Finance Manager, Business Process Improvement

4 weeks ago

Springwater, Canada Bradford Greenhouses Limited Full time

Bradford Greenhouses, awarded Canada’s Best Managed Companies since 2018, is a long-established family owned and operated business dating back to 1961, carrying with us for sixty plus years traditional values of integrity and commitment to customer service engrained by the founder Francis Ferragine.

We are well renowned as a retail/wholesale leader and a good responsible corporate citizen in Central Ontario.

Environmentally friendly; Bradford Greenhouses capture rainwater in cisterns for plant watering, heat glass houses with natural solar heat, engage in plastic product recycling, retailer’s plastic collection/recycle program, heat recovery systems on boilers, and composting organic materials for garden soils.

Community aware Bradford Greenhouses is fortunate to provide community support through such items as the Poinsettia Program (school fundraiser), and golf tournament (Roots for Youth Foundation).

Believing that diversity brings in creativity and teamwork, we annually hire a great mix of students, retirees, regular full time, seniors, and seasonal staff who better serve our diverse community.

Bradford Greenhouses offers health/dental benefits, employee discounts, job advancement opportunities, supplemental training, wrapped in a culture of learning and empowering people to be motivated toward company goals.

In today’s modern world, it is an exciting time of change. We are blending core values to create a culture that enhances and enriches a work/life balance with the growing needs of the company. Collectively in this common ground, we can continuously improve to reap the rewards from the “Seeds of Change”.

We are GROWING our Corporate team Bradford Greenhouses is looking for a Finance Manager, Business Process Improvements to join our Finance team. With a fresh perspective, we welcome those that can drive opportunities for improvement. We encourage creative and innovative thinking and invite candidates who are not afraid to challenge the status quo.

Reports To

Director of Finance – Direct line reporting
Continuous Improvement Leader – Dotted line reporting

Summary

The Finance Manager – Business Improvements Processes evaluates, designs, measures, monitors and controls business and financial processes. Works with divisional stakeholders to identify and resolve issues and identify on-going process improvement opportunities. They will be responsible for leading/facilitating re-engineering activities and communicating these changes to departmental leads.

Job Duties

  • Leads the operational and finance project optimization function.
  • Assist Director of Finance in the development of tools and systems to provide critical financial and operational information to the Shareholder(s) and make actionable recommendations on both strategy and operations.
  • Develop discrete and integrated business process flow diagrams and supporting process narrative documentation and can transfer that knowledge throughout the organization.
  • Works with ERP system developers to define additional functionality from software.
  • Assess financial performance and work with Leadership teams to drive profitability and business processes and provide step change organizational changes.
  • Provide cost/benefit analysis on recommended improvements to operational efficiencies.
  • Make recommendations relating to business process optimization and implementation relating to upgrade of current ERP systems.
  • Assist in the development and implementation of strategic business and/or operational plans, projects, programs, and systems.
  • Special projects as needed.

Requirements

  • Professional accounting designation (CPA), university degree in Accounting/Business/Finance, with 8+ or more years of accounting experience in multi-company environment.
  • Full cycle financial reporting knowledge and experience with GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles), ASPE (Accounting Standards for Private Enterprises).
  • Ability to analyze financial data, prepare reports, and process documentation.
  • Experience with integrated ERP systems is required, Microsoft Navision/Business Central is a definite asset.
  • Be able to develop the linkages between operational processes and financial KPI’s.
  • Willing to be hands on when needed to achieve goals but can tell the story behind the numbers. Must have a vision of the bigger picture.
  • Strong work ethic and can lead project teams.
  • Sound analytical thinking, planning, prioritization, and execution skills.
  • Advanced Microsoft office skills are required (e.g. pivot table, VLOOKUP).
  • Extensive experience and knowledge in dealing with accounting systems, variance, gap analysis and business planning.
  • Experience in the manufacturing industry is a must.
  • Effective attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills and organization skills.
  • High level of integrity, confidentiality, and accountability.
  • Ability to respond appropriately in pressure situations with a calm and steady demeanor.

Work Location:

  • This is an in-office position, working out of both our Bradford and Barrie offices.
  • Travel between sites is required.
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