Associate Director, corporate financial planning

About the Company
Our client is responsible for managing and operating Canada’s leading global hub airport. They are looking for an Associate Director, corporate financial planning, Treasury to join their team!

Why Work Here

• Work closely with the Director, who’s a great mentor
• Attractive Salary
• Great benefits - pension plan
• Bonus - the company is doing well
• CPA dues are covered

About the Opportunity

• Lead and develop a high-performing Corporate Planning team, fostering accountability, capability growth, and leadership excellence.
• Oversee corporate budgeting, long-range planning, and rolling forecasts aligned to company’s strategic priorities and capital plans.
• Maintain strong financial governance, including assumptions, methodologies, controls, and audit-ready documentation.
• Build and evolve driver-based and scenario-informed financial models to support enterprise decision-making.
• Prepare and review Board- and Executive-level financial materials, ensuring clarity, conciseness, and strategic insight.
• Translate financial analysis into compelling narratives, linking performance to operational and strategic drivers.
• Lead enterprise performance analysis, KPIs, benchmarking, and cost analytics to identify risks, opportunities, and corrective actions.
• Partner with Controllership, Treasury, Risk, Finance Systems and Transformation teams to ensure alignment across financial processes and reporting.
• Provide timely, decision-focused financial insights that enable executives to evaluate trade-offs and strategic options.

About You

• 10+ years of experience in accounting or finance, including 5+ years in management. Aviation industry experience is a strong asset.
• Extensive experience in corporate financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and enterprise analytics.
• Strong proficiency with financial ERP systems (Oracle, Hyperion/Essbase, Adaptive), advanced Excel modelling, and PowerPoint.
• Highly desirable: Experience leading the implementation of advanced FP&A reporting and consolidation platforms (e.g., Excel-integrated financial planning and reporting solutions) to enhance automation, governance, and decision-ready reporting
• Expertise in financial modelling, scenario analysis, KPI development, and performance management.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Proven ability to build highly effective, engaged, and high-performing teams.
• A post-secondary degree in Business/Commerce, Accounting, Economics, or Finance, supported by a CPA designation (CA, CGA, CMA). An MBA or CFA is considered a strong asset.
• Demonstrated experience working in a customer centric environment.
• Ability to obtain and retain Transportation Security Clearance at the designated level for the position.

Salary Range
$155,000 - $165,000 / year

How to Apply
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This position for employment is for a current vacancy with Vaco/Highspring’s client. You must currently reside within the Greater Toronto Area and be permitted to work in Canada to be considered for this opportunity. A recruiter will be in touch with you if your profile meets our client’s requirements for this role.

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco/Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual’s skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law in geographies that require salary range disclosure, Vaco/Highspring notes the salary range for the role is noted in this job posting. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company’s 401(k) retirement plan. Additional disclaimer: Unless otherwise noted in the job description, the position Vaco/Highspring is filing for is occupied. Please note, however, that Vaco/Highspring is regularly asked to provide talent to other organizations. By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. Submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase within Vaco/Highspring will be otherwise assessed by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco/Highspring does not have knowledge of the tools used by its clients in making final hiring decisions and cannot opine on their use of AI products.

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Pay Transparency Notice

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

• the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
• licensure and certification requirements;
• office location and other geographic considerations;
• other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.