Associate Director, Financial Reporting & Services
About the role
Length: 3-year term position
Job category: Accounting and finance
Job posting ID: 7848
Employment status: Temporary full-time
Classification: PTS/MGT/IT B
Application deadline: Until position is filled
How to apply: Canadian Blood Services has partnered with Boyden . Submit your application directly to Boyden via their website here . Application requirements:
- Your up-to-date resume.
- We recommend you save a copy of the job posting for reference throughout the recruitment process.
- Submit your application via Boyden to be considered for this position.
Together, we can make all the difference in the lives of others. We acknowledge that the work of Canadian Blood Services spans many Territories and Treaty areas across the country, and we are grateful for the Traditional Knowledge Keepers and Elders who have guided us in this important work. We recognize the land and waters that have inspired our work and offer gratitude to those Indigenous peoples on whose territory we work, live and play.
Canadian Blood Services is an essential part of the country’s network of healthcare systems. Together, with donors, recipients, employees, partners and volunteers, Canadian Blood Services is Canada’s Lifeline , providing lifesaving products and services in transfusion and transplantation for Canadian patients, and safeguarding Canada's systems of life essentials in blood, plasma, stem cells, and organs and tissues.
Canadian Blood Services is seeking an accomplished and collaborative financial leader to serve as its next Associate Director, Financial Reporting and Services (Associate Director) for a three-year term. Reporting to the Director, Financial Reporting & Services, the Associate Director will play a pivotal role in ensuring the integrity, transparency, and strategic stewardship of CBS’s financial reporting and advisory functions.
As a key member of the Finance and Corporate Services team, the Associate Director will lead financial reporting services operations. The successful candidate will provide strategic financial advisory services to boards, committees, and executive management, while ensuring accurate, complete, and compliant financial reporting.
This position will be responsible for leading and inspiring a team of finance professionals, fostering collaboration, development, and performance excellence. The Associate Director will oversee all aspects of financial reporting, including the execution of the financial close, external and board committee reporting and external audits. The Associate Director will also direct accounting standards research and development of accounting positions, policies and procedures. The Associate Director will lead the accounts payable, receivable and inventory costing teams. The Associate Director will collaborate with the treasury and cash management teams to ensure investments, cash payments and receipts, and foreign currency transactions are appropriately integrated into financial reporting. Finally, the role will drive continuous improvement through the implementation of enhanced financial processes, systems, and internal controls.
As an ideal candidate, you bring a post-secondary degree in a relevant discipline, a CPA designation, and at least ten years of progressive experience in accounting, auditing, financial reporting, and financial controls, ideally within a large, complex, or regulated organization. You demonstrate deep expertise in GAAP, including Canadian NPO, ASPE, and IFRS frameworks, and ERP systems. Experience with pension, benefits, and captive insurance accounting will be considered an asset. You are a collaborative and forward-thinking leader who thrives on translating complex financial data into meaningful insights. With strong analytical acumen and exceptional communication skills, you guide decision-making, build trusted relationships, and contribute to CBS’s mission of delivering excellence in financial stewardship.
Diversity and inclusion play a vital role in ensuring health equity for patients across Canada. We are committed to reflecting Canada’s population in our organization and fostering an environment where all employees can be their authentic selves, with equal opportunities to succeed and contribute.
If this role resonates with you, we encourage you to apply by providing your up-to-date resume. This could be your first step towards a meaningful and inspiring career. Come to work each day knowing that you save lives. **How to apply:
Canadian Blood Services has partnered with Boyden . Submit your application directly to Boyden via their website here .** We thank all applicants for their interest. However, only those considered for an interview or those invited to participate in an assessment will be contacted. Emails are sent directly from our system, to ensure you receive them please add donotreply@blood.ca and system@successfactors.com to your safe senders list.
Applicants who require accommodation should discuss their needs with us.
About Canadian Blood Services
We are Canada’s biological lifeline.
We are the connection between the sincere generosity of donors and the heartfelt appreciation of recipients, between the profound discoveries of science and the joyful restoration of health.
As such, we are nationally responsible for a secure system of life essentials for transfusion or transplantation that’s reliable, accessible and sustainable.
That’s why our organization must be efficient, our performance disciplined. We must work as one with our colleagues and partners at all levels.
We must be prudent yet smart, rigorous yet agile, capable yet concerned. And we must be innovative, reinventing today so we can find better answers for tomorrow.
