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Senior Manager Canada FP&A and Controllership (70309774)
Senior Manager Canada FP&A and Controllership (70309774)Sodexo Canada Ltd • Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
Senior Manager Canada FP&A and Controllership (70309774)

Senior Manager Canada FP&A and Controllership (70309774)

Sodexo Canada Ltd • Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
27 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Job Description

The Senior Manager, Canada FP&A & Controllership plays a critical role in ensuring financial accuracy, integrity, and strategic alignment across the Canadian organization. Reporting directly to the CFO, with a dotted-line relationship to the Director, FP&A & Controllership, this role strengthens financial governance, enhances cross-functional accountability, and elevates the quality of financial insights supporting key decisions. The Senior Manager leads the consolidation, validation, and governance of all FP&A deliverables—including budgets, forecasts, and monthly results—while ensuring full alignment with North American (NORAM) reporting requirements and timelines. Acting as the trusted gatekeeper of financial accuracy, the role ensures insights and numbers are reliable, consistent, and ready for executive consumption. The Senior Manager also drives process efficiency, leveraging automation and AI-enabled tools to streamline workflows, enhance governance, and deepen analytical capabilities. Through cross-functional partnership and disciplined financial stewardship, the Senior Manager supports Canadian leadership and NORAM partners in advancing the organization’s financial performance and strategic objectives.

FP&A Consolidation, Governance & Accuracy :

  • Lead the consolidation of all Canadian FP&A outputs, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and alignment across business units.
  • Govern the end-to-end budget, forecast, and monthly results processes; validate all submissions for completeness, integrity, and narrative quality.
  • Serve as the financial ‘source of truth’ performing rigorous analytical reviews to challenge assumptions, identify anomalies, and ensure confidence in reported results.
  • Ensure all deliverables meet the standards required for Canada leadership and NORAM corporate finance.
  • Act as the primary liaison to NORAM FP&A and Controllership teams, ensuring timely and accurate completion of shared deliverables.
  • Interpret and cascade NORAM requirements into Canada processes, ensuring seamless integration and compliance.
  • Support Canada leadership by translating NORAM financial frameworks, timelines, and methodologies into actionable processes.

Reporting, Insight Generation & Executive Support :

  • Lead the creation of high-quality monthly business reviews, executive dashboards, and financial reporting packages, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and alignment with both Canada and NORAM requirements.
  • Synthesize complex financial data into clear, compelling insights that highlight key drivers, trends, risks, and opportunities, enabling informed and timely decision-making.
  • Develop strong narratives that connect financial performance to operational realities, ensuring leadership receives context-rich, actionable analysis rather than raw data.
  • Conduct deep-dive and ad hoc analyses on performance issues, structural cost drivers, commercial trends, and scenario outcomes to support strategic planning and performance management.
  • Anticipate leadership needs by proactively identifying emerging trends or variances and recommending actions to mitigate risks or capitalize on opportunities.
  • Financial Process Optimization & AI-Enabled Efficiency :

  • Identify opportunities to improve FP&A processes, accelerate timelines, and reduce manual effort.
  • Champion the use of AI tools and automation to enhance forecasting, reporting, accuracy checks, and data management.
  • Implement best practices to streamline workflows, improve data integrity, and strengthen governance.
  • Controllership Interface & Financial Controls Governance :

  • Partner closely with Controllership to ensure alignment between FP&A outputs and accounting results.
  • Verify accuracy of month-end close inputs that impact FP&A deliverables.
  • Support internal control processes and ensure consistency between actuals, forecasts, and narratives.
  • Cross-Functional Financial Collaboration :

  • Collaborate with all areas of Finance to ensure accuracy, integration, and consistency in financial reporting and analysis.
  • Segment Finance : Validate business-unit submissions, challenge assumptions, ensure alignment with corporate timelines, and reconcile BU insights to consolidated results.
  • Controllership : Align FP&A results to accounting actuals, ensure accuracy during month-end close, and reconcile adjustments and classifications.
  • Tax : Incorporate tax considerations relevant to forecasting, cash-flow expectations, and performance narratives (without direct ownership of tax activities).
  • Supply Finance : Validate impacts related to procurement activities, vendor agreements, and margin performance.
  • Procurement & Operations Finance : Integrate operational and procurement assumptions into budgets, forecasts, and performance reviews.
  • HR / Payroll Finance : Confirm labour-related assumptions, headcount metrics, and monthly variance drivers.
  • Projects and Ownership

  • Support Special Projects. Offer financial expertise for special projects, including partnerships, new business models, and mergers & acquisitions, ensuring robust analysis and strategic alignment with overall business objectives.
  • Act as Key Financial Liaison. Serve as the key financial liaison for NORAM financial integration from Canada, ensuring seamless collaboration and alignment with regional financial strategies.
  • Collaborate as a Trusted Advisor. Partner closely with the CFO and other senior leaders, providing insightful financial analysis and strategic recommendations to drive informed decision-making.
  • Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field. CPA preferred (or equivalent combination of experience and expertise)
  • CPA Designation is preferred
  • You must be able to work from our Etobicoke office two days per week for days designated for the Finance team
  • Minimum 3–5 years of progressive experience in FP&A or business reporting roles, with strong experience in consolidation, forecasting, financial reporting, and variance analysis.
  • Demonstrated experience in financial governance, process optimization, and integrity-checking of large financial datasets.
  • Experience working in multi-unit or matrixed organizations is an asset.
  • Experience leading or coaching teams in a fast-paced environment.
  • Proven ability to influence without authority across business functions
  • Advanced proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and financial planning systems.
  • Experience with Power BI, digital analytics tools, or planning platforms is an asset.
  • Familiarity with AI-enabled productivity and analytics tools (e.g., scenario automation, anomaly detection, report generation).
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a challenger mindset.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication, including executive presentation.
  • Ability to work effectively in a matrix environment across Canada and NORAM teams.
  • Strong time management and ability to meet tight deadlines.
  • Bilingual in English (mandatory); proficiency in French is an asset.
  • Additional Information

    What Makes Sodexo Different :

    Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater because we believe our everyday actions have a big impact. You  belong  in a company that allows you to  act  with purpose and  thrive  in your own way. In addition, we offer :

  • Flexible work environment
  • Competitive compensation & great employee benefits
  • Training and development programs
  • Countless opportunities for growth
  • Corporate responsibility & sustainability
  • An award-winning employer for Sustainability, Diversity & Inclusion, Corporate Social Responsibility, and much more. View Sodexo’s latest awards  here
  • And so much more!
  • Sodexo is committed to Employment Equity and Diversity. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of national origin, race, religion, ethnic group, age, disability, gender, sexual preference, sexual or gender identity, status as a veteran or any other federal, provincial or local protected class.

    We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodation is available on request from candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

    Sodexo is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for our team members, customers, clients, contractors, business partners, guests, and members of the public with whom we regularly interact. We require that all new hires in hospitals, long term care facilities, and senior homes to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and may require any other new hires to be fully vaccinated based on the location and scope of their employment.

    Thank you for your interest in Sodexo.

    Please note that only those candidates under consideration will be contacted.

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