Director of Commercial FP&A

About the Company

Our client is a leading North American processor and marketer of value-added frozen goods. They are looking for a Director of Commercial FP&A who will be responsible for leading the Commercial FP&A and Commercial Business Insights teams supporting the Commercial Sales, Analytics & Planning divisions, with end-to-end ownership of budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and management reporting, alongside commercial decision support, strategic modelling, trade effectiveness, and customer and product profitability insights The Director will partner closely with Sales, Marketing, and the Pricing & Costing team to translate data into forward-looking insight and insight into action — advancing Finance’s role as a strategic, integrated business partner that enables growth while protecting integrity, transparency, and accountability. This role requires a strategic leader who can drive change in complex environments by aligning people, processes, and systems to deliver scalable and sustainable transformation outcomes.

Why Work Here

• Canadian headquartered global CPG company

• Excellent boss who will be an excellent mentor

• Strong team in place

• Opportunity to go in and evaluate current state and make major changes using technology to create a world class FP&A function.

• Fantastic culture. Family company that is well run and people are well taken care of.

• Great growth opportunities within the business.

About the Opportunity?

• Oversee the development and maintenance of financial models, including sensitivity analyses, around internal and external factors, to support the achievement of overall business objectives

• Assist in the development of annual and long-term financial plans, including participation in the design of the annual business planning framework

• Lead end-to-end budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and management reporting for both Retail and Foodservice, including the development of the three-year strategy, and serve as the single trusted source of commercial financial truth

• Drive standardization and automation of FP&A processes to shift the team from people-reliant to process-reliant and create capacity for forward-looking decision support

• Gather, analyze and report financial results and insights to leadership

Business Insight:

• Lead Commercial Business Insights: provide commercial decision support across Retail and Foodservice, own commercial unit economics, and deliver customer and product profitability insights to maximize revenue, profitability and cash flow

• Provide forward-looking strategic enablement — identify opportunities, quantify the benefit, and measure and track realization — including analyses of new business opportunities, partnerships, alliances and acquisitions

• Support marketing to drive new brand strategies

• Analyze complex financial information to develop models and provide recommendations to senior management

• Research and analyze key business drivers, trends and performance indicators

• Lead trade as a strategic enabler — governing trade strategy, effectiveness and ROI — and partner with the Pricing & Costing team to ensure pricing decisions reflect commercial insight

• Partner and collaborate with management teams to gather, analyze, and prepare recommendations regarding financial plans, operating forecasts and other analytical projects

• Oversee analyses in areas such as budgets, forecasts, financial plans, cash flow projections, and business forecasts

• Prepare required presentations for board of directors and senior management

• Develop and elevate team capability — building role-based competencies, ensuring team members understand the “why” not just the “how,” and preparing the team for the FP&A of the future

About You

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Economics, Finance or related area. MBA/CPA preferred.

• 12-15 years previous experience in finance roles. At least 7 years previous management experience.

• Previous experience supporting Retail and Foodservice businesses in North America, with exposure to commercial decision support, trade management, and / or pricing

• Advanced knowledge of Excel and modern FP&A tooling, including data, analytics, and automation platforms; familiarity with Generative AI applications in finance an asset

• Advanced analytical skills

Salary Range

$180,000 - $200,000/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.