Finance Manager

Why work for Lafarge?:
As the global leader in innovative and sustainable building materials, we’re committed to shaping a **greener**, **smarter** and **healthier** world. At Lafarge Canada Inc., **safety** comes first, **collaboration** matters and **diversity** is celebrated with people who share our desire to continually **make our materials better.**

Do you have the drive, the skills, and the passion to join us?
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Overview:
The Finance Manager is the “Business Partner” on the “Plant Leadership Team” to assist in the development and implementation of plant objectives and strategies and to ensure there is effective control in the financial management reporting systems. The Finance Manager is responsible for coordinating and preparing accurate monthly plant cost reports, forecasts, progress performance plans, budgets, capital and other plant financial information. This position is responsible for ensuring accurate financial reporting and works to improve understanding of key business drivers and maximize results within the product line. Identification and implementation of best practices comprise a key component of this role.

**Responsibilities**:
**Safety**:

- Demonstrates a commitment to communicating, improving and adhering to safety policies in all work environments and
**Financial Analysis**:

- Review and analyze regional financial results and identify areas for Provide financial support for Plant Leadership Team (i.e. VP/GM, Plant Managers, and Production/Maintenance Managers etc.). Interpret events and activities from a financial perspective (monthly, quarterly, and annually).
- Analyze and provide recommendations to Senior Leaders, Plant Management Team, etc.
**Financial Planning & Modelling**:

- Assist in all Financial Planning activities with respect to monthly forecast and Mid-Term plan.
- Perform financial modeling and quantitative analysis of information.
- Interpret events and activities from a financial perspective Build or review strategic and business plans (MTP).
- Participate in the annual progress performance plan.
**Financial Reporting**:

- Represent finance on cross functional/regional projects and initiatives.
- Prepare monthly journal entries as required for local market.
- Work closely with the business to prepare monthly forecasts and annual budget.
- Provide informative, timely, and reliable financial information for local Senior Leaders and Product Line Finance Director.
- Manage accounting and reporting functions of the market including preparation of management presentations.
- Liaise with Service Centres to ensure collaborative achievement of Finance objectives.
- Reconciliation of asset and liability accounts for plants to audit all transactions and ensure all balances are accurately stated in the Corporation’s balance sheet.
**Financial Compliance**:

- Maintain financial and accounting controls and oversee adherence to company policies.
- Focus on maximizing efficiency and standardization of processes across the various product lines Work in concert with the finance team in Eastern Canada to drive standardization of activities across the product lines.
- Oversee adherence to company policies and be a change agent for process and system improvements.
**Inventory Management**:

- Manage the inventory at several sites in Eastern Canada through monthly balance review and reconciliation of survey results to physical.
**Results / Accountabilities**:

- Provide financial management support for senior management
- Analysis of financial results
- Effective relations with operating managers
- Continuous improvement of operating efficiencies
- Contribute to maximize asset utilization
- Acquire strong knowledge of business
- Compliance usage of common systems
- Compliance with policies and procedures
- Consistency of accounting/statutory reporting and product line reporting
- Effective linkage of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) with financial reporting
- Timely monthly management reporting
- Effective flagging of business issues based on financial analysis
- Enhance the safety culture of Lafarge
**Relationship with Others**
- Work directly with Plant Leadership Team including Plant Manager, Maintenance/Production Manager
- Constant liaising, validating, challenging regional teams
- Working closely with other functional and regional departments heads including VP Cement Industrial Performance
**Dimensions**:

- Product lines: Cement
- Direct Reports: 0

Qualifications:
**Education & Work Experience**:

- Must have Undergraduate Degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business
- 5+ years of financial management experience with increasing responsibility and complex roles
- Professional accounting designation required (CMA, CGA, CPA, or CA)
- Operational and Shared Services Finance experience, preferred
- Key user SAP experience, an asset
**Knowledge & Skills**
- IFRS knowledge