In a very real way, what we do affects the well-being of all Canadians and every day we must earn their trust. We make a difference and in that, we take great pride
Canadian Blood Services strives to create informative and engaging communities on social media. We ask that users heed our Community Guidelines
Associate Director, Financial Reporting & Services
About the role
Length: 3-year term position
Job category: Accounting and finance
Job posting ID: 7848
Employment status: Temporary full-time
Classification: PTS/MGT/IT B
Application deadline: Until position is filled
How to apply: Canadian Blood Services has partnered with Boyden . Submit your application directly to Boyden via their website here . Application requirements:
- Your up-to-date resume.
- We recommend you save a copy of the job posting for reference throughout the recruitment process.
- Submit your application via Boyden to be considered for this position.
Together, we can make all the difference in the lives of others. We acknowledge that the work of Canadian Blood Services spans many Territories and Treaty areas across the country, and we are grateful for the Traditional Knowledge Keepers and Elders who have guided us in this important work. We recognize the land and waters that have inspired our work and offer gratitude to those Indigenous peoples on whose territory we work, live and play.
Canadian Blood Services is an essential part of the country’s network of healthcare systems. Together, with donors, recipients, employees, partners and volunteers, Canadian Blood Services is Canada’s Lifeline , providing lifesaving products and services in transfusion and transplantation for Canadian patients, and safeguarding Canada's systems of life essentials in blood, plasma, stem cells, and organs and tissues.
Canadian Blood Services is seeking an accomplished and collaborative financial leader to serve as its next Associate Director, Financial Reporting and Services (Associate Director) for a three-year term. Reporting to the Director, Financial Reporting & Services, the Associate Director will play a pivotal role in ensuring the integrity, transparency, and strategic stewardship of CBS’s financial reporting and advisory functions.
As a key member of the Finance and Corporate Services team, the Associate Director will lead financial reporting services operations. The successful candidate will provide strategic financial advisory services to boards, committees, and executive management, while ensuring accurate, complete, and compliant financial reporting.
This position will be responsible for leading and inspiring a team of finance professionals, fostering collaboration, development, and performance excellence. The Associate Director will oversee all aspects of financial reporting, including the execution of the financial close, external and board committee reporting and external audits. The Associate Director will also direct accounting standards research and development of accounting positions, policies and procedures. The Associate Director will lead the accounts payable, receivable and inventory costing teams. The Associate Director will collaborate with the treasury and cash management teams to ensure investments, cash payments and receipts, and foreign currency transactions are appropriately integrated into financial reporting. Finally, the role will drive continuous improvement through the implementation of enhanced financial processes, systems, and internal controls.
As an ideal candidate, you bring a post-secondary degree in a relevant discipline, a CPA designation, and at least ten years of progressive experience in accounting, auditing, financial reporting, and financial controls, ideally within a large, complex, or regulated organization. You demonstrate deep expertise in GAAP, including Canadian NPO, ASPE, and IFRS frameworks, and ERP systems. Experience with pension, benefits, and captive insurance accounting will be considered an asset. You are a collaborative and forward-thinking leader who thrives on translating complex financial data into meaningful insights. With strong analytical acumen and exceptional communication skills, you guide decision-making, build trusted relationships, and contribute to CBS’s mission of delivering excellence in financial stewardship.
Diversity and inclusion play a vital role in ensuring health equity for patients across Canada. We are committed to reflecting Canada’s population in our organization and fostering an environment where all employees can be their authentic selves, with equal opportunities to succeed and contribute.
If this role resonates with you, we encourage you to apply by providing your up-to-date resume. This could be your first step towards a meaningful and inspiring career. Come to work each day knowing that you save lives. **How to apply:
Canadian Blood Services has partnered with Boyden . Submit your application directly to Boyden via their website here .** We thank all applicants for their interest. However, only those considered for an interview or those invited to participate in an assessment will be contacted. Emails are sent directly from our system, to ensure you receive them please add donotreply@blood.ca and system@successfactors.com to your safe senders list.
Applicants who require accommodation should discuss their needs with us.
About Canadian Blood Services
We are Canada’s biological lifeline.
We are the connection between the sincere generosity of donors and the heartfelt appreciation of recipients, between the profound discoveries of science and the joyful restoration of health.
As such, we are nationally responsible for a secure system of life essentials for transfusion or transplantation that’s reliable, accessible and sustainable.
That’s why our organization must be efficient, our performance disciplined. We must work as one with our colleagues and partners at all levels.
We must be prudent yet smart, rigorous yet agile, capable yet concerned. And we must be innovative, reinventing today so we can find better answers for tomorrow.
In a very real way, what we do affects the well-being of all Canadians and every day we must earn their trust. We make a difference and in that, we take great pride
Canadian Blood Services strives to create informative and engaging communities on social media. We ask that users heed our Community Guidelines