Finance Director

What's in it for you?

• Join an award-winning culture. We have been recognized for being a Great Place to Work, in addition to being selected as a FORTUNE Global 500 Company, Best Workplaces Retail & Hospitality, and FORTUNE World's Most Admired Companies.
• The opportunities with us are endless. As the world's largest food and support services company, we offer an extensive range of learning and career opportunities for all our associates.
• Health & Safety. The health and safety of our associates, clients and guests has always been our top priority. We have the right processes in place to ensure our teams have the support they need to stay safe, while helping to keep our guests safe.
• Health Benefits. For our eligible associates, we offer comprehensive health, vision, and dental care coverage.
• A Focus on Mental Health and Wellness. Our Mental Health and Well-Being initiative provides credible resources for our associates and the communities we serve on various topics, including mental, physical, spiritual, and financial wellbeing. We also have an Employment Assistance Program which provides our associates with access to 24/7 support, resources, and information.
• We are as diverse as our guests. We believe diverse and inclusive environments support innovation and collaboration, benefiting our associates, clients, and customers. Our Diversity Inclusion Action Councils (DIAC) are associate-led groups that seek to foster inclusion through cultural awareness, engagement, and appreciation of diversity.

You might not know our name, but you know where we are. That's because Compass Group Canada is part of a global foodservice and support services company that's the 6th largest employer in the world, with 625,000 employees.

You'll find us in schools, colleges, hospitals, office buildings, senior living communities, tourist attractions, sports venues, remote camps, and military installations, doing business in Canada and 50+ other countries where you can learn and grow. Join us now and point your career forward!

Job Summary

Now, if you were to come on board as our Finance Director, we would ask you to do the following for us:

• Develop a dynamic partnership with the senior executives responsible for Food Service and Facility Management in a sector.
• Develop and evolve management reporting: ensure the business departments and the corresponding executives understand their key numbers, key value drivers, and KPIs.
• Own and evolve the numbers for the Operational 5 Year plan and budget: work with the Executives and Senior Management Team to develop the annual and long-term strategic plan ensuring clarity of drivers, milestones, and numbers.
• Develop and manage the appropriate top down and bottom up budgeting and forecasting processes: compile the information, manage the assumptions, and develop the financial story.
• Provide business decision support: evaluate options, develop and validate business cases against new projects and strategic initiatives, support business initiatives.
• Lead and manage a team in the preparation of in-depth analysis of the business and management reporting, challenge the business results, continuously evolve the reporting to reflect evolving context, data availability, and priorities.
• Recruit, select, hire, and onboard the best talent; lead, coach, motivate, and retain a team of high-performing employees.
• Recognize and reward extraordinary performance; give feedback and develop performance improvement plans for underperforming employees.
• Comply with all Health & Safety policies and requirements.

Think you have what it takes to be the Finance Director? Here is how we will know you will be successful in the role:

• Post-secondary degree in a related field or equivalent work experience, CPA required.
• 10+ years of work experience with a minimum of 7 years in FP&A and 3+ years in a leadership level.
• Demonstrated leadership and influencing skills with the ability to get things done; be viewed as a trusted advisor of business leadership.
• Proven ability to operate under pressure, manage competing priorities, and meet deliverables.
• Demonstrated collaborative thinking, ability to build cross-functional approaches and consensus.
• Excellent interpersonal skills; a team player who can act as both a leader and an individual contributor as required.
• Confident and effective communication (written & verbal) skills.
• Adaptable and comfortable with ambiguity and change.

Compass Group Canada is committed to nurturing a diverse workforce representative of the communities within which we operate. We encourage and are pleased to consider all qualified candidates, without regard to race, colour, citizenship, religion, sex, marital / family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, aboriginal status, age, disability or persons who may require an accommodation, to apply.

For accommodation requests during the hiring process, please contact PeopleHub@compass-canada.com for further information.