Director - Finance

Are you ready to join AutoTrader’s Finance team and help us create bar-raising digital experiences for our clients and customers? Do you have an entrepreneurial spirit and enjoy a flexible work arrangement? As we continue to leverage trending technologies to drive customer-centric innovations, we also provide a Company Culture unlike any other. We are all about Collaboration, Growth and Fun.

Trader Corporation is the team behind Canada’s leading automotive marketplace, AutoTrader.ca, as well as a world class digital advertising business. We are a technology driven company that creates compelling solutions for our users and dealer customers. We are expanding our team and need are looking for an experienced Director of Finance to join our team.

Responsible for leading and directing the Company’s budgeting and re-forecasting efforts, the Director, Finance would develop and analyze key operating metrics to support and drive the business in achieving its key operating and strategic objectives. Special projects including budget impact of new initiatives and business opportunities as well as others. This role will provide profitability and promote performance. Work very closely with sales, marketing and operations groups. Responsible for presentation and analysis of management and Board reports. Directly supporting Senior Execs in Product, Marketing, R&D and Sales as the lead Finance Partner on their strategic projects. This person would act as the lead financial, analytical and forecasting for project teams responsible for helping build business plans and business case.

What you’ll do…

• Gathers and reviews all departmental budget or reforecast data and integrates into one company wide budget or reforecast.
• Leads the budgeting activities with different internal agents (Executives, Directors, and budget coordinators) to ensure the budgets and forecasts are prepared in a timely basis in the correct format.
• Manages and leads monthly financial statement analysis process and associated reporting of budget and reforecast variances.
• Advises various internal agents (Executives, Directors, and budget coordinators) on all matters relating to budgets, forecasts and performance variances against projected results.
• Designs and develops reports of key financial and operating metrics for management group.

What you bring to the table…

• Experience leading cross functional business projects, Solid judgement, able to help teams make good decisions and recommendations supported by analysis and commercially reasonable assumptions
• Be commercially minded and Excellent communicator
• Working independently and collaborating with key functional stakeholders on commercial opportunities
• Great presentation skills and problem-solving methodology including outlining options and recommendations supported by financial analysis and business cases
• Understands how to lay out a business case including problem statement, options, recommendation supported by analysis
• Understands the need to engage all stakeholders to inform and build support for their recommendation
• Has proven experience helping other organizations solve complex business problems
• Proactive in making things happen and don’t require much direction

Must Have experience…

• University degree: Business Administration or related
• 10+ years of budgeting experience in a large multi-departmental corporate environment
• Professional designation (CA, CMA, CGA)
• Strong MS Excel and PowerPoint skills are required
• Must have strong PC and accounting systems skills, Great Plains experience preferred
• Must be an excellent communicator
• Must have excellent interpersonal and leadership skills
• Flexible and a strong negotiator

What’s in it for you…

• An environment built to help you be your creative best
• Competitive employee benefits program (medical, dental, vision and extended health care)
• Paid time off
• Professional Development dollars
• Retirement benefits
• Company Incentive plans
• Flexible work environment
• Team-building and Employee Appreciation events
• Employee and Family Assistance and Wellness Programs
• Gym membership discounts

Do we have your attention now? If so, we would love to hear from you!

At Trader Corporation, we welcome everyone to apply. We are committed to diversity and inclusion in our workplace, where every team member feels valued.