Finance Systems Manager

Overview

Are you someone with strong leadership and technical capabilities Do you enjoy building relationships and working collaboratively in a team environment with both internal and external stakeholders Are you a thought leader a trusted advisor and a problem solver If you enjoy entrepreneurship and innovation this opportunity is for you! As someone with excellent communication skills and business acumen you will thrive in our fast-paced and agile environment.

Your Opportunity

Dillons Finance Team is seeking a Finance Systems Managerto fill an existing vacancy within our multidisciplinary team of professionals. You will have the opportunity to work on new and exciting projects while providing clients with a fully integrated and superior customer experience.

At Dillon we operate as one team. The successful candidate can be based at our London office.

We offer flexible work hours to help balance the competing demands of work and personal life.

Responsibilities

System Strategy & Implementation

• ERP Leadership: Serve as a key stakeholder in evaluating ERP vendors and lead the implementation of finance modules system connectors and data migrations.
• Strategic Roadmap: Design and execute a Financial Systems Roadmap that aligns process improvements with overall business strategy ensuring a clear transition from current-state manual workarounds to a future-state enterprise solution.
• Technology Innovation: Evaluate and implement automation tools and emerging technologies such as auto ingestion or generative AI for AP and expense management to reduce manual effort and enhance functional finance workflows.

Testing & Quality Assurance

• Testing Frameworks: Lead the development and execution of comprehensive testing plans for all financial management systems ensuring updates and new deployments meet rigorous finance standards.
• Issue Resolution: Proactively identify and resolve system bugs or functional gaps within existing financial management systems.
• Data Integrity: Work with Finance leadership to maintain a one source of truth for data record.
• Process Mapping: Maintain a comprehensive inventory of data flows and processes to ensure technical solutions address Finances specific pain points.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• IT/Finance Liaison: Serve as the primary translator between Finance and IT Solutions converting complex financial requirements into clear documented business needs for technical implementation.
• Change Management: Support the adoption of new processes through clear documentation and training ensuring finance and business partners are equipped to utilize system improvements effectively.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary education in Computer Science Engineering Business or a related quantitative field.
• The Liaison Skillset: Ability to explain complex technical constraints to an Accountant/Financial Analyst and complex financial workflows to a Systems Administrator.
• A self-starter who can manage multiple parallel projects and is excited about bridging the gap between cutting-edge technology and practical financial applications.
• An innovator who uses a proactive approach to leveraging AI and automation to solve complex financial problems and modernize workflows.
• Entrepreneurial and open to identifying and implementing traditional and non-traditional solutions for finance challenges.
• Improvement-focused and comfortable challenging existing manual processes to drive efficiency.
• Highly curious about emerging technology while possessing the discipline to ensure solutions are reliable secure and compliant.

Experience

• 5 years of experience in a similar role; including experience with Financial Systems Business Analysis and/or ERP systems/implementation.
• Experience in professional services or AEC (Architecture Engineering Construction) is preferred.
• Hands-on experience with AEC ERPs (such as Deltek Vantagepoint/BST Global/Oracle NetSuite/MS Dynamics)is considered an asset.
• The ideal candidate will be an Innovative Systems Integrator to serve as the primary Technical Liaison between our Finance and IT departments

Compensation:

$90000- $140000

Dillon is including the salary range that we in good faith believe may offer for this position. It will be dependent on the successful applicants education experience and skills in addition to internal equity and geographic region. Dillon reserves the right to pay outside of the posted range contingent on factors unrelated to an applicants gender or other status protected by provincial and/or federal law.

Why choose Dillon

We live our core values:

• Achievement: do the work to hit the target;
• Continuous Development: always learning; always adapting; always growing;
• Creativity: discover new possibilities;
• Courage: do the things that matter especially when its hard;
• Inclusiveness: enabling belonging to draw strength from our differences;
• Reliability: words result in actions that build trust.

In addition we offer:

• Employee share purchase plan
• Dillon is 100% employee owned and share ownership is open to all employees.
• A competitive compensation package
• Comprehensive health benefits
• Generous retirement savings plan
• Student loan repayment assistance with matching employer contributions
• Flexible work hours and hybrid working options
• Dillon values its staff and the contributions that are made each day and understands that work arrangements can differ based on personal needs and business needs. We are taking a trust-based approach to offer a variety of flexible and hybrid work options to help balance the competing demands of work and personal life.
• Learning and Development opportunities
• As a knowledge-based business we use a composite approach to development including coaching to build the how mentoring to share lessons advising to round out perspectives and co-creation of knowledge through internal learning opportunities.
• Focus on Innovation
• The ability to anticipate examine and adopt new and innovative solutions is a crucial driver for the continual and progressive advancement of our business our culture people are empowered to reflect and question current practices and seek forward looking solutions to todays problems and tomorrows opportunities.
• Employee and Family Assistance program
• A variety of EFAP tools and online resources to support well-being are available to all employees.
• Goodlife Fitness Corporate Membership
• • • Our employees can take advantage of reduced annual membership fees.
• Wellness Subsidy
  • • Our employees can take advantage of a wellness subsidy that can be put towards expenses for a variety of health and/or wellness related activities such as gym membership purchase of home fitness equipment yoga classes and dance classes.

About Dillon

Dillon is a proudly Canadian employee-owned professional consulting firm specializing in planning engineering environmental science and management. We partner with clients to provide committed collaborative and inventive solutions to complex multi-faceted projects. With over 25 offices and more than 1100 employees across Canada Dillon offers a wide range of services related to building and improving facilities and infrastructure protecting the environment and developing communities.

Now operating for over 75 years we continue to strive for excellence in everything we do. Dillon has been listed as one of Canadas Best Managed Companies for 19 years in a row and has the distinction of being a Platinum Club member in this program.

Health & Safety at Dillon

Prospective employees are expected to fully align with Dillons core commitment to Health & Safety. This includes active ongoing engagement with our Health & Safety processes and platform and the active ongoing identification and reporting of health and safety hazards.

Employment Equity Diversity & Inclusion at Dillon

Dillon is committed to employment equity and an inclusive diverse workplace where opportunities are based on skills and abilities. If you require accommodation during the interview process please let us know. We look forward to hearing from you.

Technology enablement and the use of AI at Dillon

We invest in modern technologies to enable continuous improvement across the organization. Please be advised that Dillon Consulting utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) assisted tools to support parts of our recruitment process to increase efficiency and fairness. While AI supports this process all hiring decisions are made by our human recruiting team. By applying you acknowledge and consent to this use.

Required Experience:

Manager

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1
Monthly Salary Salary: 90000 - 140000