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The Finances Director is responsible for driving financial performance governance and decision support across global operations technologies and corporate functions. Leads large multilayered teams and acts as a trusted Finance Business Partner to Executive Leadership enabling strategic decisionmaking operational excellence and scalable growth.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Team Management

• Lead supervise and develop a team of approximately 25 finance professionals including three managers (Corporate Overhead Corporate Projects and Costing).
• Foster a highperformance resultsoriented finance organization aligned with business priorities.

Executive Finance Business Partnering

• Act as the primary Finance Business Partner to:
  • Executive Vice President Global Operations and the four Vice Presidents overseeing Procurement Engineering Manufacturing and Quality.
  • Executive Vice President Technologies & Innovation the CIO and their leadership teams (Business Performance & Strategy Digital Services).
  • All Corporate Function Vice Presidents (Finance HR Legal Communications Health & Safety Executive Office).
  • Business Unit leadership teams.
• Provide financial insight and challenge to drive performance accountability and value creation.

Montreal Cost Centers & Operations Oversight

• Assume full financial accountability for all Montreal cost centers including Operations GTP departments and Corporate functions.
• Deliver endtoend financial management including:
  • Budget Forecast and Actuals tracking
  • Risks & Opportunities (R&O) management
  • Monthly reporting and executive presentations
  • Adhoc and strategic analyses for leadership

Assets & Capital Governance and inventory

• Ensure robust financial control over all Montreal fixed assets including planning reporting and governance.
• Lead financial oversight of corporate intangible projects (CAPEX/OPEX) providing a consolidated enterprise view that includes BUspecific initiatives (IT and R&D).
• Provide a reconciled consolidated view of CAE Inc. tangible and intangible assets.

• Oversee Montreal project costing and common inventory management.
• Support the GTP Strategy team in designing and implementing new project intake and prioritization processes.
• Support the development of business cases for intangible projects and the monitoring of their operational KPIs.

Governance Policies & Controls

• Ensure strict application of corporate financial policies and procedures including:
  • Business case approvals and thresholds.
  • Project opening governance.
  • Capitalized vs. noncapitalized cost treatment.
  • Change order approval processes.

Strategic & Operational Impact

• Provide financial analyses for capital investments pricing decisions and contract negotiations.
• Drive operational process improvements across functions to support scalable growth and efficiency gains.
• Lead participate in and support Finance transformation initiatives and key BU projects; identify opportunities to streamline processes and enhance effectiveness.

Minimum Qualifications

• University Degree in accounting or Finance with a professional accounting designation (CPA CFA).

• Minimum of 12 years of relevant experience in Financial Management.

• Minimum of 6 years of experience in a leadership role.

• Demonstrated ability to drive & achieve results.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to learn and adapt quickly to new situations.

• Flexible and capable of working in a dynamic and changing environment.

• Good organizational skills and ability to prioritize work and work well under pressure in a result driven environment.

• Strong interpersonal and relationship management skills.

• Strong communication skills both written and spoken.

Benefits

• Group Insurance.
• Telemedicine Employee and Family Assistance Program.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Group RRSP.
• CAE Pension Plan/Defined Benefit Plan.
• Sabbatical Leave.
• Flex Time.
• Enhanced Parental Leave.

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About CAE

At CAE our mission is clear: to help make the world a safer place. For nearly 80 years weve driven innovation in simulation training and mission readiness to support critical operations worldwide. By leveraging advanced technologies we empower our customers to operate smarter faster and more sustainably. Join a purpose-driven organization where bold ideas are encouraged collaboration drives progress and your growth fuels our shared success.

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