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As we shift toward a Product Operating Model, this leader will modernize FP&A into a proactive, insight-driven, technology-enabled function. They will help guide the business through this evolution, bringing structure, clarity, challenge, and strategic framing to elevate financial maturity across the organization.
The VP, FP&A must be both a relationship-builder and a systems thinker — equally comfortable diving into models, simplifying complexity, coaching a tactical FP&A team, and advising senior leaders with confidence and credibility.
A DAY IN THE LIFE
CFO Partnership & Executive Influence
- Serve as trusted advisor to the CFO, providing structure, insight, guidance, and challenge on key decisions.
- Strengthen the CFO’s influence by preparing high-quality narratives, decision frameworks, and financial storytelling for the Executive.
- Bring clarity to ambiguity — shaping options, risks, and trade-offs in a way that enables confident decision-making.
- Uplift FP&A capability and bring discipline to planning, forecasting, scenario thinking, and enterprise prioritization.
- Translate traditional FP&A into a future-state model aligned with product planning, value streams, capacity-based resourcing, and multi-quarter bets.
- Align financial rhythms with product cycles, investment governance, and product portfolio management.
- Build FP&A frameworks that support experimentation, iterative planning, and benefit realization.
- Lead the company’s planning cycles: annual plan, rolling forecast, and long-term model.
- Ensure assumptions, targets, and resource allocations align with strategy and enterprise priorities.
- Elevate forecasting accuracy and enforce strong financial discipline across functions and brands.
- Build standardized KPIs, dashboards, and reporting that unify financial and operational performance.
- Run monthly and quarterly business reviews with a focus on insight, action, and accountability.
- Provide functional and brand leaders with high-quality decision support, scenario analysis, and commercial insight.
- Connect franchisor, brand, and franchise partner economics into a clear view of system-wide value creation.
- Operate the investment governance framework: ROI, payback, prioritization, and benefit realization.
- Support the CFO in modeling and communicating enterprise value, including key drivers and risk factors.
- Ensure investment decisions are aligned with strategic priorities and supported by clear financial logic.
- Modernize FP&A processes through improved systems, automation, and real-time insight (Cube, NetSuite, Tableau).
- Strengthen data flows to eliminate manual overhead and improve the accuracy and speed of business insights.
- Ensure the Finance team remains effective during the transition by supporting Excel- and Sheets-based processes while building toward a more automated future state.
- Lead, coach, and elevate a high-performing FP&A team
- Build a culture of clarity, curiosity, accountability, and cross-functional partnership.
- Increase the commercial, analytical, and business-partnering capability of FP&A professionals.
- Model behaviors aligned with the Product Operating Model: transparency, collaboration, system thinking, and customer obsession.
- Proven experience leading FP&A in complex, multi-stakeholder, or high-growth environments, with accountability for forecasting, planning, analysis, and decision support.
- Demonstrated success as a strategic partner to a CFO or senior executive, providing backbone support, structured thinking, and trusted challenge.
- Strong understanding of how FP&A evolves in a Product Operating Model (value streams, portfolio planning, capacity modeling, investment governance, benefit realization).
- Executive presence and relationship strength — able to build trust quickly, influence without friction, and communicate with clarity.
- Technical and process depth, including financial modeling, scenario planning, and the ability to build, audit, and simplify models in Excel/Sheets.
- Experience modernizing FP&A systems and data flows (Cube, Adaptive, Anaplan, Power BI, Tableau).
- High EQ, sound judgment, and the ability to navigate ambiguity and competing priorities.
- Formal credentials (CPA, CFA, MBA) are an asset, not a requirement.
Our motto "It's All About People" drives us to create a hybrid work model that promotes collaboration, celebration, and connection, while giving you the flexibility to work where it makes sense for you.
- Toronto and Vancouver-based team members work in-office every other week (Tues–Thurs). Core attendance is required from 9 AM – 3 PM on these days to support business priorities.
- Competitive Salary (Actual salary offered will be commensurate with education, experience and internal parity)
- Total Compensation Package designed to support your financial, personal, and professional well-being. This includes:
- Participation in our Company Profit Sharing Program
- Comprehensive Extended Health & Dental Benefits
- Generous Paid Time Off, including annual vacation and personal days
- Hybrid Work Environment, offering flexibility to work both remotely and from our corporate offices
- Professional Development Opportunities to support ongoing career growth
- Access to Health and Wellness Programs
- Speak to us to learn more about what we offer
- Pre-Screen – Let’s talk about your experience, goals & excitement for this role!
- Interviews – Two or more interviews with different team members, including structured competency & scenario-based questions
- Presentation/Assessment
- References & Background Check
- We use audio recording transcription for our interview practices
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At O2E Brands, we know that great talent comes in many forms, and we want to meet you at your best. We value diversity and inclusivity. We will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities at any time throughout the recruitment and selection process upon request.
Ready to take your career to the next level? Apply today!
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