Interim Director of Finance (6-Month Contract)
Location: Mississauga
Work Model: Hybrid - 3 days on-site, 2 days remote
Duration: 6 months
Our client, a well-established organization, is seeking an Interim Director of Finance to join its leadership team. This is a key position reporting directly to the CFO and overseeing core finance operations, financial reporting, controls, and team leadership.
The Interim Director of Finance will provide leadership across day-to-day finance activities while ensuring strong financial governance, reliable reporting, and effective operational controls. The role will have oversight of areas such as accounting operations, payables, receivables, payroll oversight, cash management, and audit coordination, while also partnering with senior leadership on process improvements and evolving finance priorities.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the organization’s core finance and accounting operations
- Oversee the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting
- Manage month-end and year-end close activities to ensure accuracy and timeliness
- Maintain a strong internal control environment and support compliance requirements
- Serve as a key contact for external audit activity and related deliverables
- Provide leadership over accounts payable and accounts receivable teams
- Oversee payroll from a governance, controls, and financial reporting perspective
- Support cash flow oversight, banking relationships, and treasury-related activities
- Contribute to accounting policy development, process improvement, and finance modernization efforts
- Partner with the CFO and other leaders on cross-functional initiatives impacting finance operations and reporting
- Lead, coach, and develop a team across finance operations and accounting
- Prepare finance-related materials for executive and board-level review as needed
Qualifications
- CPA or equivalent accounting designation strongly preferred
- 10+ years of progressive finance and accounting experience
- Demonstrated leadership experience in a senior finance role with team management responsibilities
- Strong background in financial reporting, accounting operations, and internal controls
- Experience overseeing AP and AR functions
- Familiarity with payroll oversight and audit support
- Exposure to pension accounting, investments, treasury, or similar complex finance areas would be considered an asset
- Experience in not-for-profit is highly desirable; however, candidates from other regulated sectors will also be considered
- Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively across finance and non-finance stakeholders
Interested?
If you are a senior finance leader available for an interim opportunity and interested in stepping into a visible leadership role, we’d welcome a confidential conversation. Please reach out for more information or to discuss whether this opportunity could be a fit for your background.
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