AVP, Corporate FP&A

What you’ll do

Our Finance team plays a key role in helping us stay competitive in the ever-changing retail environment by providing insightful, accurate, timely, and high-quality financial reporting, analysis and advice.  Reporting to the VP, Corporate FP&A and Corporate Finance, this role helps drive the organization to achieve its financial and strategic targets by designing and operating effective performance management reporting and corporate planning process and messaging our financial story both internally and externally.

This position leads the Corporate FP&A function for CTC by delivering seamless, transparent, flexible, and timely forward looking financial and business information, as well as actionable value-added business insights to key executive decision makers. Critical to the role is building strong relationships with the wider FP&A organization and guiding the key planning processes to deliver the objectives set by the executive team, and the company’s strategy. Key customers are the executive team, CEO, CFO and Board of directors.   This role is accountable for developing the talent on the Corporate FP&A team through instilling a passion for continuous improvement and professional development.  

• Oversee the planning, execution, and optimization for all relevant fiscal cycles - the delivery of ‘accurate, timely, complete and relevant’ enterprise level plans and forecasts to key stakeholders including CT’s executive team and Board of Directors
• Consolidate forecast, plan, and outlook submissions from the business, deliver insights and challenge/support the financial results
• Lead the preparation of meaningful and innovative internal and external performance reporting that communicates the story behind the financial performance of the Company to senior management, the Board of Directors, and investors
• Oversee the in-depth analysis of the consolidated results of the organization, providing valuable insights on the P&L, Working Capital, and Capital Expenditures
• Lead the calculation of Retail ROIC and free cashflows
• Provide actionable value-added business insights to the CFO, CEO, and Executive team
• Build strong cross functional relationships with key areas including FP&A, Accounting, Investor Relations, Strategy and Treasury
• Provide finance support to HR’s Executive Compensation team and the Management Resource and Compensation Committee (MRCC) including leading the development of STIP and LTIP targets and determination of actual performance relative to targets
• Provide leadership and overall direction by leading and fostering a high-performance team with a continuous improvement mindset and inclusive working environment

What you bring

• Post-secondary education in Accounting, Finance or Business
• Professional accounting/financial designation (CPA), or Post Graduate Degree (MBA) considered an asset
• 7-10 years working within a publicly traded company
• 5+ years of experience in a Leadership role
• Proven ability to set priorities and lead, directly and indirectly, a high performing team to success through cross functional collaboration
• Strategic and analytical thinking that uses data and financial models to drive insights
• Budgeting and forecasting experience with the ability to focus on both the detail and big picture
• Outcome driven, critical thinker that can drive to decision through influence, with a proven ability to collaborate cross functionally across all levels
• A continuous improvement mindset for both the team and across our entire business, with the ability to connect the dots within the organization
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, in particular the ability to story tell

About Us

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (“CTC”) is one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With more than 90 Owned Brands, 1,700 retail locations, financial services, exemplary e-commerce capabilities, and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies. We dream big and work as one to innovate with purpose for our customers at every level of our business, investing in new technologies and products, and doubling down on top talent to drive the company forward. We offer competitive salaries and wages to CTC employees, as well as store discounts, supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy, Canadian Tire Profit Sharing, and retirement and savings programs for eligible employees. As part of our enhanced flex benefits program, we offer mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families, including total well-being, and mental health tools and resources for all employees. Join us in helping to make life in Canada better through living and working our Core Values: we are innovators and entrepreneurs at our core, outcomes drive us, inclusion is a must, we are stronger together and we take personal responsibility. It is an especially exciting time to join CTC and its family of companies where career opportunities are wide-ranging! Join us, where there's a place for you here.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging 

We are committed to fostering an environment where belonging thrives, and diversity, inclusion and equity are infused into everything we do. We believe in building an organizational culture where people are consistently treated with dignity while respecting individual religion, nationality, gender, race, age, perceived ability, spoken language, sexual orientation, and identification. We are united in our purpose of being here to help make life in Canada better.

Accommodations  

We stand firm in our Core Value that inclusion is a must. We welcome and encourage candidates from equity-seeking groups such as people who identify as racialized, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, people with disabilities, and beyond. Should you require any accommodation in applying for this role, or throughout the interview process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to help meet your needs.