Senior Finance Manager Jobs

Location: Ontario

Salary: Competitive salary

Closing Date: September 25, 2023

Soul Restaurants Canada is a 240-unit portfolio of KFC, Taco Bell, Starbucks and Burger King stores employing over 4000 employees across Canada. Over the next 5 years we have big growth plans to double the size of our business! Its a great time to join a growing company that strives to make a difference in people’s lives and their communities through great tasting food and coffee.

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION

The Senior Finance Manager role will report to the Group Controller and will be an integral member of the Soul Restaurants Canada Finance senior management team. This role is responsible for leading the accounting and finance operations teams in Canada, and managing all aspects of accounting, financial reporting, including hands-on oversight of the day-to-day finance operations of the Canadian businesses and legal entities of the Soul Foods Group.

SCOPE AND MAGNITUDE

Soul Restaurants Canada, part of the Soul Foods Group, comprises of over 230 Restaurants and Stores including KFC, Taco Bell, Starbucks, and Burger King brands. Employing over 4,000 employees, the business continues to grow through acquisition and development. Soul Foods Group is committed to providing people with growth opportunities and making a difference in peoples’ lives and communities through great tasting food and coffee.

POSITION FUNCTIONS

Controllership, Accounting Oversight and Tax Management (50%)

-Provides leadership in the management and maintenance of accounting records. Manage the month-end process from reviewing journal entries and account reconciliations through preparing financial statements. Timely reporting of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements to internal and external stakeholders

-Hands-on oversight in all areas of accounting and finance operations including accounts payable, banking activities, accounts receivables, inventory, and compliances.

-Proactively identifies efficiency opportunities in internal and cross-functional controls, monitoring procedures, reconciliations, reasonability checks and recommends effective streamline, automated solutions.

-Stewardship of balance sheets, cash flow and working capital management

-Manage the timely and accurate preparation and review of statutory, corporate tax, and sales tax filings.

-Responsible for Fixed Assets management

Audit, Governance and Compliances (15%)

-Provides leadership in managing the annual financial and tax audits with external auditors.

-Maintain, update, and enforce Standard Procedures. Ensure ethical accounting practices and standards are utilized. Ensure the effectiveness and integrity of the company’s systems of internal control.

-Administration of annual Insurance policies with external parties

-Stay apprised of all the local, provincial, and federal tax laws and business regulations that affect the company and ensure that the company operates within the proper parameters.

Finance Business Partnership and Decision support (15%)

-Participates in key decisions to support driving the business forward.

-Strives for continuous improvements in processes for value-added business support.

-Work in collaboration with peer Finance departments and Operations on financial forecasting, planning and analytics in enhancing financial decision making.

-Support key presentations of financial and business results

People Coaching and Development (20%)

·Motivating and cultivating a high performing team. As a people leader, develop and coach team members in all areas of people management.

·Be an active participant in developing finance people strategy to build strong talent pipeline, through coaching and supporting growth and development.

·Develop breadth and depth of team; provide mentoring and coaching to team members to ensure they are developed and challenged in their roles to maximize their potentials.

POSITION IMPACT:

The Senior Finance Manager plays an integral role who will lead and manage the accounting and finance operations teams in Canada and will provide ongoing support to the company in all aspects of accounting, financial reporting including hands-on management of the day-to-day finance operations of the Canadian businesses and legal entities of the Soul Foods Group.

The role will have a greater impact on people, business, and the community we serve.

·Financial impact: Stewardship of full cycle accounting, ensuring accuracy and timeliness while driving executional excellence.

·People Leadership: Coaching and supporting all your team members and bringing out the best of them.

·Strategic impact: Act as a key contributor and stakeholder in the vision and strategy setting and delivery.

Working Relationships

·Soul Foods Group Canada Leadership Team

·Key Functional Teams (Operations, Construction/Development, IT, HR) and peer Finance Functions

·External partners and vendors as required.

·Restaurant and Store management teams

·Franchisor business leaders and partners

.Specialised or Technical Knowledge/Skills

Education and Qualifications

·Post-Secondary Education in Finance, Accounting or Business. MBA an asset

·Accounting designation CPA, CMA preferred.

·QSR experience an asset.

·+7 years of finance experiences in controllership capacity

·Ideally with driver license and vehicle

Experience and Skills

·Self-starter with ‘Can Do’ attitude who can lead and motivate a team.

·Demonstrate ability to use expertise and skills to see the bigger picture and develop ideas in pursuit of positive outcome for the team and the organization.

·Ability to synthesize large amounts of complex information, clarify and evaluate significance and provide value added insights and high-quality analysis.

·Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to relate and communicate with a diverse group of individuals, creating a collaborative environment of trust, and be able to influence changes both internally and externally.

·Strong organizational, time management and communication skills (verbal and written).

·Result driven, flexible, and able to embrace and respond to change effectively.

·High literacy and proficiency with MS Office and accounting software with learning agility.

·Comfortable working in an environment of consistently competing priorities and drive the right agenda.

·High levels of intellectual and strategic curiosity