Company Overview Welcome to EQI Canada (formerly Accucam Machining). EQI delivers supply chain certainty for global industrial equipment manufacturers. Our proprietary global production network of suppliers offers expansive capacity for producing line-ready metal components. EQI offers tailored solutions to meet the complex needs of your manufacturing process. We simplify your supply chain by bundling metal products with a broad range of engineering, logistics, and value-added services.

Position Summary:

The Finance Manager, Canada leads the end‑to‑end financial reporting, controls, and compliance for EQI Canada. Reporting to the Global Controller, this role partners closely with Canada leadership to deliver accurate, timely results, translate performance into actionable insights, and support margin improvement and growth initiatives. The Finance Manager owns the close, statutory compliance, cash and working capital, leads the regional accounting team, and drives process standardization and scalability in a high‑accountability environment.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Reporting & Close

• Own the integrity, timeliness, and governance of monthly and annual financial close, ensuring decision‑ready reporting for leadership and corporate stakeholders.
• Lead regional consolidation activities, including coordination with the China subsidiary, to deliver accurate and aligned results to the Global Controller and Corporate Finance.
• Ensure consistent application of US GAAP / IFRS and corporate accounting policies, exercising judgment on complex or non‑routine transactions.
• Analyze financial results and key variances to identify performance drivers, risks, and opportunities, and proactively communicate insights to leadership.
• Support consolidated, statutory, and lender reporting requirements, ensuring transparency, compliance, and audit readiness.

Compliance & Internal Controls

• Provide leadership over local statutory, tax, and regulatory compliance, ensuring requirements are met while supporting business agility and growth.
• Own the design, effectiveness, and continuous strengthening of internal controls, aligned with corporate governance standards and risk appetite.
• Partner with Global Finance to support enterprise risk management, governance frameworks, and control consistency across regions.
• Ensure ongoing audit readiness and transparency, serving as the primary regional liaison for external auditors, regulators, and internal reviews.
• Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate financial and operational risks, advising leadership on exposures, trade‑offs, and control enhancements.

Financial Planning & Analysis Support

• Own the budgeting, forecasting, and long‑range planning, ensuring alignment with the FP&A group on strategic priorities and operational realities.
• Provide forward‑looking insights into regional financial performance, key drivers, risks, and opportunities to inform leadership decision‑making.
• Support margin expansion and cost optimization strategies through disciplined analysis of cost structures, productivity, and operational leverage.

Operational Finance Leadership

• Act as a trusted strategic finance partner to the Canada leadership team, influencing business direction through insight, judgment, and financial rigor.
• Provide financial leadership on key commercial and investment decisions, including contracts, pricing strategies, capital expenditures, and resource allocation.
• Assess business performance against strategic objectives, identifying gaps, risks, and opportunities, and recommending corrective actions and trade‑offs.
• Translate complex financial results into clear, actionable insights that enable timely, informed leadership decisions.
• Influence commercial outcomes through margin analysis, pricing discipline, cost structure optimization, and scenario evaluation.
• Support growth initiatives, integrations, and scale‑up activities by providing financial perspective on risks, synergies, and execution readiness.

Cash Flow & Working Capital Management

• Provide forward‑looking cash flow and liquidity insights to inform operational priorities, capital allocation, and growth decisions.
• Drive enterprise‑level working capital strategy across receivables, payables, and inventory, balancing cash optimization with customer and supplier considerations.
• Partner with Corporate Finance on treasury strategy, banking relationships, and funding initiatives to support business continuity and scalability.

Team Leadership & Development

• Build and lead a high‑performing regional accounting organization that delivers strong technical execution and sound business judgment.
• Set clear performance expectations aligned to business outcomes, fostering accountability, engagement, and continuous improvement.
• Develop talent and succession plans to ensure organizational resilience and readiness for future growth and complexity.

Systems & Process Improvement

• Lead finance process transformation initiatives that improve efficiency, scalability, and control while enabling timely, decision‑ready information.
• Champion effective use of ERP and financial systems to enhance data integrity, reporting quality, and operational insight.
• Act as the Canada finance lead for global initiatives, ensuring successful adoption while representing regional needs and risks.

Inventory & Capital Asset Management

• Provide financial leadership over inventory and cost structures to support margin management, pricing decisions, and operational efficiency.
• Establish and maintain accurate overhead rates and cost methodologies aligned with business realities and accounting standards.
• Oversee capital asset governance, ensuring disciplined investment, accurate reporting, and alignment with long‑term business strategy.

Qualifications and Key Competencies:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• Professional accounting designation preferred (CPA – CA, CMA, CGA).
• Strong financial systems capability, with advanced proficiency in Excel and experience working within ERP environments (Epicor preferred).
• Progressive accounting leadership experience, including responsibility for close, controls, and team management, ideally within manufacturing and/or distribution environments.
• Experience operating in multinational or matrixed organizations, with the ability to align regional execution to global standards.
• Proven ability to perform effectively in a fast‑growth, high‑accountability environment, balancing speed, accuracy, and sound judgment.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information into clear insights and recommendations.
• A curious, detail‑oriented leader with a continuous‑improvement mindset and a bias toward practical solutions.
• Collaborative, hands‑on leader who builds trust, leads by example, and develops strong working relationships across functions.
• Advanced problem‑solving and troubleshooting capabilities, with comfort addressing ambiguity and non‑routine issues.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present financial insights to senior leadership and external stakeholders.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, meet deadlines under pressure, and maintain a high standard of professionalism and service.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, exercise judgment within established frameworks, and drive work to completion with minimal supervision.

Compensation

• $120,000-$140,000/year annual salary (flexible based on successful candidate's qualifications)
• Bonus plan
• Benefits (health, dental, drug coverage, massage, physio, chiropractor, life insurance, long term disability)
• RRSP with employer match

Vacancy Type

This position is a current vacancy.

AI Disclosure

EQI Canada does not use AI for screening, assessment or selection of candidates.

Accessibility

EQI welcomes applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available at all stages of the hiring process upon request.