Sr. Manager, Finance Commercial

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Position Title: Sr. Manager, Finance Commercial

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time ​

Requisition ID: 44950

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In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.

About the role.

The Senior Manager, Global FP&A (Commercial, R&D, and Marketing) serves as a strategic finance partner to McCain’s Global Commercial, R&D, and Marketing organizations. Reporting to the Senior Director, Global FP&A and Commercial, this role transforms financial and operational data into actionable insights that support growth, innovation, investment decisions, and long-term value creation.

As a trusted advisor to senior leaders, this role provides financial leadership across customer proposals, pricing, profitability analysis, innovation business cases, marketing investments, and strategic planning. The successful candidate combines strong analytical capabilities with business acumen, proactively identifying trends, risks, and opportunities and delivering clear recommendations that enable informed decision-making. The role also plays a key part in advancing finance transformation through AI, automation, and data-driven decision support.

What you’ll be doing.

• Analyze global topline performance and profitable growth metrics, providing monthly insights on trends, opportunities, and risks across Commercial activities.
• Partner with Global and Regional Commercial and Finance teams to support major customer RFPs, pricing proposals, customer commitments, and profitability assessments.
• Provide Commercial teams with financial insights into manufacturing, raw material, and cost drivers to support pricing, innovation, and commercial decision-making.
• Track performance by customer, channel, product, and geography to evaluate mix improvement and profitability outcomes.
• Analyze customer and product profitability using financial models, cost sheets, and data analytics tools to identify trends and opportunities.
• Partner with Global Marketing to develop and manage investment plans, monitor spending against budget, and evaluate the return on marketing campaigns, launches, and promotional activities.
• Lead Commercial content for month-end, quarterly, executive, and Board reporting, providing clear analysis of variances, business performance, and key financial drivers.
• Build, review, challenge, and support business cases for new products, innovation platforms, and strategic investments, including financial return analysis and scenario modeling.
• Track innovation and platform performance against approved business cases, highlighting variances, root causes, and corrective actions to business leaders.
• Support the annual operating plan, budgeting, and forecasting processes across Commercial, R&D, and Marketing functions.
• Partner with Corporate FP&A to align planning, forecasting, and reporting processes where responsibilities overlap.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives, leveraging AI, automation, and advanced analytics to improve reporting efficiency, forecasting accuracy, and decision support capabilities.
• Collaborate with Data and Analytics teams to automate recurring pricing, profitability, and commercial analyses, enabling greater self-service reporting and higher-value finance support.

What you’ll need to be successful.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related discipline.
• Professional accounting designation (CPA, CMA, CA, or equivalent) and/or MBA preferred.
• Seven or more years of progressive experience in Financial Planning & Analysis, Finance Business Partnering, Commercial Finance, or related finance roles.
• Experience supporting Commercial, Marketing, R&D, Innovation, or Manufacturing organizations within a complex business environment.
• Demonstrated expertise in building, evaluating, and challenging business cases for new products, investments, and growth initiatives.
• Strong understanding of customer profitability, product profitability, pricing strategies, cost structures, and financial performance drivers.
• Advanced financial modeling and Microsoft Excel capabilities.
• Experience with enterprise planning and reporting systems such as SAP, OneStream, or similar platforms.
• Proficiency with analytics and data visualization tools, including Power BI.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and management reporting processes.
• Exposure to AI, process automation, or digital finance transformation initiatives is considered an asset.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex financial information and influence senior stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and business partnering capabilities.
• Ability to work independently while managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

About the team.

The Global FP&A team partners closely with Commercial, R&D, Marketing, Corporate Finance, business unit leadership, and regional finance teams to support strategic decision-making and profitable growth. The team provides financial planning, performance management, business case evaluation, and investment analysis across McCain’s global business.

As a key member of the Global FP&A organization, the Senior Manager collaborates with senior leaders and cross-functional partners worldwide to deliver insight-driven recommendations, improve commercial decision-making, and advance finance transformation initiatives through automation, analytics, and continuous improvement.

About McCain.

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Leadership principles.

At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.

AI & Digital Capabilities.

At McCain, AI and digital capabilities are part of how we work and innovate. We value curiosity toward emerging technologies and the thoughtful, responsible use of AI-enabled tools to improve outcomes as part of our future-ready culture.

The McCain experience.

We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you’ll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we’re better together.

Our purpose is grounded in building meaningful relationships. We’re big believers in the power of working together in person—it helps us stay connected, collaborate more effectively, and grow as a team. At the same time, we recognize the importance of flexibility. Most office-based roles follow a hybrid model, with the option to work remotely two days a week. There may be exceptions depending on the role and location, so we encourage you to speak with your recruiter for more details.

Compensation Package: $107,600.00 - $143,500.00 . CAD annually + Bonus Eligibility

The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education and training, and other organizational needs. This posting is for an existing vacancy.

Benefits: At McCain, we’re on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and well-being at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person’s needs are unique and ensure our benefits & well-being programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Well-being programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned with applicable law and can vary by work level, location, and nature of the role. Additional benefit detail available during the application process.

Your well-being matters to us, and we’re here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work — and at home.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know, and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.

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Job Family: Finance
Location(s): CA - Canada : Ontario : Toronto

Company: McCain Foods (Canada)