Employment Type: Contract (approx. 3 months)

Location: Vaughan, ON (Hybrid — 3 days on-site, Highway 7 & Keele)

Rate: $70-75/hour

Industry: Manufacturing

Position Type: New Role

About the Opportunity

Our client is a private equity-backed manufacturer producing sustainable consumer products from recycled materials, operating multiple plants across Canada, the US, and Europe with revenue in the $170–200M range. The finance function is in an active build phase: the team is standing up a modern FP&A capability, refining NetSuite module by module, and running a full manufacturing costing review alongside external consultants.

This interim role exists to accelerate that build. It sits between a hands-on analyst team and senior finance leadership, owning the financial lens on a highly integrated manufacturing operation. You'll take ambiguous operational issues — negative inventory, BOM inaccuracies, unabsorbed costs, cancelled POs — and translate them into clear financial impact, then drive resolution across the organization rather than applying a band-aid.

Reporting directly to the Director of FP&A, you'll own budgeting, forecasting, manufacturing cost analysis, and profitability reporting while coaching two analysts (one operations-focused, one sales-focused) who bring strong domain knowledge but not a formal accounting foundation. This is a chance to define what best-in-class FP&A looks like in a business that's genuinely building it — with visibility to executive leadership and PE ownership from day one.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate operational issues (BOM errors, negative inventory, run-time discrepancies, cancelled POs) into their P&L and balance sheet impact, and prioritize resolution by financial materiality
• Drive process improvements cross-functionally — identifying root causes, engaging the right stakeholders, and seeing changes through to completion
• Own the budgeting and forecasting process, including the annual operating budget (kicking off September) and a move toward continuous forecasting
• Lead profitability analysis by SKU, customer, and category, including price-volume-mix analysis across multiple entities (Canada, US, Poland, Quebec)
• Build out costing for new business RFPs and support pricing recommendations for the commercial team
• Perform CapEx and ROI assessments on new tooling and manufacturing improvements
• Support the ongoing manufacturing costing review — validating BOM absorption, updating standard costs, and maintaining master data
• Prepare monthly performance reporting for PE ownership, quarterly board materials, and integrate into the emerging S&OP process
• Direct Power BI reporting development toward a single-source-of-truth "one number" system, validating existing reports and recommending new dashboards with the IT/BI team
• Coach and guide two FP&A analysts, teaching structured approaches to inventory obsolescence reviews, aging analysis, and financial problem-solving

What You Bring

• 5+ years of FP&A experience, with emphasis on the plus, including at least 3–4 years of deep manufacturing exposure
• Strong understanding of manufacturing operations from a finance lens — building and reviewing BOMs, understanding line efficiencies, standard costing, and absorption
• CPA or CA designation — the accounting foundation is essential to this role, given the gap it fills between the analyst team and leadership
• Proven ability to connect operational data to financial outcomes and communicate impact at all levels of an organization
• Demonstrated gravitas and influencing skills — able to message critical issues to senior leadership and drive accountability cross-functionally
• Comfortable operating in a hybrid "doer and director" capacity — hands-on where needed, guiding the analyst team elsewhere
• A builder's mindset: refining and elevating existing processes rather than maintaining a finished function

Nice to Have

• Hands-on NetSuite experience
• Power BI dashboard development or BI reporting direction
• Multi-entity and multi-currency manufacturing environments
• Experience in a PE-owned business with monthly ownership reporting
• Familiarity with S&OP processes and Lean manufacturing principles

Next Steps

We do appreciate all interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Clarity Recruitment is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process and workplace. If you require accommodation, please let us know in advance and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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