Manager, Operations Finance - Vancouver, Canada - Vancouver Shipyards

Vancouver Shipyards

Verified Company

Vancouver, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Manager, Operations Finance -NSS Production:

The Manager, Operations Finance - NSS Production ("Manager"), will report directly to the Director, Operations Finance and will serve as the finance business partner to Vancouver Shipyard NSS Production organization supporting the Sr.

VP Operations and Operations Directors.

This role is primarily responsible for supporting the management of department budgets, creating forecasts, and cost tracking for major projects as part of shipbuilding under the National Shipbuilding Strategy ("NSS").

NSS Production focuses on Manufacturing, Construction, and Facility Support for new ship construction.

As such, the person in this role will need to understand the critical business and governance requirements of an engineering, manufacturing and construction environment.

As the finance business partner to NSS Production, the Manager will be responsible for the preparation of budgets and forecasts ("EACs") for major projects and departmental overhead cost, support earned value (EV) analysis, prepare monthly operational finance review materials, and advise on achieving financial goals.

As a key member of the finance team, the Manager will play an important control and governance role in ensuring the appropriate accounting for costs per ASPE and/or IFRS and contract cost principles are maintained.

In addition, to providing analytics and recommendations on operational policies and procedures.

Note:
Due to business needs, this position is required to be fully on-site based at our head campus, located at 2 Pemberton Avenue, North Vancouver, B.C.

What you'll do

Direct the efforts of the Operations Finance
NSS Production team in providing valuable support to Production Leadership.
Work with the Operations Directors to ensure business plans and execution are compliant accounting standards and company policy; that cost, and schedule are both adhered to, and that earned value is measured properly.
Define paths forward to improve accuracy of production budgets and financial forecasting.
Ensure processes are in place to understand earned value, supplier accruals, labour resource plans, labour costs, and delivering on program commitments.
Provide comprehensive weekly/monthly earned value and project variance analysis against monthly spends, budget and forecasts.
Assess and quantify cost/schedule status and risk, evaluate operational trends, and provide project cost to go estimates.
Provide comprehensive weekly/monthly departmental overhead cost variance analysis against monthly spends, budget and forecasts.
Manage Shipyard Capex planning, budgeting, and project completions in accordance to accounting standards and company policy.
Problem solve and conduct investigations to identify root cause and develop improvements to practices or approaches to mitigate financial and schedule risks.
Establish, develop, and maintain effective business relationships. Serve as point of contact on financial matters and audits with internal customers.
Collaborate with Program Finance to track the financial progress of programs while partnering with Production to successfully deliver projects on budget.

What you'll bring

University degree in Business, Accounting, or Finance required.
Recognized accounting designation, namely CA, CFA, CGA. CPA or CMA preferred.
10 years of experience in accounting roles with emphasis on manufacturing, construction, project accounting, cost control, or auditing of manufacturing, services, or projects.
Prefer three (3) years in management role.
Demonstrate a grasp of accounting standards.
Strong leadership, people management, communication, and interpersonal skills, combined with strong business acumen.
Demonstrated abilities to work closely with an operations management team, coaching them in the effective use of financial information as a management tool in the development and execution of their business plans.
A lateral thinker who can relate to broader business issues. Takes an active interest in the business.
A team builder who develops an environment where staff members, colleagues, and business partners are empowered, encouraged, and rewarded for their contributions and performance.
Excellent presentation skills. Has the skills and ability to analyze and interpret financial and statistical data for the management team in a clear and concise manner.
A positive, goaloriented individual with a sense of urgency. Sets high standards and can manage both detail as well as big picture issues.

Why you'll love working here

This is a fulltime permanent position because we have long term projects that need long term strategic support.
We also provide a bestinclass health and wellness benefits package for this position, including such things as full health care (e.g. unlimited physiotherapy), dental, vision, life insurance, medical leave coverage, maternity and parental leave coverage