Director of Finance

Chad Management Group View all jobs

Toronto, ON
Permanent
Full-time

28 days ago

We are founder-led, 75+ location regulated consumer lending business headquartered in Cambridge, Ontario.We are entering a structural upgrade phase that includes:

Migration from Microsoft Dynamics GP to Dynamics 365 Business Central
Automation of high-volume reconciliation workflows
Offshore BPO orchestration (Philippines / India)
Transition from manual accounting processes to exception-based, rule-driven systems

This role reports directly to the CEO.The MandateWe are hiring a Director of Finance who can architect and lead a full finance systems transformation.Within 12 months, this individual must:1. Lead full ERP migration (GP → D365 Business Central).
2. Reduce the monthly close cycle materially within 6 months.
3. Automate at least 97% of recurring manual reconciliations.
4. Implement exception-based workflows for high-volume PAD and bank activity.
5. Establish SLA-driven governance for offshore partners.
6. Deliver a clean audit with zero material adjustments.
7. Fully own treasury and liquidity oversight across branch locations, and digital lending.Target ProfileDesignation: CPA (mandatory)Experience:

8+ years progressive finance leadership
Multi-location retail, fintech, or regulated lending environment
Personally led an ERP implementation or major system overhaul
Direct oversight of offshore or BPO teams
Comfortable designing automation logic and workflow architecture

We are specifically looking for candidates who personally owned ERP configuration decisions. Participation on steering committees is not sufficient.Psychological ProfileWe are hiring:

A builder, not a maintainer
A proactive root-cause fixer
Someone comfortable enforcing cross-functional change
A leader who can operate in a founder-compressed, high-velocity environment
A guardrail, not a bureaucratic roadblock

Automation mindset is more important than ERP certification.Candidates coming exclusively from slow-moving corporate environments are unlikely to be a fit.CompensationWe are targeting upper-quartile Controllers ready to step into Head of Finance responsibility, or existing Directors who have led real transformation mandates.Compensation will be evaluated on a candidate basis based on their real experience and velocity they can add to the business.

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