Job Function:
Finance

Job Sub Function:
Finance Business Partners

Job Category:
Professional

All Job Posting Locations:
Markham, Ontario, Canada

Job Description:

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We are searching for the best talent for a Senior Finance Manager, Surgery Canada to be in Markham, ON.

Purpose : The Senior Manager - Surgery is the lead financial partner for Canada in the Americas region. The role has responsibility to deliver enterprise-level impact through strategic financial leadership, disciplined governance, and strong cross-functional collaboration. The role shapes Canada strategy, drives business performance, and ensures robust statutory, regulatory, and SOX compliance across diverse markets. Operating across countries with varying healthcare systems, market maturity, and risk profiles, this leader ensures consistent application of global finance standards while enabling sustainable local growth.
This role acts as the primary financial co-pilot to the Canada President and Surgery Americas leadership, linking strategy, execution, financial outcomes, and risk management to deliver strong and compliant business results.

You will be responsible for:

Enterprise Impact & Canada P&L Stewardship:
• Site Leader for Finance Function
• Leads full financial performance management and P&L accountability for Surgery Canada
• Governs commercial and strategic investments (pricing, tenders, access initiatives, channel structures, enabling technologies) to ensure ROI discipline and alignment with regional strategy.
• Drives transparency, financial integrity, and performance accountability across countries with heterogeneous market dynamics and regulatory environments.
Strategic Partnership & Decision Leadership:
• Acts as the strategic financial co-pilot to the Canada Surgery President and Surgery Americas leadership.
• Orchestrates the regional operating rhythm (MBR, QBR, LRP), creating a unified, insight-driven financial narrative.
• Shapes resource allocation and capital deployment decisions across the region, prioritizing high-value markets, segments, and initiatives.
Forecasting Excellence & Commercial Insights:
• Owns all planning, forecasting, and performance management cycles.
• Provides deep commercial insights on pricing, portfolio mix, tenders, channel economics, distributor performance, FX exposure, and competitive dynamics.
• Develops scenario models and profitability frameworks to elevate decision-making and accelerate performance.
Governance, Compliance & Risk Leadership:
• Ensures accurate and compliant statutory reporting in accordance with GAAP/IFRS and company policies.
• Leads a strong SOX and internal control environment, overseeing audits, risk remediation, treasury inputs, and cash-flow governance.
• Establishes and governs commercial control frameworks for pricing approvals, tender commitments, rebates, and trade terms, balancing agility with compliance.
• Sign off on corporate tax returns, SR&ED credit submissions and other tax filings
Capability Building & Operating Excellence:
• Builds and leads a high-performing finance organization
• Drives process discipline, standardization, and harmonized reporting aligned with Surgery Americas and Global Finance standards.
• Strengthens analytical, digital, and business-partnering capabilities across finance teams.
• Collaborate with global finance and shared service organizations (GS, NA Payroll, Fleet, Treasury, Tax COE)
Leadership & Collaboration:
• Influences senior stakeholders across Finance, Commercial, Supply Chain, Medical, Regulatory, and Global Functions.
• Communicates complex financial insights clearly and credibly in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
• Operates effectively in complex, matrixed, and international organizations.

Qualifications / Requirements:
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Analytics, or related field required.
• MBA, CPA, CMA, CGMA, or equivalent professional qualification preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive finance experience in complex, matrixed organizations.
• Proven experience leading large, multi-country regional P&Ls with significant financial and compliance risk.
• Demonstrated track record of consistently delivering compliant business results.
• Deep expertise in FP&A, commercial finance, forecasting, portfolio management, and business analytics.
• Strong knowledge of statutory reporting, GAAP/IFRS, SOX, and internal control frameworks.
• Experience with enterprise finance systems (e.g., SAP) and advanced analytics and reporting tools.
• Proven people leader with strong executive communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.
• Capable leader of talent who can strengthen succession plans, and create development opportunities that advance talent, engagement, inclusion, and organizational effectiveness

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:
Budget Management, Consulting, Execution Focus, Expense Controls, Financial Analysis, Financial Disclosures, Financial Forecasting, Financial Modeling, Financial Reports, Financial Risk Management (FRM), Internal Controls, Organizing, Program Management, Risk Management, Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance, Technical Credibility, Vendor Management