Director of Finance

Reporting to the leadership team responsibilities will include:

Role Overview & Leadership

• Strategic Advisory: Reports to the Head of School as a Senior Leadership Team (SLT) member; advise the Board of Governors on long-term financial sustainability and capital project financing.

• Cross-Functional Support: Partners with the SLT and department heads providing financial analysis modeling and tools to guide budgeting and decision-making.

• Departmental Oversight: Leads and manages teams across finance facilities operational accounting legal tax receipting payroll and benefits.

Operations & Financial Management

• Controls & Compliance: Establish internal financial policies controls risk management (including annual insurance reviews) and ensures regulatory compliance with Alberta Education and CRA.

• Reporting & Auditing: Manage monthly/quarterly financial statements cash flow forecasting annual budgeting and leads the external year-end audit.

• Execution: Collaborate on supplier contract negotiations and reviews resource allocations to support organization wide equity and inclusion.

Qualifications & Experience

• Credentials: University degree in accounting business or management plus a professional accounting designation (CPA).

• Experience: 7 years of senior finance experience; background with independent schools or complex multi-stakeholder institutions and a Board of Governors is preferred.

• Technical Skills: Advanced Excel (modeling analysis) and knowledge of Sage 50 and major ERP systems.
  
  For immediate consideration of this exceptional opportunity please forward your cv to Coralie quoting job posting 5586 to .
  
  Klopp Richards & Associates would like to thank all applicants in advance for their expressed interest in this opportunity.