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Associate Director, Commercial & MGI Finance


Company : Vaco Recruiter Services


Location : Toronto, Ontario


Created : 2025-12-14


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

About the Company Our client is a nonprofit corporation responsible for managing and operating Canadas leading global hub airport. They are looking for a Associate Director, Commercial & MGI Finance to join their team! Why Work Here - Work closely with the Director, whos a great mentor - Great benefits - pension plan - Bonus - the company is doing well - CPA dues are covered About the Opportunity - Business Planning & Forecasting (30%) - Leads the full financial planning cycle, including the Annual Operating Plan, LongTerm Financial Plan, and rolling forecasts, ensuring alignment with corporate and business unit goals. - Oversees business unit inputs and monthly performance routines to drive portfolio results and accountability. - Serves as a trusted advisor on planning, forecasting, and performance management, providing insights that enhance decisionmaking and resource allocation. - Develops and maintains driverbased financial models for revenues, costs, and unit economics, partnering with Corporate Analytics to integrate passenger and spend insights into business reviews. - Analyzes aviation activity and key performance drivers to assess financial impacts, identify opportunities, and inform strategic actions. - Leads continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen forecasting accuracy, reporting efficiency, and data integrity. - Supports company Finance leadership with MGI budgetary and valuation inputs for Board materials, ensuring transparency and alignment. - Develop and review business cases, financial models, and scenario analyses to evaluate returns and risks and incorporate into financial outlook. - Guide leaders on financial policies, performance expectations, and budget compliance. - Financial Reporting, Analytics & Decision Support (35%) - Lead preparation of accurate, timely financial reports, forecasts, and variance analyses to support monthly, quarterly, and yearend performance reviews. - Analyze financial results to identify trends, root causes, and opportunities, providing clear, actionable insights that improve decisionmaking and accountability. - Develop dashboards and visual reports highlighting key performance drivers, risks, and opportunities. - Track and interpret KPIs, cost drivers, and business trends to guide strategic and operational decisions. - Collaborate crossfunctionally to enhance reporting processes, strengthen data integrity, and advance automation and selfservice analytics. - Benchmark financial and operational performance to identify improvement areas and adopt best practices. - Provide forwardlooking financial support through scenario modeling, sensitivity analysis, and business case development for investment and strategic decisions. - Support Finance and Operations leadership with consolidated reporting, performance reviews, and recommendations for corrective action. - Foster continuous improvement in financial reporting and analytics to enhance efficiency, insight quality, and organizational performance. - Strategic Financial Advisory: Preparing executiveready, optioned analyses for commercial initiatives (e.g., pricing, leasing, contract economics), applying enterprisewide business case standards in partnership with Corporate Analytics. - Business Partnering & Strategic Insight: Collaborating with realestate business leaders to deliver forwardlooking financial insights that inform strategic direction, portfolio optimization, and capital investment decisions. - PostInvestment Review & Value Realization: Conducting postinvestment reviews to assess actual outcomes against business cases, driving learning and accountability. - Accounting, Closing the books & Governance (10%) - Oversee preparation and review of MGI standalone financial statements, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and compliance with organizational and regulatory standards. - Lead monthend and yearend close processes, including journal entries, reconciliations, and general ledger oversight to ensure timely and reliable reporting. - Maintain robust financial controls and documentation, ensuring alignment with companys internal control framework and audit readiness. - Oversee AP/AR activities and annual recovery calculations in coordination with Dexterra and Operations leadership. - Drive continuous improvement in accounting processes, policies, and systems to enhance efficiency, transparency, and control. - Monitor and refine financial and operational KPIs to support accountability and informed decisionmaking. - Business Initiatives & Strategic Financial Advisory (10%) - Act as Finances subject matter expert on strategic projects, providing analytical rigor to evaluate feasibility, costbenefit, and longterm value. - Ensure financial considerations are integrated early in planning and initiatives align with organizational goals and performance targets. - Lead or support business case development, including financial modeling, scenario analysis, ROI assessment, and risk evaluation. - Provide proactive, datadriven insights to prioritize initiatives with the greatest financial and strategic impact. - Partner with operational and functional leaders to translate strategies into financially viable plans with clear short and longterm implications. - Manage ad hoc analyses for new initiatives, policy changes, and business transformations, delivering actionable recommendations. - Collaborate with Corporate Analytics to run scenario modeling (e.g., demand, spend per passenger, cost inflation) to inform recommendations to Commercial leadership and the CFO/Director, Business Finance. - Capability Uplift & Ways of Working (10%) - Lead and develop Analysts and Senior Analysts, fostering collaboration, growth, and accountability. - Align team efforts with strategic goals and empower innovation and ownership. - Coach on commercial drivers, modeling discipline, and financial storytelling; embed standardized templates and planning/reporting cadences. - Provide ongoing feedback, development, and clear expectations in an inclusive, highperformance culture. - Other (5%) - Performs other related duties as assigned. About You - Bachelors degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering, or related field. - MBA and/or Masters in a related field. - CPA and/or CFA. - Analytics credentials (e.g., Power BI, SQL, Alteryx) considered assets. - 710+ years progressive experience in FP&A/Business Finance or commercial analytics with a track record in driver based forecasting and decision support; 57+ years team/functional leadership preferred (aligned to Associate Director grade expectations). - Experience in capital intensive or regulated environments; exposure to unit economics, passenger/spend analytics, and standardized business case work with a centralized analytics partner. - Advanced Excel modeling; Power BI (or equivalent) and SQL familiarity; EPM/ERP (e.g., SAP/Oracle/Anaplan/TM1); driver based planning; scenario/sensitivity methods; valuation concepts (NPV/IRR/WACC); executive storytelling and stakeholder influence. - Experience preparing board ready exhibits; benefit tracking for commercial initiatives; coaching and standardization at enterprise scale. Salary Range $155,000 - $165,000 / year How to Apply Click the 'Apply Now' button and follow the instructions to submit your resume. Please know that we only accept documents in MS Word or Rich Text formats. When referencing this job, quote #463953 You must currently reside within the Greater Toronto Area and be permitted to work in Canada to be considered for this opportunity. A recruiter will be in touch with you if your profile meets our clients requirements for this role. #J-18808-Ljbffr