Finance Director, Canada

Dyson is a global technology enterprise. We’re growing fast and our ambition is huge – more categories, more locations and more people. Dyson launched in Canada in 2006 with our headquarters in the heart of Toronto, where we’ve been recognized as one of the top employers to work for. In recent years, we’ve expanded our reach and grown exponentially across many teams, from digital and direct, to field sales, and our growing number of Dyson Demo stores.

We're committed to our campus culture and want to have people collaborating, developing, and learning from each other. By having everyone on campus together, we have been able to nurture a fantastic social and dynamic environment.  

The Finance Director (FD) for Canada will report to the VP of Finance, Americas with a strong dotted lined to the Managing Director (MD), Canada. The FD is responsible for the entire Dyson Canada P&L and will partner with the Canadian Leadership Team to drive profitable growth through rigorous investment analysis, discerning cost and working capital management and sound financial guidance to the organization on key business decisions. He/she will continue to build a world class finance team to ensure that the Canadian market is able to achieve the business goals and Dyson’s ambition. The Finance Director will work closely with Finance partners, based in the Americas region and Dyson Business Service (DBS).

Financial stewardship of Canadian business

• Enhance profitability through robust financial control and reporting

• Provide guidance to commercial decision areas of the business through robust analysis, at both a strategic and operational level

• Continuously improve investment appraisal process / techniques across all investment types to ensure Dyson generates highest return possible

• Input into formulation of Canadian strategy via strong historical financial analyses and monitoring the impact of latest trends on financial results

• Identify and lead cost savings opportunities to increase bottom line profitability

• Champion the Dyson finance strategy core pillars of integrity and commercial success throughout the Canadian business

• Keep Dyson Canada in adherence to all local regulations and requirements including statutory financial reporting, local taxes, etc.

• Hold internal shared service providers accountable for their performance to SLAs

• Improve Canada working capital leveraging all levers

• Manage Accounts Receivable relationships with Retailers ensuring revenue is maximized whilst risk is eliminated

Business Partner with the various departments including the Canada Managing Director, Leadership Team, Regional and Global Finance Teams

• Create strong working relationships both cross functionally and at all levels of management team within Canada and across Dyson regionally and globally

• Partner with Sales, Marketing and Operations peers in Canada to improve operational efficiency and cross functional ways of working

• Challenge current methods and provide innovative solutions to drive efficiencies and increase profitability

• Support the Canada MD and Leadership team to achieve the best Commercial decisions to drive the sustainable and profitable growth

• Partner with DBS, Regional Finance, Global Finance and DBS to deliver expected performance and implement global initiatives in Canada

Management and Reporting of Americas Financial Performance

• Provide accurate monthly reporting of performance detailing variances from budget and target

• Continual improvement of P&L and KPI Reporting (financial and non-financial)

• Evolve business reporting - moving towards real time data to enable faster and more accurate decision making

• Own budget and forecast process to ensure risks and opportunities are identified and understood, through review and challenge of commercial managers

• Own cash related metrics and working capital

Develop and coach members of the Canadian Finance Team

• Lead and motivate the finance team to ensure their potential is maximized

• Coach, develop and lead direct reports in all areas of people management

• Continuously improve the finance organization to meet the agility required of a fast-paced organization

• Increase Finance’s involvement in decision making within the functional areas for which they are responsible

Fulfill other duties as required

• Relish the opportunity to pick up new activities that fall broadly in the purpose of the role

• Fix things that you can see need fixing

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in finance with strong financial analysis experience and full P&L ownership

• BS/BA required; MBA or CPA/CMA preferred

• Prior experience with a technology or high-end consumer products company is preferred

• Strong knowledge of modeling/forecasting, business planning, budgeting, management reporting

• Methodical / driver-based business planning capability

• Strong reputation for objectivity and seasoned business judgment

• Ability to earn trust and confidence of business partners; positive attitude and strong team player

• Previous experience managing multiple initiatives and changing priorities

• Ability to influence and negotiate at all levels of the organization

• Ability to understand and create value from data analytics to impact the business

• Ability to clearly present and communicate complex data analysis

• Prior leadership roles with ability to develop teams

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy

• Demonstrated previous success in a fast paced and agile environment