Senior Finance Leader

Description:

Join a fast-growing international agribusiness headquartered in Mississauga, ON, that sources, processes, and distributes high-quality pulses and specialty crops globally. This key role drives financial leadership across Canadian and global operations supporting the company’s international growth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead consolidation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial results for multiple global entities.

• Ensure compliance with IFRS and local reporting standards.

• Oversee intercompany reconciliations and eliminate intercompany transactions for accurate group reporting.

• Improve and maintain financial reporting systems for accuracy and operational efficiency.

• Manage global audit processes; main contact for external auditors and ensure timely audits across jurisdictions.

• Strengthen internal controls and support regulatory compliance.

• Oversee Canadian tax filings (GST/HST, T2s) and transfer pricing documentation.

• Coordinate international tax compliance with advisors across various global markets.

• Manage foreign affiliate reporting (T1134s) and optimize cross-border tax structures.

• Identify tax savings opportunities and mitigate risk.

• Provide leadership and support to regional finance teams worldwide.

• Drive consistency through global accounting policy implementation.

• Collaborate closely with finance, operations, and treasury leadership.

• Support business restructurings, re-domiciliation efforts, and M&A integration.

• Lead or assist with ERP improvements and system implementation projects.

Schedule & Travel:

• Full-time permanent position.

• Willingness to travel minimum 25% of the time.

Qualifications:

• CPA (Canada) or equivalent international accounting designation (CA, ACA, ACCA) required.

• Extensive experience (10-15 years) in finance with senior consolidation/controller roles in global organizations.

• Deep expertise in IFRS, Canadian corporate tax, and multi-currency consolidation.

• Proven leadership in managing audits across multiple jurisdictions.

• Proficiency with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, or Microsoft Dynamics; advanced Excel skills.

• Strong communication skills for collaboration with global teams.

• Experience in commodities, agriculture, or international trading preferred.

• Familiarity with financial regulations in regions like Africa, India, Australia, UAE is an asset.

• Strong project management skills; ability to work proactively in a fast-paced environment.

• Hands-on, solution-oriented leadership style.