Sr. Manager, NA Finance, Planning

Sr. Manager, NA Finance, Planning & Trade Join to apply for the Sr. Manager, NA Finance, Planning & Trade role at McCain Foods Position Details Position Title: Sr. Manager, NA Finance, Planning & Trade Position Type: Regular - Full-Time Requisition ID: 39554 In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences – together. With a customer‑first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy. About The Role The Sr. Manager, Planning and Trade, plays a pivotal role in two key areas of Commercial Finance: this individual will provide the commercial team with comprehensive visibility into volume trends and key drivers, and trade activities, ensuring effective accrual management and process alignment to minimize unexpected outcomes and optimize trade investments. This person will drive the standardization of commercial volume discussions, enabling the leadership team to maintain clear, real‑time insight into channel performance and better inform strategic decision‑making. Additionally, this individual will oversee monthly trade reconciliations, ensuring accurate accruals and early identification of potential risks, thereby enabling proactive corrective actions. A customer‑obsessed mindset combined with passion for process improvement and data analytics will help this individual assist the organization to maximize volume growth and profitability while minimizing risks. What You’ll Be Doing Be a key financial partner to the commercial team—providing analysis, guidance, and financial modeling to support volume growth and margin management. Analyze the drivers affecting sales volumes, including customer behavior, promotional effectiveness, channel performance, and seasonal trends. Lead initiatives to standardize and streamline commercial finance processes such as forecasting, reporting, budgeting, and accrual management. This individual would play a key role in Planning, Reporting & Analysis supporting preparation of detailed monthly, quarterly, and annual internal reporting, participating in QBR, QFR, Month‑end, Mid‑month Both month end (past reporting & analysis), and forecast (future, estimates reporting & analysis) Accountable for SG&A spend management, budgeting, reporting, forecasting supporting the commercial team: Responsible to work with and coordinate spending management across cost center owners. Responsible to ensure spending tightly managed, and cost centers not overspent, leveraging data, analytics and financial tracking methods The role entails ownership of the trade accruals process—estimating and recording allowances for trade promotions, discounts, and rebates. This involves working closely with sales and deductions teams to ensure accuracy in accrual calculations, tracking claims, and reconciling balances monthly. Conduct monthly reconciliations of trade accrual accounts—to ensure completeness and correctness of financial statements, investigate discrepancies, and coordinate with accounting to resolve issues promptly. One of the core responsibilities is to develop risk control frameworks to help identify and report potential risks, whether volume (market‑based or operational) or trade (liability or contracts exposure), and proactively elevate concerns to senior leaders, supporting compliance and business continuity. What You’ll Need To Be Successful Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting. CPA or MBA a plus 3+ years of progressive and related experience Strong communication skills (verbal and written) Natural collaboration skills Influencing and leadership skills Results driven and action oriented (initiative) Strong financial, analytical, and problem‑solving skills Good business acumen Knowledge of SAP or similar ERP, Advanced Excel skills, and Power BI Location CA - Canada : Ontario : Toronto Compensation $107,600.00 - $143,500.00 CAD annually + Bonus Eligibility. Benefits Health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Well‑being programs include vacation and holidays, company‑supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned with country, provincial and state governing plans and can vary by work level, location and nature of the role. Additional benefit detail available during the application process. Legal / EEO Statement McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family‑owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know, and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions. Your privacy is important to us. 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