Director Finance Decision Support jobs

What you will lead

Manufacturing costing and profitability

· Build practical job, product, customer, and plant profitability reporting.

· Establish sound treatment of direct and indirect costs, contribution margins, and overhead allocation.

· Work with production and sales to understand material usage, scrap, labour, setup time, production efficiency, and capacity.

· Compare quoted costs with actual results and use the findings to improve future pricing and quoting.

· Engage specialist support when appropriate and ensure the resulting tools can be maintained internally.

Planning and growth

· Develop budgets, rolling forecasts, and cash flow projections that support growth across our three locations.

· Evaluate new product lines, equipment purchases, and other investments.

· Translate financial analysis into clear recommendations, including risks, assumptions, and alternatives.

· Identify opportunities to improve margins, working capital, and financial performance.

Financial leadership and stewardship

· Oversee accurate, timely reporting, accounting controls, and Canadian/U.S. financial coordination.

· Develop the finance team through clear responsibilities, coaching, and effective delegation.

· Proactively assess financing needs, develop lender relationships, and evaluate funding options.

· Coordinate forward-looking tax planning and compliance with external advisers.

Systems and improvement

· Lead finance’s contribution to our ongoing ERP implementation, including costing, reporting, controls, and data accuracy.

· Partner with operations and IT to make financial information more useful and accessible.

· Explore practical applications of AI and automation, with appropriate attention to confidentiality and accuracy.

What you bring

· A CPA designation.

· Substantial manufacturing finance experience, including hands-on responsibility for costing, inventory accounting, and profitability analysis.

· Experience working directly with an owner or entrepreneur.

· A track record of leading and developing an accounting team.

· Strong forecasting, cash management, and financial modelling skills.

· The ability to explain financial issues clearly to people outside finance.

· Evidence of identifying opportunities and implementing improvements without waiting to be asked.

· Sound judgment about when to solve a problem internally and when to bring in specialist expertise.

Experience in packaging or a related manufacturing industry, Canadian/U.S. operations, and ERP implementation would be valuable assets. We welcome candidates who are already successful finance directors and experienced manufacturing controllers ready for a broader leadership role.

What success looks like

Within your first year, you will have strengthened the team’s responsibilities and processes, established useful costing and margin reporting, built a dependable forecast and cash plan, and become a trusted partner to the owner and operational leaders.

Your work will help us make better decisions about what we sell, how we price it, where we invest, and how we grow.

Location and compensation

The role is based at our Langley headquarters. Limited travel is anticipated, primarily for initial visits to our U.S. locations to meet the teams and understand their operations.

We offer a base salary of C$150,000–$175,000, depending on experience, plus a target annual performance bonus of 10 - 20% and benefits. Long-term opportunity

For the right candidate, we are open to a long-term incentive arrangement that provides meaningful participation in the value they help create. We are seeking a finance leader who wants to build a stronger, more profitable business with us and share in its success.

Apply

Please submit your résumé and a short note describing a manufacturing finance improvement you personally led, the result it achieved, and why working directly with an entrepreneur appeals to you.Help shape our next stage of growth

Fasitk is an entrepreneurial manufacturer of packaging materials with approximately C$30–35 million in annual revenue and ambitions to grow beyond C$60 million. We are expanding our product lines and strengthening the systems, information, and team capabilities that will support that growth.

Our headquarters and largest manufacturing operation are in Langley, BC, with approximately 100 employees. We also operate smaller manufacturing locations in Phoenix, Arizona, and Charlotte, North Carolina, with approximately 20 and five employees respectively.

We are looking for a hands-on Director of Finance who can lead a reliable accounting function and turn financial information into practical business decisions. Reporting directly to the owner, you will help us understand profitability, improve pricing decisions, plan investments, and fund growth.

The opportunity

You will lead an existing team comprising a senior accountant and two accounts receivable/accounts payable clerks. Your mandate is to develop the team, improve processes, and create capacity for forward-looking analysis and planning.

This role suits someone who enjoys working closely with an entrepreneur, understands manufacturing, and takes initiative. You are comfortable bringing forward recommendations, respectfully challenging assumptions, and following through on decisions.

Pay: $150,000.00-$175,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company events
• Dental care
• Extended health care
• On-site parking

Work Location: In person