finance manager - west island.

Title: Finance Manager
Salary: $130,000 - $140,000 + Bonus
Status: Permanent
Work Model: On-site with flexible schedule

Are you a financial strategist who isn't afraid to get your hands dirty? Do you thrive in the space where "crunching the numbers" meets "running the show"? They aren't just looking for a Finance Manager; they are looking for a strategic co-pilot. They manufacture high-quality, nutritious products for the world’s most iconic brands—the ones you see on every shelf. Now, they need a powerhouse to lead their administrative backbone and help them scale to the next level.

Advantages
Salary: $130,000 - $140,000 + Bonus
Benefits: Group insurance
A fast-growing company with global reach.
A leadership team that values ownership, speed, and trust.
The chance to build something lasting and see the impact of your work every day.

Responsibilities
Finance

- Financial Reporting: Deliver high-level narratives on company performance, providing the President with clear insights into margins, overhead, and overall profitability.

- Month-End & Year-End Closing: Own the full closing cycle, streamlining processes to move from "data collection" to "strategic analysis" with speed and precision.


- Budgeting & Forecasting: Transform business goals into financial roadmaps, analyzing variances and forecasting trends to act as an early-warning system for risks.

- Local Process Management: Oversee the "heartbeat" of the office—optimizing cash flow via AP/AR, ensuring payroll accuracy, and maintaining rigorous tax and regulatory compliance.

- External Stakeholder Management: Serve as the primary point of contact for banks, auditors, and tax authorities, building the trust and transparency necessary for a healthy fiscal reputation.

- ERP Implementation: Play a lead role in the transition to a new ERP system, ensuring financial workflows are optimized and data integrity is maintained throughout the migration.

IT

- Infrastructure & Support: Ensure the smooth functioning of local hardware and software, minimizing downtime for both the administrative team and the production floor.

- Group-Wide Coordination: Act as the bridge between global "Group" IT initiatives and local operations, ensuring new systems are adopted successfully and tailored to the plant’s specific needs.

- Process Modernization: Identify and implement digital tools that lean out manual administrative tasks and improve data accessibility across the organization.

Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in accounting or a CPA designation (an asset).
- Experience in an accounting firm and industry.
- 5 to 10 years of experience in accounting
- Bilingualism (French and English)

Note on English Proficiency: Based on an assessment conducted by our client, it has been determined that this position requires candidates to be fluent in English (both verbal and written). Specifically, the employee will need to collaborate with and provide necessary support to colleagues and business functions located outside of Quebec who do not speak French.

Summary
Does this West Island leadership opportunity sound like the right fit for you?

If you are a Finance professional ready to step into a high-impact, hands-on role, I’d love to share more details.

Connect with me directly to discuss the position:
View email address on randstad.com

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to View email address on randstad.com to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process. show more
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