Onex is an investor and asset manager that invests capital on behalf of Onex shareholders and clients across the globe. Formed in 1984, we have a long track record of creating value for our clients and shareholders. Onex’ two primary businesses are Private Equity and Credit. In Private Equity, we raise funds from third-party investors, or limited partners, and invest them, along with Onex’ own investing capital, through the funds of our private equity platforms, Onex Partners and ONCAP. Similarly, in Credit, we raise and invest capital across several private credit, public credit and public equity strategies.
Our investors include a broad range of global clients, including public and private pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies and family offices. In total, Onex has $49.7 billion in assets under management, of which $8.1 billion is Onex’ own investing capital. With offices in Toronto, New York, New Jersey, Boston and London, Onex and its experienced management teams are collectively the largest investors across Onex’ platforms.
The Opportunity:
We are seeking a highly driven and detail-oriented individual to join our Information Technology group as a Manager to the Finance Technology team based in Toronto. Reporting to the Director, Corporate IT, this role will provide support for our Finance applications and Corporate Finance team. The successful candidate will be an experienced manager with 5+ years management experience in supporting technology for finance applications.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage and support corporate finance systems, ensuring seamless operations and high-quality delivery of IT solutions.
- Oversee IT change management process, including system updates, maintenance and software deployment, while ensuring adherence to audit and compliance requirements.
- Manage and track progress on execution of team tasks and deliverables to ensure timely delivery of end solutions
- Collaborate with Corporate Finance and Project managers across multiple IT/Business units and teams, projects and programs, coordinating end-to-end business solution delivery stages and milestones, aligning project scopes, costs and timelines.
- Collaborating with system architects, business analysists and solution developers to estimate impact to the system architecture, and define prerequisite team activities and tasks for design, development, system changes, testing and deployment, required to support the full implementation of the end state business/IT solutions.
- Ensuring appropriate controls testing occurs to support audit requirements and integrity of the financial systems
- Resource and capacity planning, assigning and managing team priorities
- Ensuring Quality Assurance guidelines of the solution are being followed and QA standards and sign-off criteria are met at the release time.
- Working with the business stakeholders and product owners to demonstrate and review changes to the systems to ensure all relevant business needs and functions are addressed as expected.
- Establishing Production implementation and rollout plans and managing deployment tasks and activities on the planned release dates.
- Recommending and implementing best practices, methodology and tools for the continuous improvement of the software development and solution delivery process, and project status reporting.
- Third party liaison and vendor governance related to vendor performance, system security, incident management and response times, business continuity and service levels.
- Management, tracking and oversight of production support incidents related to Finance applications
- Provide people management, technical expertise and direction to team of system administrators
Candidate Profile:
- Experienced manager of Finance applications, supporting both production and project implementation
- Proven leadership skills with experience in managing and developing a high performing team
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and senior management
- Exceptional analytical and conceptual thinking skills
- Stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence, negotiate and align IT strategy to business goals
- Ability to navigate ambiguity, overcome confusion and simplify complex situations
- Detail-oriented individual with the ability to quickly assimilate and apply new concepts, business models, and technologies to design
- Demonstrated ability to stay current with emerging financial and IT technologies and provide innovative solutions that align with business goals
- Strong knowledge in security and privacy governance is required
- Experience working with core finance applications including Dynamics 365 Business Central, OneStream and Coupa
- Familiarity with relevant technologies including but not limited to:
- SQL, VB.net, .Net Framework
- PowerBI, Python, Azure function apps
- APIs, microservices, DevOps
- SFTP, SSH auth, PGP encryption
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Onex is led by the firm’s CEO, Bobby Le Blanc, and experienced leaders at each of our businesses. We have over 170 investment professionals across all platforms, supported by approximately 265 professionals dedicated to our corporate functions and investment platforms. Consistent with our One Onex approach, the teams share and leverage sector expertise, and sourcing and origination opportunities across all business lines.
Our culture is guided by our strong commitment to accountability, intellectual honesty and respect for all our partners and stakeholders. Onex was formed on principles of entrepreneurialism and responsible investing and our team is united in recognizing the value of collaboration, diversity of perspective and background, and an inclusive environment.
DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION:
Onex recognizes that a diverse team and inclusive environment are vital in contributing to our continued success as an investment and asset manager. Our Diversity & Inclusion Leadership Council, co-chaired by our President and Head of Shareholder Relations and Communications, is responsible for championing diversity and inclusion across the firm, including supporting the development and success of Onex’ employee resource groups.
We believe that diverse perspectives create better outcomes for us and our stakeholders, including the companies we invest in, our shareholders, investors and clients, as well as the communities we serve. Onex’ commitment to diversity and inclusion includes increasing our focus on attracting and retaining employees from diverse backgrounds, creating additional awareness of diversity issues and benefits, fostering and inspiring a more supportive environment where inclusivity is expected and prioritized, and embedding accountability for diversity throughout the firm.
ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL & GOVERNANCE:
We are committed to delivering value for all of our stakeholders – our shareholders, investors, employees, operating companies and the communities in which we operate. Responsible governance throughout Onex and across our platforms is fundamental to the success of our organization. We hold ourselves to the highest standards of good governance, which builds trust and confidence in our stewardship of capital.
Recent initiatives include the addition of resources to our environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) team and progress on our efforts to measure carbon emissions across Onex and our investment platforms. To remain aligned with emerging best practices, we participate in several industry initiatives, including the ESG Data Convergence Initiative, Initiative Climat International (“iCI”), the Principles for Responsible Investment (“PRI”), the IFRS Sustainability Alliance and FCLT Global, among others. We expect our program to continue to expand, while remaining rooted in our founding principle of responsible investing.
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What We Do
Onex is an investor and asset manager that invests capital on behalf of Onex shareholders and clients across the globe. Formed in 1984, we have a long track record of creating value for our clients and shareholders. Onex’ two primary businesses are Private Equity and Credit. In Private Equity, we raise funds from third-party investors, or limited partners, and invest them, along with Onex’ own investing capital, through the funds of our private equity platforms, Onex Partners and ONCAP. Similarly, in Credit, we raise and invest capital across several private credit, public credit and public equity strategies. Our investors include a broad range of global clients, including public and private pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies and family offices. In total, Onex has $50.9 billion in assets under management, of which $8.4 billion is Onex’ own investing capital. With offices in Toronto, New York, New Jersey, Boston and London, Onex and its experienced management teams are collectively the largest investors across Onex’ platforms.
Onex shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the stock symbol ONEX. For more information on Onex, visit its website at www.onex.com. Onex’ security filings can also be accessed at www.sedar.com
