<p>We are looking for a <strong>Financial Planning & Analysis Manager</strong> to join our team in Ottawa, Ontario. In this role, you will provide strategic financial insight that supports decision-making across the business, with a focus on forecasting, performance analysis, and cost management. You will work closely with finance and operational leaders to explain results, identify trends, and strengthen planning processes through clear reporting and practical recommendations.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></p><p>• Act as a trusted finance partner to business leaders by delivering analysis on spending, staffing, and operational performance, while helping stakeholders interpret results and underlying drivers.</p><p>• Build and maintain detailed forecasts for assigned cost centres, and prepare regular comparisons against budget, outlook, and prior periods with clear explanations of key variances.</p><p>• Develop concise financial updates for leadership that outline root causes, highlight potential risks, and recommend actions to improve performance.</p><p>• Oversee expense performance by tracking actuals against plan, supporting department leaders in managing costs, and identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and support growth.</p><p>• Strengthen understanding of profit and loss performance by analysing revenue, cost of goods sold, inventory, gross margin, and operating margin trends.</p><p>• Support the creation and refinement of cost models across product lines by incorporating material, labour, and overhead inputs, and assessing the impact of operational and pricing decisions.</p><p>• Collaborate with engineering, operations, tax, and accounting teams to support cost estimates, financial compliance requirements, and business planning activities.</p><p>• Improve the effectiveness of reporting and analysis by introducing automation, using business intelligence tools, and documenting standard approaches, assumptions, and repeatable processes.</p>
<p>We are looking for an experienced <strong>Accounting Manager/Supervisor</strong> to lead financial operations and provide clear, reliable reporting for leadership and governance groups in Ottawa, Ontario. This position is suited to a collaborative leader who can guide a finance team, strengthen controls, and translate complex financial information into practical business insight. The successful candidate will play an important role in planning, audit coordination, process improvement, and the ongoing development of efficient accounting practices.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></p><p>• Produce and present monthly financial results, analysis, and supporting commentary to management, executives, provincial partners, and the Board of Directors.</p><p>• Oversee daily accounting activities across the finance function, reviewing transactions, workflows, and staff output to maintain accuracy and efficiency.</p><p>• Guide audit preparation for interim and year-end reviews, working closely with external auditors and internal stakeholders to ensure a smooth process.</p><p>• Partner with senior finance leaders to communicate audit outcomes and key financial matters to the Audit Committee and Board of Directors.</p><p>• Evaluate opportunities to improve finance operations through technology, including supporting accounting system implementation or upgrades and related process enhancements.</p><p>• Approve and enforce accounting policies, procedures, reconciliations, and control activities to support compliance and dependable financial reporting.</p><p>• Prepare cash flow analysis and develop ad hoc financial reports to support planning, decision-making, and operational needs.</p><p>• Strengthen internal control practices and financial risk management measures to promote sound stewardship of organizational funds.</p><p>• Lead, coach, and develop Finance Unit employees through recruitment, training, performance management, and succession planning initiatives.</p>