The Finance Manager, Finance PMO, is responsible for driving the successful execution of Finance's strategic priorities, transformation initiatives, and cross-functional projects. The role serves as a central point of coordination across Finance and the broader business, ensuring priorities are clearly defined, initiatives are appropriately resourced, milestones are achieved, and outcomes are delivered.

This role acts as a strategic partner to Finance leadership, providing structure, governance, and transparency across the Finance portfolio. The Finance PMO will establish consistent project management disciplines, facilitate decision-making, identify risks and dependencies, and ensure Finance initiatives remain aligned with overall business objectives.

The ideal candidate combines strong financial acumen with excellent project management, stakeholder management, communication, and problem-solving capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

Finance Portfolio & PMO Leadership

• Establish and manage the Finance PMO framework, including governance, prioritization, project planning, reporting, and escalation processes.
• Maintain a consolidated view of Finance initiatives, priorities, timelines, resources, dependencies, risks, and expected benefits.
• Partner with Finance leadership to translate strategic priorities into actionable initiatives and execution plans.
• Develop and maintain executive-level dashboards and reporting to provide clear visibility into progress, risks, decisions, and outcomes.
• Facilitate regular portfolio reviews with Finance leadership and key business stakeholders.
• Ensure projects have clear objectives, accountable owners, milestones, deliverables, and success measures.
• Identify competing priorities and resource constraints and support leadership in making trade-off decisions.

Finance Transformation & Continuous Improvement

• Lead or coordinate Finance transformation initiatives focused on improving processes, systems, data, controls, reporting, and organizational effectiveness.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, automate, and improve Finance processes.
• Support Finance teams in developing business cases, benefits assessments, implementation plans, and change-management strategies.
• Track realization of financial and operational benefits from transformation initiatives.
• Promote a continuous-improvement mindset across Finance.

Cross-Functional Business Partnership

• Act as a key Finance interface for major enterprise initiatives involving Finance, Operations, IT, Commercial, Supply Chain, HR, and other functions.
• Ensure Finance requirements are clearly defined and incorporated into broader business projects.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to resolve issues, manage dependencies, and maintain momentum.
• Provide constructive challenge to ensure initiatives are supported by sound financial analysis and aligned with business priorities.

Financial Management & Analysis

• Provide financial analysis and insight to support prioritization, investment decisions, and strategic initiatives.
• Develop financial models, business cases, forecasts, and scenario analyses as required.
• Monitor project financial performance, including budgets, costs, benefits, and ROI.
• Support Finance leadership with ad hoc analysis and decision support on strategic priorities.

Governance, Risk & Controls

• Establish appropriate governance and decision-making structures for Finance initiatives.
• Proactively identify project risks, issues, dependencies, and potential impacts to Finance or the business.
• Ensure appropriate escalation and resolution of critical issues.
• Support Finance leadership in maintaining strong financial controls and governance throughout transformation initiatives.

Change Management & Communication

• Develop clear communication plans for Finance initiatives and ensure stakeholders understand objectives, impacts, timelines, and required actions.
• Facilitate workshops, steering committees, and working sessions with senior stakeholders.
• Support adoption of new processes, systems, and ways of working.
• Communicate complex financial and project information in a concise, executive-friendly manner.

Key Deliverables

• Finance strategic initiative portfolio and roadmap
• Finance PMO governance framework
• Executive Finance dashboard and reporting
• Project plans, milestones, and status reporting
• Risk, issue, and dependency management
• Finance transformation roadmap
• Business cases and financial assessments
• Benefits realization tracking
• Steering committee materials and decision logs
• Standardized project management and governance practices across Finance

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related discipline.
• CPA, CMA, MBA, or equivalent designation is an asset.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in Finance, FP&A, Finance Transformation, Finance Operations, or related areas.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives or transformation programs.
• Strong understanding of financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, management reporting, and business performance.
• Experience working with senior Finance and business leaders.
• Strong project management and organizational skills; formal PM certification is an asset.
• Experience with ERP, financial planning, BI, data, or Finance technology initiatives is an asset.

Core Competencies

• Strategic thinking: Connects Finance initiatives to broader business priorities.
• Execution: Drives accountability and ensures initiatives move from concept to completion.
• Influence: Builds alignment across functions without relying solely on formal authority.
• Financial acumen: Understands the financial implications of business decisions and challenges assumptions appropriately.
• Communication: Translates complex information into clear, concise messages for executives and stakeholders.
• Problem solving: Identifies root causes, develops practical solutions, and removes roadblocks.
• Governance: Creates structure, transparency, and accountability around complex initiatives.
• Change leadership: Helps teams adopt new processes, systems, and ways of working.
• Prioritization: Balances competing demands and focuses resources on the highest-value opportunities.

Success Measures

Success in this role will be measured by:

• Delivery of Finance strategic initiatives on time and within agreed scope.
• Improved visibility and accountability across the Finance project portfolio.
• Reduction in duplicated or competing Finance initiatives.
• Improved cross-functional alignment and decision-making.
• Successful delivery of Finance transformation and process-improvement initiatives.
• Measurable financial or operational benefits realized from major initiatives.
• Improved efficiency, standardization, and scalability of Finance processes.
• Positive feedback from Finance leadership and business stakeholders.

Career Growth Opportunity

The role offers significant development and career growth potential within Finance, with the opportunity to broaden responsibilities over time into FP&A and other strategic Finance leadership areas. Through exposure to senior leadership, business strategy, financial performance, and enterprise-wide initiatives, the position provides a strong platform for developing into a broader FP&A or Finance business partnering role.

Pay Range: $90,000 - $110,000

Vacancy: New