Manager, Finance Transformation - J.D. Irving, Moncton

About the role

Midland Transport is seeking a strategic and driven Manager, Finance Transformation to play a key role in modernizing and transforming our Finance organization. Based at our Moncton Refrigerated DC office, this individual will lead the planning, design, and delivery of Finance process and system improvement initiatives, partnering closely with Finance, IT, and Transformation Office stakeholders. The role is responsible for advancing the Finance Transformation roadmap (excluding Pricing), identifying opportunities to enhance efficiency, controls, and capabilities, and ensuring transformation initiatives deliver measurable business value. The successful candidate will help shape the future of Finance at Midland by driving innovation, supporting organizational readiness, and enabling sustainable business growth through transformation.

Key duties

• Lead the day-to-day planning, execution, and delivery of the Finance Transformation stream, ensuring initiatives are completed on time and aligned with business objectives.
• Maintain and evolve the Finance Transformation roadmap (excluding Pricing) by assessing current capabilities, identifying improvement opportunities, evaluating industry best practices, and translating priorities into actionable initiatives and project plans.
• Lead the assessment and documentation of current-state Finance processes and facilitate the design of future-state processes, capabilities, controls, business requirements, and performance measures.
• Partner with Finance leaders, subject matter experts, Business Analysts, IT teams, and solution architects to ensure business requirements are complete, practical, and aligned with organizational goals.
• Coordinate Finance-related system enhancements, automation initiatives, reporting improvements, master data management, and data governance activities in collaboration with IT, Data & Analytics, Finance stakeholders, and external vendors.
• Ensure Finance requirements, controls, reporting needs, and data dependencies are effectively incorporated throughout solution design, development, testing, and implementation.
• Lead Finance participation across all phases of the project lifecycle, including discovery, design, configuration reviews, testing, data validation, training, deployment, stabilization, and operational handover.
• Manage and coordinate Finance subject matter experts, project resources, consultants, vendors, and business stakeholders to achieve project milestones and Finance transformation objectives.
• Monitor progress, identify and mitigate risks, resolve issues, and escalate concerns as needed to support successful project delivery.
• Partner with Change Management, Finance leaders, and process owners to assess organizational impacts, support communications and training initiatives, and drive business readiness and user adoption.
• Facilitate the successful transition of new processes, systems, and capabilities into Finance operations, ensuring sustainable adoption and ongoing value realization.
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance Finance processes, controls, reporting capabilities, and operational efficiency through modernization and transformation initiatives.

What you'll bring

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Data Analytics, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
• Professional Accounting Designation (CPA or equivalent) preferred.
• Project Management, Process Improvement, or Change Management certification is considered an asset.
• PMP, Agile, Scrum, Lean Six Sigma, or equivalent project or process improvement certification preferred.
• Change Management certification (e.g., Prosci) is considered an asset.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in Finance, including experience in finance systems, process improvement, business transformation, and/or modernization initiatives.
• Strong experience in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) and Operational Finance.
• Demonstrated experience leading or coordinating cross-functional projects involving Finance, IT, Data & Analytics, business stakeholders, and external vendors.
• Significant experience working with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) platforms, and other Finance technologies.
• Strong understanding of core Finance processes, including monthly close, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, financial reporting, and internal controls.
• Working knowledge of ERP systems, reporting and analytics tools, automation solutions, and other Finance technologies.
• Ability to collaborate with technical teams to develop models, requirements, and solutions within specialized Finance software and systems.
• Proven project delivery skills, including the ability to manage workplans, timelines, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, decisions, and competing priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence stakeholders at all levels without direct reporting authority.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with the ability to translate complex business requirements into practical solutions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build partnerships and drive alignment across diverse groups.
• Continuous improvement mindset with a passion for innovation, process optimization, and business transformation.
• Results-oriented professional with a proven track record of delivering measurable business outcomes and driving organizational change.