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About the Role

This 13-month contract position reports directly to the President, focusing on managing large Finance and Accounting teams, a small IT team, and acting as a trusted advisor to business leaders. The role involves coordinating reporting deliverables to the executive leadership team and the Board of Directors.

Responsibilities

• Ensure financial and operational insights are provided through the development of tools, processes, and systems.
• Create and measure the organization’s performance against defined budgets and forecasts.
• Work with Business Unit heads to build their annual budgets and forecasts.
• Analyze financial and operational results to better understand company performance.
• Produce models to project long term growth and projects, and determine the impacting business factors.
• Work with the leadership team to set annual organizational objectives whereby finance and IT support the operational objectives with an eye towards strategic financial growth.
• Oversee monthly reporting, ensuring a high degree of quality, timeliness, and accuracy, as well as highlighting key business insights.
• Develop forward-looking predictive models that provide insight into the company’s operations and business planning.
• Execute a reliable and efficient IT strategy while ensuring that the department meets the organization’s data processing and control requirements.

Requirements

• Candidates must have completed a bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance along with successfully achieving their CGA/CMA/CPA designation.
• Analyzes the company's financial results with respect to profits, trends, costs, and compliance with budgets.
• Issue regular status and ad hoc report to senior management.
• 8+ years of FP&A experience.
• 4+ years of management experience in roles of increasing responsibility at high-growth and high-performing organization(s).
• Demonstrated technical ability with using tools and systems to automate and scale FP&A tasks.
• Experience working within a fresh food wholesale distribution business is an asset.
• An MBA is an asset.
• Demonstrated intellectual and analytical rigor in resolving complex business problems with well-structured, detail-oriented analytics.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, including the ability to communicate effectively with senior management, large/small groups and one-on-one.
• Strong project management skills and demonstrated ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives across a breadth of stakeholders.
• A culture focused team player who is collaborative, diplomatic, and flexible - excited to roll up their sleeves.

Skills

• Financial analysis
• Budgeting
• Forecasting
• Financial modeling
• IT strategy
• Data processing
• Reporting
• Project management
• Communication

Location

• Ontario Food Terminal
• 302 Dwight Avenue

Work Type

• Contract
• Full-time

Experience Level

• 8+ years of FP&A experience
• 4+ years of management experience

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance
• CGA/CMA/CPA designation
• MBA (asset)

Salary/Compensations

• $62.50 - $76.92 per hour

Benefits

• Employer covered health and dental benefits
• Company matched Pension Plan for full-time employees

About the Company

• Gambles provides the widest assortment of top-quality fruits and vegetables for the wholesale, foodservice, and retail sectors.
• With a history dating back to the early 1900s, Gambles has grown and evolved into one of the largest produce wholesalers in all of Canada.
• Operates out of three locations across Canada: two in Toronto and one in Calgary.
• Has a satellite office in Philadelphia that manages U.S. sales operations.
• Goal is to be the supplier of choice for all customers’ needs.
• Has a “hire-from-within” mentality, focusing on developing people and giving them unique career advancement opportunities.

Equal Opportunity

• Gambles Group of Companies is an equal opportunity employer.
• Encourages applications from individuals with disabilities.
• Accommodation is available on request for applicants and colleagues with disabilities throughout all stages of the selection process.