Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

The Opportunity:

As the Manager of Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis at Maple Leaf Foods (MLF), you will play a key role in MLF’s long-range planning, budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis processes. You will collaborate with peers across Operating Units (OU), gaining broad knowledge of the MLF business and developing your network, as well as get visibility to business and finance OU leadership. Additionally, you will have a valuable opportunity to help optimize the company’s FP&A capabilities. This variety of experiences and exposure will uniquely position you to pursue a meaningful long-term career path within the Finance team or elsewhere within the MLF organization.

Any MLF team member interested in being considered for this role are encouraged to apply online by April 28. Applications received beyond that date are not guaranteed consideration.

Reason for vacancy: Existing Headcount
Compensation: $94,000 - $141,000 CAD base pay annually plus annual short-term incentive

Snapshot of a Day-in-the-Life:

• Developing and managing timelines for the Company’s long-range planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes
• Leading development of guiding principles and assumptions for long-range planning and budgeting
• Working closely with OU finance to consolidate company forecasts, budgets, and long-range plans
• Analyzing OU submissions, ensuring data integrity, developing a thorough understanding of financials, and challenging where appropriate
• Prepare commentary and presentations for Senior Management and BoD
• Providing support for ad hoc analytics and special projects to enable SLT decision-making
• Helping drive continuous improvement of the company-wide FP&A processes
• Developing, motivating, and managing 1 direct report

What You’ll Bring:

We are looking for a candidate who is passionate about FP&A and looks forward to an opportunity to learn the MLF business and its ecosystem. You are analytical, highly efficient, and action oriented. Among your strengths are an ability to translate a business model into a financial model and a continuous improvement mindset. Your approach is collaborative, and you are interested in building connections across MLF.

Required skills, knowledge, and attributes:

• Post-secondary education in a finance or business-related program
• Completion (or near completion) of professional accounting designation (e.g., CPA)
• 5+ years of progressive finance experience with focus on FP&A, preferably with a public company
• Advanced financial modeling and analytics capabilities
• Excellent planning and organizational skills, ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Mindset of continuous improvement
• Inclusive and collaborative approach
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including advanced knowledge of MS Excel

Desirable skills, knowledge, and attributes:

• Experience in the CPG industry or non-CPG manufacturing environment
• Experience with consolidation and intercompany eliminations
• Experience with statement of earnings, balance sheet and cash flow
• Hands-on experience with one or multiple FP&A tools (e.g., BPC, Hyperion suite, Adaptive Insights, etc.)
• Proficiency in creating and managing Excel macros using VBA
• Previous supervisory experience

What We Offer at Maple Leaf Foods:

• Being part of a high-performance, people-focused company that has an inspiring and unique vision to become the most sustainable protein company on earth, and a deep commitment to sustainable protein across North America.
• An inclusive company culture and a work environment that keeps our people safe, rewards excellence, and empowers everyone to learn and contribute their best.
• Competitive Health and Wellness benefits that offer flexibility to meet your individual or family needs, including programs focused on improving mental health and wellbeing. These benefits start on your first day of employment.
• Defined Contribution Pension Plan with company matching that starts on your first day of employment.
• Learning and development opportunities, including workshops, ‘speaker series’ events, and resources that allow you to develop your skills and progress your career.
• Comprehensive tuition reimbursement program that supports continuous learning and development of our team members through investment in eligible degrees, diplomas, professional certification, or trades programs.
• Supporting our deep commitment to community impact, we offer up to two paid days annually to volunteer at a cause of your choice.

About Us:

We’re a carbon neutral food company on a purposeful journey to Raise the Good in Food through better nutrition, safer food and workplaces, more humane animal care, and environmental sustainability efforts that protect our planet. We care about our communities and commit to reducing food insecurity in Canada. Join us on the journey. Let’s build a better future, together.

We’re passionate about food. For more than 100 years, we’ve made delicious, healthy protein that Canadians love under iconic national and regional brands, like Maple Leaf®, Schneiders®, and Greenfield Natural Meat Co.® We’re on a journey to become the most sustainable protein company – not just in Canada – but on earth.

• We are carbon neutral.
• We are one of the only food companies in Canada to set science-based targets.

We’re a global food company with approximately 10,000 team members. We operate sites in 20+ locations across Canada. We also have locations in the U.S. and Mexico, and do business in Asia.

A diverse and inclusive work environment

Championing diversity and inclusion is a critical component to advancing our collective purpose and vision and living the Maple Leaf Leadership Values. We believe in building, investing in, recognizing, and rewarding remarkable people who value an inclusive workplace, embrace all forms of diversity, and commit to including every voice in our collaborative environment. We’re so much stronger when we know we’re accepted and valued for who we are and what we each bring to the workplace.

We embrace a strong, values-based culture

Our eight Leadership Values are our north star. They guide the decisions we make for all our stakeholders: our consumers, our customers, our people, our communities, our shareholders, and the environment.

• Doing What’s Right
• Shared Value
• High Performance
• Diverse and Inclusive Teams
• Disciplined Decision Making
• Our Accountability
• Intense Curiosity
• Transparency and Humility

We thank all applicants for their interest in exploring employment opportunities with Maple Leaf Foods; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Applicants may be subject to a background check and must meet the security criteria designated for the position.

Championing diversity and inclusion is a critical component to advancing our collective purpose and vision, living the Maple Leaf Leadership Values, and delivering winning results. Accommodation is available upon request for applicants with disabilities in the recruitment and assessment process and when hired; please contact our Talent Attraction Team at accommodations@mapleleaf.com.

The above compensation reflects the target compensation for the position at the time of posting. The base salary offered may vary based on a variety of factors including skills, experience, education, training, job- related knowledge, and other organizational requirements. For part-time roles, salaries are adjusted according to scheduled hours. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible to participate in Maple Leaf’s annual short-term incentive plan.

Disclaimer: Please note that salaries posted on sites other than the MLF Careers Page are not a reflection of Maple Leaf Foods and are an estimated salary range provided by that particular job board. Maple Leaf Foods offers competitive wages and an attractive total rewards package, which will be discussed during an interview with our Talent Team.