Director Of Fp&A For Growth Initiatives

TRADER Corporation is a trusted Canadian leader in online media, dealer and lender services. The company is comprised of AutoTrader.ca, AutoSync and Dealertrack Canada. AutoTrader.ca (AutoHebdo.net in Quebec) offers the largest inventory of new cars and used cars in Canada, receiving over 25 million monthly visits to its marketplace. With over 3,500 subscribers and counting, AutoSync is the largest and fastest growing dealer and OEM software provider in Canada. The platform's suite of connected automotive software solutions brings advertising, conversion and operational support together, synchronizing the entire retail process. AutoSync's diverse range of offerings includes: vAuto, EasyDeal, xtime, Motoinsight, Activix, TAdvantage and TRFFK. Dealertrack is Canada’s largest automotive financing portal, enhancing efficiency and profitability for all major segments of the automotive, marine, recreational vehicle, motorcycle and powersport retail industries. Over 6.5 million credit applications are submitted via the Dealertrack Canada portal each year. Visit tradercorporation.com to learn more..

Director of FP&A for Growth Initiatives

At Trader the Finance team’s mission is to enable informed business decisions by partnering with stakeholders, capturing valuable financial insights and delivering actionable intelligence across the organization. By constantly pursuing our mission we enable the team at Trader to help Canadians buy & sell cars quickly, easily and with confidence.

This role focuses on new product and growth initiatives for AutoTrader.ca. If you thrive in roles that require you to lead and partner through ambiguous scenarios, make decisions with some uncertainty, and operate with context that is in flux then we’d love to connect!

What You’ll Do:

- Act as the finance business partner to our teammates in other departments like Product, Engineering, Corporate, and Business Development teams for new product initiatives and revenue-generating business cases that support Trader’s long-term strategic objectives

- Design, develop and publish reporting cadences for key financial and operating metrics for senior leadership

- Lead the budgeting and forecasting activities for new products and business initiatives with different internal stakeholders (e.g. executives, directors, budget coordinators, etc.)

- Manage and lead the weekly/monthly/quarterly financial and operational performance analysis process and associated reporting of budget and reforecast variances

- Advise a variety of stakeholders (Executives, Directors, and budget coordinators) on matters relating to budgets, forecasts, and performance variances against projected results

- Partner with the business (Product, Corporate/Business Development, etc.) to offer advice on business models and financial aspects of partnerships and acquisitions

What You Have:

- An ability to build trust with stakeholders and colleagues by continuously delivering impactful work

- Strong financial and/or operational modeling experience, including ROI analysis and business casing

- Great story-telling abilities and problem-solving methodology including outlining options and recommendations supported by financial analysis and business cases

- Understands how to lay out a business case including problem statement, options, recommendations supported by analysis

- Experience leading cross-functional projects, solid judgment, able to help teams make great decisions and recommendations supported by analysis and commercially reasonable assumptions

- An ability to bring a commercial lens to new product development

- Can work independently and collaborate with key functional stakeholders on commercial opportunities

- Can engage a variety of stakeholders to inform and build support for their recommendation

- Proactive in getting things done and anticipating the needs of various stakeholders

What You’ll Need:

- 7-10 years of FP&A and/or BizOps experience in a medium-to-large size highly matrixed organization and/or 5-6 years Management Consulting or Investment Banking

- Must have strong Excel/Google Sheets and PowerPoint skills; PowerBI (or similar), Python and/or SQL is a plus

- Must have excellent interpersonal, leadership, and story-telling skills

- Must align with EST working hours (+/- 1 hour)

What’s in it for you…

-We understand that there is life at work and life outside of work. Here are a few benefits we all benefit from that support us to be our creative best.

Fitness and wellness

-We provide discounts to nation-wide gyms, onsite gyms (when we’re in the office), an Employee and Family Assistance Program, as well as a virtual wellness program.

Benefits from Day 1

-Gym discounts

-Local in-office free gyms

-Employee and Family Assistance program

-Weekly virtual wellness events

-In addition to in-house training, we provide an annual lifestyle allowance of $1500 so you can grow your skills.

-Conferences & training budget

-Regular internal training programs

Financial planning

-Let us help you invest in your future with 3% matching towards your pension and multiple forms of income protection.

Competitive salary

-Annual bonus structure

-3% CPP matching