Chief Operating Officer - Canada (COO)
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- Toronto, ON
- $200,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- In partnership with the Canada Managing Partner, translate business priorities into executable operational plans and ensuring alignment across the leadership team.
- Track and manage progress against the firm's strategic priorities and growth targets.
- Lead preparation for global business reviews and Canada strategy reviews, ensuring pre-reviews and alignment with geo ops and functional owners.
- Coordinate and support strategic projects such as: Market expansion. Practice development, M&A integration, new service offerings, Ensure alignment between firm strategy, practice strategy, and revenue goals.
- Develop a strong understanding of the Canada P&L, including key revenue drivers, cost structure, and margin performance.
- Act as a financial partner to the Canada Managing Partner and leadership team, providing insights on business performance.
- Drive initiatives to improve revenue growth, margins, and overall financial performance.
- Partner with Finance on identifying risks and opportunities impacting profitability across utilization, pricing, delivery efficiency as well as managing costs forecasting, budgeting, and performance tracking.
- Translate financial insights into clear, actionable recommendations for business leaders.
- Apply a strong financial lens to support decision-making and balance growth with sustainable profitability.
- Improve internal operating cadence, and management processes.
- Lead business performance management, including establishing KPIs, monitoring financial and operational metrics, and driving accountability across practice leaders.
- Drive firm-wide operational excellence, including resource management, and utilization optimization to improve profitability and client outcomes.
- Partner with Finance to manage forecasting, revenue planning, and margin improvement initiatives, ensuring operational decisions align with financial goals.
- Identify and coordinate the implementation of process improvements, tools, and operating models that enhance efficiency, collaboration, and scalability across the organization.
- Cultural and operational leader, reinforces accountability, execution discipline, and a high-performance consulting mindset across the firm
- Support the leadership team in driving revenue growth and client development.
- Identify opportunities for cross-practice collaboration.
- Enable growth by supporting business development efforts, including pipeline visibility, bid governance, and ensuring delivery readiness for new engagements.
- Enforce adherence to deal review process across a deal's lifecycle to ensure appropriate business and risk management and facilitate collaboration of key parties to maximize win potential.
- A leader who is a culture builder that brings drive, passion and energy to our business
- Act as an integrator for the leadership team, coordinating priorities, tracking key initiatives, and ensuring follow-through on strategic decisions.
- Serve as a trusted advisor and sounding board to the Canada Managing Partner.
- Prepare briefing materials, strategy papers, and decision frameworks.
- Coordinate leadership team meetings, retreats, and strategic planning sessions.
- Ensure decisions are documented, communicated, and executed.
- Coordinate and support cross-firm initiatives such as: Practice financial and operational improvement, Pricing strategy, Talent strategy and workforce planning, Technology and AI initiatives, and Operational transformation
- Improve communication between leadership, practices, and corporate functions.
- Prepare internal communications on firm strategy and performance.
- Support culture initiatives and leadership alignment.
- Set agenda for and produce Town Hall and All Hands meeting packs
- Plan and manage executive visits and workshops, including content collation, runbooks, event logistics and cross-functional alignment with MarComms, EAs and the Managing Partner office.
- Own and develop materials for the Leadership team meetings for different audience levels, adjusting formatting and MIS inputs to meet changing business needs.
- Facilitate executive and leadership governance forums (e.g., leadership meetings, quarterly business reviews), ensuring clear decision-making and communication flow.
- Prepare and coordinate pre-work for global business reviews and lead timely deck production.
- Act as the escalation point for resource management and cross-region/global staffing, owning bench visibility and weekly resource management touchpoints.
- Create and manage governance packs, dashboards and slides for the leadership and external stakeholders.
- Own follow up on partner scorecard and reporting issues, working with global teams to resolve calculation and data problems.
- 10-15+ years of work experience in management consulting, business strategy, corporate development, or professional services
- Minimum 5 years of experience working at a consulting firm
- Minimum 5 years of experience leading people
- Prior experience supporting senior executives or partners.
- Strong strategic thinking and complex problem solving skills
- Exceptional communication and executive presence
- Proven ability to influence senior leaders
- Advanced financial and operational analytics
- Ability to manage multiple high-priority initiatives
- Values driven leadership
- High intellectual curiosity
- Strong business judgment
- Discretion and confidentiality
- Bias toward action and execution
- Ability to operate in ambiguity
- Strong relationship building
- Comprehensive Benefits Coverage - 100% company-paid health, life, and disability insurance effective from Day 1 of employment
- Retirement Savings Program - Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with the option of receiving a matching employer contribution
- Virtual Health Care - Company-paid program available to all employees and their dependents/partners
- Employee & Family Assistance Program (EFAP) - Company-paid support services for employees and their dependents/partners
- Parental Leave Top-Up - Enhanced parental leave benefits available from Day 1 of employment
- New Parent Gift - A company-sponsored gift to celebrate the arrival of a new child
- Wellness Support - Lifestyle spending account to promote health and well-being
- Business Coach from Day 1: Personalized one-on-one coaching to support career growth, accelerate development, and help achieve your professional goals at Capco.