Assistant Finance Manager

We are assisting a leading organization in the West End on an immediate 3–6 month contract assignment with strong potential for permanent employment. Operating on a hybrid work schedule, this position will support operations based out of the West End head office with occasional travel to other local GTA sites. Working closely with senior leadership, the Assistant Finance Manager will drive operational reporting, manage multi-site contract profitability, and oversee a team of two Financial Analysts.






Advantages
Supervisory Experience: Oversee and review the work of 2 Financial Analysts.

Operational Impact: Act as a key business partner to Site Managers, Directors, and operational stakeholders.

Complex Financial Scope: Drive P&L analysis, contract profitability, and advanced billing reconciliations across multi-site environments.

GTA Mobility: Hands-on exposure across various GTA operating sites.

Responsibilities
Manage and analyze P&Ls across multiple client contracts/sites, including revenue, expenses, margins, and overall financial performance.

Perform FP&A activities, including assisting with budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial reporting.

Manage complex client billing and reconciliations, including contracts with different billing cycles, and investigate and resolve discrepancies.

Prepare financial workbooks and supporting analysis to validate and justify client billings.

Manage month-end close activities, including cost and revenue accruals, P&L review, reconciliations, and margin analysis.

Analyze contract profitability, operational expenses, and key cost drivers and identify/explain financial variances.

Partner closely with Site Managers, Directors, and operational stakeholders to review financial performance and provide financial insights.

Clearly communicate and explain financial results, billing, margins, and variances to finance and operational stakeholders.

Oversee and review the work of 2 Financial Analysts responsible for contracts and billing, providing guidance and support as required.

Ensure financial reporting, billing, and client/contract deliverables are completed accurately and within required deadlines.

Qualifications
Professional Accounting Designation is preferred.

Approximately 5 years of relevant finance experience, with strong experience in FP&A, P&L analysis, and operational finance.

Approximately 2–3 years of supervisory or team-lead experience, including reviewing work, providing direction, and coaching junior team members.

Strong experience with complex billing, financial reconciliations, month-end close, accruals, and margin/profitability analysis.

Advanced Excel skills including Pivot Tables, data manipulation and dashboards.

Experience with SAP is preferred, particularly SAP S/4HANA; candidates with strong Oracle experience will also be considered.

Strong communication and business partnering skills, with the ability to explain financial information to non-finance stakeholders.

Comfortable working in a fast-paced, operational environment and partnering with multiple sites and stakeholders.

Ability to work additional hours during month-end close and travel to GTA sites as required.

Summary
The Assistant Finance Manager plays a critical role in managing and analyzing P&Ls across multiple client contracts and sites. This position blends hands-on FP&A, complex client billing, and month-end close activities with team leadership and operational business partnering.

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

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