Vice President, Business Finance at Gay Lea Foods — NeverHard

Department: Finance Reports to: Chief Financial Officer Status: Full-time Location : Hybrid/Head office (10 Carlson Court, Etobicoke) Purpose Gay Lea is modernizing its finance function to better support enterprise decision-making, performance, and growth. This includes reducing manual reporting, strengthening planning processes, and leveraging improved tools and data capabilities. This role is accountable for creating a single, integrated view of business performance and ensuring that enterprise trade-offs are clearly surfaced and resolved across commercial, operations, and supply chain. The role owns the enterprise performance narrative and leads Integrated Business Planning (IBP) , ensuring alignment across commercial, operations, and supply. It connects short-term decisions to long-term performance, enabling faster, better trade-offs across pricing, mix, cost, capacity, and supply. As a senior business partner to enterprise leadership, the role elevates financial clarity, strengthens accountability, and shifts the finance function from reporting to decision-making. Key Responsibilities: Own the enterprise view of performance (volume, mix, cost, margin) and establish a single, aligned performance narrative Translate complex financial and operational data into clear insights, decisions, and actions Lead Integrated Business Planning (IBP) as the core enterprise decision-making cadence Align commercial, operations, and supply plans into an integrated view of performance Drive enterprise trade-offs across pricing, mix, cost, capacity, and supply Own rolling forecasts and long-range planning (12-36 months), ensuring alignment to strategy Ensure decisions today are connected to long-term financial performance Lead and integrate Business Finance across commercial, operations, dairy & supply, and enterprise planning Act as a strategic finance partner to senior leaders, influencing decisions and strengthening accountability Shift finance effort from reporting to decision support by leveraging data, tools, and improved ways of working Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting; CPA and/or MBA preferred. Proven senior finance leadership experience in Business Finance, Commercial Finance, Operations Finance, or IBP environments 10+ years in finance with significant experience in Operations/Manufacturing finance and cost accounting Strong judgement and decision-making capability in complex, multi-variable environments Demonstrated ability to influence peers and operate at the enterprise level Experience leading cross-functional planning and performance processes Ability to operate effectively with ambiguity and make meaningful trade-offs Direct, pragmatic, and outcome-focused leadership style Advanced financial, analytical, and systems capabilities #J-18808-Ljbffr