The Vice-President Finance serves as a strategic business partner to the General Manager, executive leadership team, and parent company stakeholders, providing financial leadership across planning, reporting, controls, commercial decision support, and operational performance. This role leads the finance function for Med-Eng and ICOR, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting, strong internal controls, disciplined forecasting, and actionable analysis that supports profitable growth, cash generation, and informed decision-making. The Vice-President Finance also plays a key role in pricing, business case development, capital and resource allocation, governance, and selected strategic initiatives, including cross-functional transformation and transaction support as required.
Duties & Responsibilities:- Serve as a financial and strategic partner to the General Manager and executive leadership team, contributing to business planning, performance management, organizational priorities, and decision-making across the enterprise.
- Lead the annual budget, quarterly forecast, long-range plan, and monthly performance review processes; provide insightful analysis of results, risks, opportunities, and corrective actions to support achievement of financial and operational objectives.
- Provide financial leadership for pricing, bids, proposals, non-standard commercial arrangements, and business cases; evaluate margin, cash, risk, and contractual implications to support sound commercial decisions.
- Oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting, ensuring timely, accurate, and meaningful reporting of operating results, balance sheet performance, and cash flow to business leadership and parent company stakeholders.
- Maintain strong accounting policies, internal controls, and compliance practices consistent with US GAAP and corporate requirements; support internal and external audits and drive continuous improvement in financial processes and control environments.
- Provide leadership over treasury-related activities, working capital management, and cash flow visibility in coordination with corporate finance and treasury teams; support disciplined management of receivables, payables, credit exposure, and banking-related processes.
- Partner with operations, supply chain, engineering, sales, and program teams to improve business performance, cost competitiveness, inventory discipline, standard costing, and resource allocation.
- Develop scenario analysis, sensitivity modeling, and other decision-support tools to evaluate operational, commercial, and strategic alternatives.
- Identify and communicate key business drivers, trends, risks, and opportunities; recommend actions to improve profitability, cash generation, and return on invested capital.
- Support governance across approvals, delegation of authority, policy adherence, and financial stewardship to protect company assets and reputation.
- Educate and support functional leaders on financial results, key metrics, and the interpretation of business performance to improve accountability and quality of decision-making.
- Lead and develop the finance team, fostering strong technical capability, collaboration, responsiveness, and business partnership across the organization.
- Support strategic initiatives as required, including organizational change, systems/process improvements, due diligence, integration planning, and other cross-functional projects.
- Coordinate specialized financial requirements as applicable to the business, including government contract support, rate development, claims support, and other regulatory or customer-driven financial analyses.
Education & Experience:- Professional accounting designation (CPA or equivalent) required.
- Undergraduate degree in business, finance, accounting, or a related discipline; MBA or other advanced business education is an asset.
- Minimum of 12-15 years of progressive finance and accounting experience, including leadership responsibility in a manufacturing, defense, industrial, or similarly complex operating environment.
- Strong experience in financial planning and analysis, management reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and business performance management.
- Demonstrated experience in pricing, commercial support, business case evaluation, and cross-functional decision support.
- Strong understanding of financial controls, audit support, compliance requirements, and US GAAP.
- Experience leading teams and influencing senior leaders in a matrixed or cross-functional environment.
- Strong communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills, with the ability to translate complex financial information into practical business insight.
- Demonstrated analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and drive timely execution.
- Working knowledge of ERP systems, standard costing, spreadsheet-based modeling, and Microsoft Office applications.
- Experience supporting government contracts, regulated environments, or transaction/diligence activity is an asset.
