Field Finance Manager

Field Finance Manager

Reports To

VP, Field Finance

Location

Sysco Canada

Type

Full Time, Permanent

Closing Date

8th April 2025

Salary Range/

Hourly Rate

$84,405 - $156,691

Company Overview

Sysco connects the world to share food and care for one another. Sysco leads from the heart of food and service to deliver the freshest of foods and ideas to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers who prepare meals away from home. Our customers can count on us to deliver on-point products and solutions since only Sysco is the global leader, sitting at the heart of innovation supply, delivery, culinary and more.

With over 57,000 colleagues and a fleet of over 13,000 vehicles, Sysco operates approximately 326 distribution facilities worldwide and serves more than 625,000 customer locations. For fiscal 2024 that ended July 2, 2024, the company generated sales of more than $68 billion USD.

Sysco, one of Canada's Best Employers 2024, as listed by Forbes, is dedicated to our global corporate social responsibility goals and to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We offer our colleagues the opportunity to grow personally and professionally, to contribute to the success of a dynamic organization, and to serve others in a manner that exceeds their expectations.

Sysco is more than just a place to work. Our passion for food and our customers has made us the industry leader. To remain on top, we will continue to think bigger, work harder and never give up. Are you ready to drive success?

For more information, visit www.sysco.ca or follow us @SyscoCanada at facebook.com/SyscoCanada; twitter.com/SyscoCanada or instagram.com/SyscoCanada

For a full list of opportunities, visit www.sysco.ca/careers

Role:

The Field Finance Manager facilitates communication and provides guidance to regional field teams that is aligned with strategy set centrally. This position is responsible for implementing and ensuring consistent application of key financial processes throughout all regions. Assists in deploying action plans and strategies designed to drive financial results and improve controls. Supports regional teams by leveraging best practices that increase cross-regional collaboration. Develops tools and training that enable Field Finance teams to complete tasks more effectively, allowing for greater functional business partnership. They work closely with the regional finance teams, functional Canada Support Centre (CSC) teams and report directly to the VP Field Finance.

Role Responsibilities:

• Responsible for interpreting financial information and identifying opportunities to analyze further to develop solutions or to improve results
• Communicates findings and sets collaborative working meetings to problem solve and set actions into motion.
• Supports financial decisions by outlining conclusions and making recommendations based on financial analysis.
• Provides support and suggests strategies to field Finance and Sales teams for specific customer profitability and deal structure for local customers.
• Assists field teams with preparation of local customer presentations when required.
• Provides analysis of financial components that impact planning, forecasting and actual results.
• Identifies and assists in quantifying regional cost leadership opportunities.
• Implements standard operating procedures (SOP) to support process improvement and standardization across all regions.
• Acts as central point of contact for specific requests and organizes information gathering to respond to inquiries.
• Plans, scopes, deploys and trains field teams on initiatives that will be managed within regions.
• Evaluates effectiveness of internal controls, standard operating procedures, existing practices and initiatives, etc.
• Balances decisions to improve processes by evaluating the effectiveness of existing methods compared to new techniques.
• Creates standardized tools and tests for quality control prior to wider roll-out.
• Provides ad-hoc analytics and financial decision support.
• Complies with Sysco's Food Safety Policy and procedures to ensure food safety, quality and legality requirements are met.
• Is willing to work safely with minimal environmental impact and understands the importance of reporting all hazards, incidents, and environmental spills immediately to their supervisor.
• Understands that they play an integral role in their own safety and that of their colleagues and is willing to speak out when hazards are present.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications/Skills/Job Requirements (About you):

• Minimum 5 years of progressive experience working in a finance/accounting role.
• Minimum 5 years in a leadership capacity.
• Completion of post-secondary education in accounting; equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered.
• CPA designation or MBA not required but considered an asset.
• Intermediate MS Excel Skills required, with experience in creating, from scratch, user-friendly templates and processes that facilitate meaningful reporting, analysis, and forecasting.
• Demonstrates knowledge of market, competition, products and industry trends.
• Able to deploy Finance best practices across the organization.
• Strong presentation skills with ability to build Senior Leadership Decks.
• Able to quickly understand and find practical solutions to complex problems as they arise.
• Strong interpersonal skills with proven ability to create alignment across multiple businesses and work productively to achieve shared goals.
• Develops and implements cost saving measures.
• Excellent attention to detail
• Strategic minded with strong influential skills.
• Flexible and able to manage and prioritize multiple deadlines.
• Valid driver's license in good standing with access to a vehicle is required. Limited travel may be required (up to 10%).

Internal candidates apply via the Career Centre on your HR Portal / ADP Workforce Now.

External candidates submit cover letter & resume via www.sysco.ca/careers

Our Purpose:

Connecting the world to share food and care for one another

Our Mission:

Delivering success for our customers through industry-leading people, products and solutions

Our Identity:

Together we define our future of foodservice and supply chain

Sysco is committed to Employment Equity. Accommodations during the recruitment process are available upon request for candidates with disabilities.

Here's a sample of the many benefits Sysco colleagues enjoy:

Comprehensive Flexible Benefits including Health and Dental, Health Care Spending and Wellness Accounts Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Life Insurance Voluntary Optional Insurance Parental Leave Plan Company Pension Plan Group RRSP & TFSA Employee and Family Assistance Stock Purchase Plan Maple Virtual Care Unlimited on-line learning Sysco product discounts Preferred vendor discounts Colleague Resource Groups

(*benefits may vary based on location or bargaining unit)