis processes across multiple engagements, ensuring alignment with business performance.
- Develop executive dashboards, board materials, and investor-ready financial reports that support strategic decision-making.
- Analyze unit economics, pricing, margins, COGS, inventory, and channel performance to identify key drivers of profitability and risk.
- Partner with accounting and finance teams to validate reconciliations, month-end close outputs, and reporting accuracy.
- Support CFOs and leadership teams in board meetings, investor discussions, fundraising, and M&A or diligence activities.
- Translate complex financial data into clear, actionable insights for founders, operators, and non-finance stakeholders.
- Manage multiple client relationships independently while maintaining high standards of accuracy, responsiveness, and judgment.
Requirements:
- 6–8 years of experience in FP&A, corporate finance, financial operations, controllership, or related finance roles.
- Strong expertise in financial modeling, including multi-year three-statement models, forecasting, and scenario analysis.
- Solid understanding of accounting principles such as accrual vs. cash accounting, revenue recognition, COGS, and inventory accounting.
- Experience working with consumer-focused business models such as DTC, retail, CPG, omnichannel, or similar industries.
- Proven ability to produce executive-level deliverables and support senior stakeholders including CFOs, founders, and investors.
- Strong communication skills with executive presence and the ability to influence decision-making through data.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and client engagements in a fast-paced, high-accountability environment.
- Experience in multi-entity, consulting, PE operating, or fractional finance environments is an asset.
- Familiarity with tools such as QuickBooks, NetSuite, Xero, or BI/dashboarding platforms is a plus.
- Exposure to fundraising, M&A, or investor reporting processes is considered an advantage.
Benefits:
- Access to a $200K+ perk marketplace with discounts across 150+ global services.
- Option to access up to 50% of approved earnings before regular payday.
- Exposure to high-growth consumer and retail businesses with significant strategic impact.
- Opportunity to work closely with CFOs, founders, and investors on high-level financial decisions.
- Remote-first work environment with flexibility and autonomy.
- Experience across multiple portfolio companies and diverse business models.
- Career growth through exposure to FP&A, M&A, and investor-facing finance work.