Interim Vice President, Finance

Duration: 12 months (Strong possibility of permanent) Hybrid Our client is seeking a seasoned Vice President, Finance responsible for translating organizational strategy into clear financial outcomes. Partnering closely with the CFO and other executive leaders, this role ensures that financial planning, forecasting, commercial analytics, investment governance, and enterprise performance management operate with rigor, accuracy, and strategic alignment. The VP of Finance is responsible for leading the full financial planning and performance management cadence for the enterprise—from weekly reviews to annual planning cycles. This role ensures that financial insights, forecasting discipline, and performance reporting are consistent, timely, and actionable. By driving commercial effectiveness and enterprise‑wide profitability, the VP of Finance provides senior leadership and the Board with clear visibility into business performance, risks, and opportunities. Key Accountabilities

Operational & Corporate Finance Integration

Standardize reporting, analytics, and KPI definitions across all operating areas to ensure consistency and alignment. Lead financial analysis for pricing strategies, supply agreements, new product or category expansions, and capital investment economics. Establish planning and reporting structures for corporate and business unit operating expenses, ensuring accuracy and alignment with enterprise performance goals. Protect and optimize enterprise data assets—including cost standards, margin frameworks, and forecasting models. Enterprise FP&A and Performance Management

Lead the full planning and forecasting cadence, including annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, monthly performance reviews, and weekly operating metrics. Deliver accurate, timely financial forecasts with transparent variance explanations and clear recommended actions. Build and maintain decision‑grade financial models covering P&L, cash flow, working capital, volume, pricing, and margin drivers. Ensure that accounting data is accurately reflected in management reporting to support high‑quality decision‑making. Commercial Finance & Pricing Leadership

Serve as a strategic finance partner to commercial leaders, enabling optimized pricing, customer economics, and margin outcomes. Provide insights on pricing, mix, product and customer profitability, portfolio performance, promotions, and cost‑to‑serve. Conduct competitive, market, and pricing analysis; build scenarios; and support evaluation of commercial initiatives and programs. Develop standardized dashboards, profitability frameworks, and reporting that improve visibility into commercial performance. Systems, Data, and ERP Integration

Shape the integration of financial planning and analytics capabilities within the ERP and connected BI tools. Drive data governance across the organization, ensuring clarity in definitions, data lineage, access controls, and reporting accuracy. Promote self‑service analytics and support a unified financial data architecture that scales with the business. Leadership & Team Development

Lead, mentor, and develop a team of finance professionals across FP&A, commercial finance, and capital modeling. Establish clear priorities, performance goals, and development paths for direct reports. Elevate analytical capabilities, communication quality, and decision discipline within the finance function and across partnering teams. Strengthen financial literacy and promote consistent adoption of finance frameworks across the enterprise. Capital Structure, Treasury & Investment Oversight

Align short‑term operating plans with long‑range financial strategies, ensuring capital structure and liquidity requirements are met. Support leadership and board‑level communication with clear narratives on performance, risk, capital decisions, and financial outlook. Oversee capital allocation discipline, investment evaluation, ROI analysis, and post‑investment performance reviews. Contribute to valuation, scenario modeling, and capital deployment strategies that enhance long‑term enterprise value. Maintain strong financial governance across forecasting, margin management, pricing decisions, and capital approval processes. Identify, anticipate, and mitigate financial risks, ensuring leadership has clear visibility and no performance surprises. Lead organizational readiness for financial shocks or significant deviations from plan. Qualifications & Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field (MBA, or CPA, preferred). A minimum of 7–10 years of advancing responsibility in FP&A, corporate or commercial finance, including experience in senior‑level roles (VP or higher). Proven ability to thrive in environments with incomplete, low‑quality, or disconnected systems, with a track record of establishing structured processes and analytical frameworks that deliver reliable, high‑quality insights while simultaneously developing and mentoring teams to excel despite system gaps. Outstanding executive‑level communication and presentation capabilities—written, visual, and verbal—with a demonstrated ability to influence and engage senior leadership. Deep expertise across forecasting, budgeting, pricing strategies, commercial analytics, capital investment evaluations, and advanced financial modeling. Practical experience using modern planning and forecasting platforms to enable scalable budgeting, forecasting, and performance management workflows. Strong grasp of operational and commercial cost drivers within multi‑entity, multi‑jurisdictional manufacturing or multi‑product business environments. Hands‑on ERP exposure (preferably Microsoft D365) and a solid orientation toward data governance and data integrity. Demonstrated success in leading a small, high‑performing team and elevating organizational decision‑making at the enterprise level. PLEASE SEND YOUR CV (AS A WORD DOC) TO: Interim.Applications@LHHknightsbridge.com (Subject: Job Title) LHH Knightsbridge Interim Management is a service to help our clients address a wide range of scenarios including leadership support due to sudden departures, driving key change initiatives or leading transformation projects. Our interim executives step in with minimal downtime to meet specific objectives and deliver results. All have held senior positions in the past and have now chosen to offer their unique depth and breadth of experience to organizations on a limited engagement basis. Follow the LHH Knightsbridge LinkedIn page and set up a job alert to learn about new Executive Interim opportunities. Lee Hecht Harrison Knightsbridge Corp. is committed to providing equitable treatment and accommodation to ensure a barrier‑free recruitment process. In accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and our AODA policy, a request for accommodation will be accepted as part of the hiring process. If you require accommodation to apply or if selected to participate in an assessment process, please provide your accommodation needs in advance to the Recruitment Lead for this opportunity. We thank all interested candidates in advance; however, only individuals selected for interviews will be contacted.

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