Senior Manager, Finance & Controlling

We are seeking a highly motivated and business-oriented Senior Manager Finance & Controlling to join our client's growing organization.

The Sr. Manager, Finance & Controlling will serve as the lead finance and accounting partner and support business growth through financial planning, performance management, compliance, and operational excellence. The successful candidate will combine strong financial expertise with a hands-on approach and the ability to work effectively in a dynamic and evolving environment.

The ideal candidate would have a strong mastery of business and accounting processes in SAP and have hands-on experience performing financial operation activities such as, but not limited to, monthly accounting closes, working knowledge of Order-To-Cash (OTC), Procure-To-Pay (P2P), and treasury processes. Furthermore, the candidate will be able to build strong business partnerships with the Canadian commercial leadership team, providing reliable and timely financial reporting/planning processes, while ensuring compliance with the financial governance framework.

This a new permanent, full-time opportunity available immediately.

Responsibilities

Accounting, Financial Operations & Reporting:

• Own the monthly and quarterly close end-to-end, including the close calendar, journal entries, account reconciliations, accruals, and flux/variance analysis, with clear tie-outs to the financial statement, cash flow and balance sheet..
• Ensure commercial sales for Chiesi Canada are booked with the appropriate sales/payer discounts in the ledger, reconciling actual invoicing with projected estimates on items such as patient copay.
• Own core operational accounting areas such as cash, bank reconciliations prepaids and accruals, fixed assets, leases and ensuring transactions are recorded accurately and on time in accordance with IFRS and company policy.
• Management of local purchasing, procurement and treasury activities in collaboration with Chiesi's Accounting and Treasury team
• Maintain the integrity of master-data in SAP such as the chart of accounts, vendor/customer master, material master.
• Own bank relationships. Ensure compliance with Group Treasury Policy, including bank account governance, payment and cybersecurity controls, counterparty risk management and coordination of treasury capital allocation initiatives and planning with Global Treasury;
• Provide accurate and timely financial information and reporting packages for Chiesi Canada to support the consolidation of financial results at Chiesi Group level,and coordinate external audit activities in partnership with internal and external stakeholders.

Taxes:

• Lead all Canadian tax compliance and reporting activities, including corporate income tax, provincial tax requirements, transfer pricing compliance, Country-by-Country Reporting support, and reporting requirements, in collaboration with Group Tax and external advisors.
• Manage transfer pricing compliance for Canada,
• With the support of external advisors, partnering with local and global R&D and Tax function, ensure domestic tax incentives are identified and, where deemed applicable, their application duly calculated and diligently reported in compliance with local rules.
• Act as the primary Finance contact for external auditors, tax advisors and the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), ensuring timely and compliant responses.

Business Partnering & FP&A:

• Lead the annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning process as the trusted business partner to the Commercial leadership team.
• Partner closely with Global Finance (Accounting, FP&A/Controlling and Tax teams) to ensure alignment with corporate governance, reporting and compliance standards.
• Serve as the senior Finance representative for the Canadian affiliate, providing independent financial leadership, governance and decision support to local management and global stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain management reports to inform business performance, generating insightful commentaries on business drivers and fluxes.
• Support the development of business cases, scenario analyses, and financial evaluations to drive meaningful strategic and operational decisions.