Intact

Director, Finance Transformation – Systems

Intact

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Montréal • Canada

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Salary

💰 CA$149,600 - CA$182,800 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Lead transformational finance systems and data initiatives, partnering across Finance, IT, Operations and Planning.
  • Co-own the finance systems roadmap and drive end-to-end delivery—turning business needs into modern, scalable, supportable solutions—while ensuring strong governance, testing/UAT discipline, and successful adoption.
  • Co-develop the long-term Finance systems roadmap aligned to business strategy, regulatory requirements, and data capabilities.
  • Assess emerging technology and data capabilities to improve efficiency, controls, and insight.
  • Partner with project managers to define scope, milestones, success metrics, and change control; establish clear decision rights and manage RAID (risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies).
  • Lead resource planning, effort estimation, and budgeting with Finance Transformation peers, IT, Operations and Planning.
  • Own business requirements, functional specifications, test strategy, UAT execution, and defect triage/prioritization for finance systems projects.
  • Serve as the primary liaison between Finance and IT for end-to-end delivery.
  • Partner with leaders to evaluate impacts to external reporting, KPIs, processes, and team structures.
  • Drive change management, communications, and training to ensure organization-wide adoption.
  • Support Finance teams with day-to-day issues and continuous improvement.
  • Advance initiatives that improve data quality, process efficiency, control, and insight generation across Finance.
  • Enable corporate growth and optimization through fit-for-purpose systems and data solutions.
  • Strong end-to-end systems understanding, including upstream/downstream dependencies and controls.
  • Ability to translate complex requirements into functional/technical specifications, including source-to-target mappings.
  • Trusted liaison with IT/Data/Architecture teams to shape designs and manage delivery.
  • Hands-on leadership of test strategy, UAT planning, data validation, and defect management.
  • Understanding of financial data controls, reconciliations, and regulatory/reporting requirements (e.g., IFRS).

Requirements

  • Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree in finance, Business/Management (MBA) or equivalent, CPA is a strong asset.
  • Minimum 8–years relevant experience, including at least 5 years in transformation projects, leading cross-functional programs.
  • Minimum 5-years leading and managing high-performing professionals, including people managers – is required.
  • Proven delivery of finance systems/data initiatives strong program/project management practices.
  • Experience leading operational and business change (change management and training).
  • Strong planning, critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication.
  • For candidates located in Quebec, bilingualism is required considering the necessity to interact on a regular basis with English-speaking colleagues across the country and globally.
Benefits
  • Flexible work arrangements and a hybrid work model
  • Possibility to purchase up to 5 extra days off per year
  • Multiple benefits offered to support physical and mental wellbeing, including telemedicine, Wellness account and much more
  • Share plan & other savings: up to 12% of salary or even more (ask how you could earn guaranteed income for life)
  • Annual bonus target, based on the base salary, with a potential payout of up to double the target (subject to personal and company performance): 20%
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
finance systemsdata initiativesprogram managementchange managementUAT executiondefect managementfinancial data controlsreconciliationsregulatory requirementssource-to-target mappings
Soft Skills
leadershipcritical thinkingproblem-solvingdecision-makingcommunicationcollaborationplanningtrainingadaptabilitystakeholder management
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeMBACPA