Managing Director, Digital Finance
Hiring Company
About the Role
Greater Toronto, Canada Area (Hybrid)
The Company is seeking a Managing Director, Digital Finance to lead the strategic transformation of its finance operations across systems, data, reporting, processes, and artificial intelligence. The role will own the multi-year transformation roadmap, prioritize initiatives, redesign core finance workflows, and ensure measurable adoption and value. Responsibilities include overseeing finance systems and architecture, strengthening data governance and analytics, and advancing automation and AI while maintaining appropriate controls and human oversight. The Managing Director will also advise senior finance leaders, lead a multidisciplinary team, drive organization-wide change and training, and manage the function’s budget and external delivery partners. Candidates should have at least 12 years of progressive finance experience, strong knowledge of accounting and financial processes, and advanced financial analysis capabilities. A professional accounting or finance credential is required; CPA is preferred, while an MBA or CFA may also be considered. Applicants must demonstrate success leading major finance transformations from planning through adoption and value realization, along with experience guiding data, business intelligence, or analytics teams and sufficient technical literacy in data modeling, SQL, cloud platforms, and BI tools. Deep expertise in financial governance, internal controls, and ICFR is essential, as are strengths in business cases, budgets, vendor management, executive communication, and cross-functional leadership. Experience with finance platforms, AI or machine learning, multinational operations, or capital markets is an advantage.
Functions:
- Finance
- Data Management/Analytics
About the Company
Globally recognized financial services group
Industry
Financial Services
Type
Public Company
Age
employees
1001-5000