Business Partner Finance Lead

Cardinal Health Canada, with over 1300 employees is an essential link in the Canadian healthcare supply chain, providing over 70,000 products to healthcare facilities and medical professionals across the country.

The Business Partner Finance Lead will report to FP&A Canada Lead and will be the key business partner to our leadership team and support the company’s management reporting efforts as well as budgeting and forecasting processes for Canada. 

This role will be highly visible to senior leadership and play a vital role in helping to guide strategic decisions made by the enterprise. This is a hybrid role reporting twice a week at our Vaughan head office.

For more information on what it is like to work for us, please watch this video: Cardinal Health - Wings.

Your Contributions to the Organization:  

Core Responsibilities:

Provide key insights to leadership on regional trends / forward looking expectations

Lead the Canada regional annual budgeting process and quarterly forecasting cycle

Develop financial modelling at a regional level, supporting contract and tender submissions

Provide financial support to the regional operations team, including the development of KPI reporting

and associated insights

Develop and lead a high performing, motivated and focused team of a direct report, and two 3rd party support staff

Foster a culture of continuous improvement, training, and development

Act as a consultant in development of cloud-based planning platform

A key delegate for FP&A Finance Leader

Complete ad hoc analysis as required

What is expected of you and others at this level?

Self-starter, hands on leader who acts as a key delegate

A demonstrated keen interest in our industry.  A healthy dose of curiosity with a can-do attitude.

The ability to strategically influence

Detail oriented and able to work with time-sensitive and confidential information

Can professionally represent Cardinal Health immediate team, peers, customers, suppliers and higher levels of management

Ability to build trust and sound relationships with senior leadership

Ability to exercise sound judgment in a dynamic fast paced environment

Qualifications: 

Demonstrated experience supporting product and service-based organizations (5+ years)

CPA with 3+ years of post-designation experience in industry

A keen interest and passion for the healthcare sector

4+ years’ experience as a business partner

4+ years’ experience as a manager of people

Hands on experience with SAP, JDE experience is an asset

Industry and market knowledge - Learning the external environment in which the business operates (i.e. competitors, emerging trends, products, threats and opportunities)

Continuous improvement mindset – strong project management skills

Strong communication and influencing skills

Experience supporting business unit leaders

Excellent oral and written communication skills with attention to detail with the ability to interact

Advance level proficiency in MS Excel and experience working with business data warehouses

Experience in working in a Tableau information management would be ideal

Cardinal Health Canada is dedicated to the health and safety of its employees, customers and communities. Pursuant to this, we have implemented several COVID-19 safety measures, including a COVID-19 Vaccination Policy that requires all employees to be fully vaccinated. This is subject to reasonable accommodation for grounds protected under human rights legislation.

Cardinal Health is committed to employment equity and encourages applications from women, visible minorities, Aboriginal peoples, and persons with disabilities.

Cardinal Health is committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process, in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). Our Human Resources team is responsible for working with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of the hiring process.

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Cardinal Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, veteran status, marital status, creed, status with regard to public assistance, genetic status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.