Finance Director Jobs

Transdev Canada is actively seeking a Finance Director for our Light Rail Systems to oversee all finance, accounting, forecasting, budgeting, expense management and other basic financial elements for a Light Rail System we are operating and maintaining in the Greater Toronto Area.

Transdev Canada’s management team is dedicated to meet the needs of all our divisions across Canada. Transdev offers several public transit options in Canada, with a team of more than 1,300 employees. Collectively, they operate approximately 650 vehicles and provide about 1,000,000 hours of service to more than 100 municipalities, school boards and regions across Canada.

Active in 18 countries and 83,000 employees strong, Transdev is the worldwide reference for sustainable mobility and multimodal transport. Transdev has 25 networks of light rail transit around the world and experts that ensure that the project integrates seamlessly within the local environment.

The Finance Director will be supported by the Transdev Canada Rail team. This team will be led by Éric Labartette who prepared the launch of a light rail in France and launched a Metro operation in India.

Roles and Responsibilities

Reporting to the CEO Hurontario LRT, you will be Mobilinx’s Finance Director. Your responsibilities will include:

1. Financial Reporting and Management

• Perform financial analysis at the highest level to evaluate potential business opportunities and investments;
• Prepare and deliver financial documentation for monthly/quarterly/yearly analysis and executive presentation;
• Lead the development/continuous improvement of new systems of analysis and reporting;
• Review results, make forecasts, and monitor trends in the rail industry, sales, finance, general business conditions, and other related areas and makes recommendations for change where necessary;
• Develop, implement, and maintain procedures to improve efficiency of financial functions, internal controls, and accuracy of financial reporting in accordance with appropriate accounting standards;
• Lead the preparation of mid-year reviews and year-end audit processes.
• Identify revenue generating or cost saving opportunities and communicate to Operational Management;
• Conduct, participate in, and oversee daily/weekly/monthly financial reconciliation and reporting processes, and perform various financial analyses in support of the business operations

2. Financial Planning

• Manage the planning process, analyze data, and develop strategy for financial planning and analysis functions.
• Manage the design, development, selection and maintenance of financial planning systems;
• Manage the financial planning strategies and follow up controls and comparisons relating to both short-term and long-term plans;
• Manage the development of profit plans, annual budget and rolling forecasts;

3. Special Projects

• Manage special projects and project teams as assigned.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Strong business acumen and ability to communicate ideas clearly and succinctly;
• Experience within a high-growth organization, preferably in rail or transportation industry;
• Degree/Diploma in Finance or Accounting;
• A natural people leader who is driven to ensure others are successful (Employees and Customers);
• Minimum 5 years experience in a senior level financial management role with direct reports;
• Knowledge of federal and provincial legislation as it pertains to financial reporting.
• CPA designation, an asset;
• Professional written and oral communication as well as impressive presentation skills;
• Advanced proficiency in MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint;

Why work for us?

• Rewarding career with a growing company;
• Great company culture;
• Personal days;
• We provide an essential service – this role will remain necessary throughout the pandemic.
• Opportunity for advancements;

Additional Information

• Full-time, permanent position;
• Competitive salary.

If you are interested in the position of Finance Director for one of our Automatic Metro Operations in Canada, send us your candidacy online via the following link: https://www.transdev.ca/careers/postuler-chez-transdev/ or at [email protected].

Transdev Canada is committed to provide accommodation for individuals with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. Accommodations are available upon request of the internal or external applicant. If you require an accommodation due to a disability for an interview, please notify Human Resources directly to make appropriate arrangements when contacted for an interview.

We thank all applicants however only those under consideration will be contacted.