Job Title: Finance Vice-President (On-site)
Reports To: CEO/Managing Director
Location: AYA Financial – Head Office
60 Columbia Way #207
Markham, ON L3R 0C9
Job schedule: 30 hours/week
Employment term: Permanent position
Wage: $68/hour
Language: English
Job Purpose
Reporting to the CEO and Managing Director, the Finance Vice-President is a newly created role within the company, who will work closely with the leadership team providing vision and strategic direction to achieve the company’s growth plans.
The Finance VP will spearhead the continued development and growth of the finance, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), corporate finance and financial planning and analysis (FP&A) functions as key areas of the business.
What you Possess
You will be a forward-thinking strategic executive who can act as a partner to the senior leadership team, focusing on driving value. You will be driven, hands-on and operational, capable of wearing multiple hats and overseeing several functions, demonstrating dexterity between a high-level strategic focus and day-to-day operational troubleshooting.
You will be an innovative thinker and a strong leader who will play an active and critical role as one of the primary architects of the company’s development and growth plans, with demonstrated entrepreneurial spirit and genuine drive for business growth.
Primary Duties
- In collaboration with the management leadership team, you will determine the company’s mission and strategic direction as conveyed through policies and concrete objectives which are met through the effective management of human and financial resources.
- Authorize and organize the establishment of the finance department and associated positions, with absolute ability to hire, coach, mentor, motivate and lead a larger qualified finance team that will be necessary to support the growth of the business.
- Allocate human and financial resources to implement organizational policies and programs, establish financial and administrative controls and moderate overall financial planning.
- Select middle managers, senior managers, or other executive staff; delegate the necessary authority to them and create optimum working conditions.
- Represent the organization in negotiations or other official functions and act as a key liaison between the company and financial institutions, in addition to the current/future shareholders.
- Partner with management to facilitate effective, data-driven decision-making and drive insight into the business with analytics that support both the short-term performance goals and the long-term strategic direction.
- Provide thought leadership in the M&A and valuation areas and be an active participant and voice on the finance leadership team; supporting decision-making at the executive level related to M&A, acquisitions funding and financial risk management and influencing the executive team by driving the metrics and presentation of results.
- Create and maintain a fully flexible sophisticated financial model that will accurately predict the outcomes of management decisions and the existing operating plan on the financial and metrics of the business, in addition to continually forecasting assumptions and the future of the business based on actuals and ongoing revisions to the strategy.
- Based on analysis and understanding of the key drivers of company metrics, provide the Senior Leadership team with valuable insights on how to improve the business from a financial perspective
- Play a vital role in financial planning/forecasting process of the annual budgeting process, including review and approval of department budgets, and preparation of reports and analysis for management leadership, shareholders, and financial institutions.
- Develop and monitor adequate audit standards and controls to ensure risks are tracked and mitigated to meet the standards of external audits.
- Ensure the finance functions provide visibility into organizational performance across the company with key performance indicators supporting the strategic growth agenda and assessing organic growth opportunities as well as modelling different M&A scenarios.
- Lead the development and management of the annual budget and planning process for the business, ensuring alignment with organizational strategic initiatives, and assess organizational performance against both the annual budget and long-term strategy.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Business Administration.
- Minimum of 10 years of progressive finance experience, preferably within a financial services environment, with at least 5 years in a managerial position.
- Expert-level in Excel financial modelling is a must-have skill, in addition to full proficiency with the other Microsoft office products.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate financial data and influence business decisions.
- Demonstrated experience with building financial models and financial business cases with very strong analytical skills and meticulous attention to detail.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including effective communication and expression of ideas in a crystal-clear, fluent, and concise manner, working collaboratively in a high pressure, fast paced environment, while maintaining the utmost professionalism and confidentiality.
- Impeccable judgement and ability to apply strategic thinking and sound decision-making to understand the broader context, identifying and balancing shifting priorities, emerging issues and opportunities, considering consequences, while ensuring a consistently high level of output.
Key Differentiators
- Hands-on experience with business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, due diligence and business valuations will be considered a key differentiator, as the right candidate will need to deliver immediate value and strongly contribute to company’s expansion and growth plans.
- Client-facing experience is a major asset, as this role may need to interact directly with clients.
- Preference will be given to candidates who have experience with major accounting firms, investment banks or private equity houses.
How to Apply
- Provide copies of your CV, and cover letter.
- Provide 2 contacts/references details, from your direct managers, in your 2 most recent jobs within the past 6 years.
- Provide experience letters from your 2 most recent employers.
- Provide answers to the following questionnaire:
- Do you have a bachelor’s degree?
- Do you have 10+ years of progressive finance experience, with at least 5 years in a managerial position?
- Do you have experience with M&A?
- Do you currently reside in the GTA?
- What is your current immigration status in Canada?
Hiring Process
- Candidates who will advance to the next stage are going to be asked to provide an advanced financial model/business case.
- Selected candidates might be subject to a credit check for employment purposes, in addition to a background check.
- Further information might be requested during the hiring process.
If you are confident that you are the right candidate for this position, please submit your completed application package to the following email: “hr@ayafinancial.com”
Job Title: Graphic Designer (On-site)
Reports To: VP Marketing
Location: AYA Satellite Office
2200 South Sheridan Way
Mississauga, ON L3R 0C9
Job Schedule: Full Time, Part Time, Contract
Job Purpose
The successful candidate will have incredible creative skills, ability to think outside of the box and develop original ideas, a pulse on what is impactful in the advertising space, and expertise to bring our brands to life in static and video formats. This role’s responsibility is to drive brand awareness and impact, showcase our services, and drive our audiences to join us through various advertising channels.
What you Possess
You will be a creative artist, a problem solver and brilliant communicator. Ideally, you will possess excellent skills in web design, typography, and state of the art graphic design software.
Primary Duties
- Work cross-functionally with the team as the driving force behind sharing our brands, products, and services visually.
- Leverage and support the overarching Marketing and Communications strategy to plan and execute creative for campaign initiatives that promote our mission and vision.
- Present design ideas and concepts for campaigns and projects verbally and visually.
- Guide the marketing team through your vision by creating concept mocks, mood boards and storyboarding ideas out.
- Receive and interpret creative briefs in order to fully understand the goals and how you will help to achieve this through creative.
- Work with, maintain and help evolve brand guidelines.
- Develop creative templates and guidelines per channel.
- Deliver creative for channels such as our website, display, social media, print, out-of-home, merchandise, signage, and media.
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously and easily pivot with changing priorities.
- Guide design and user experience as it relates to design for our website.
- Share expertise from a creative perspective of what is best-in-class and leading-edge.
- Support Innovations Manager with any other additional responsibilities, as required.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience as a graphic designer.
- Bachelor’s degree or diploma in digital design, graphic design, or a related field.
- Expert knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud – Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign.
- Expert knowledge of motion, video and animation editing platforms, such as After Effects / Premiere.
- Expert knowledge of production design platforms, such as Canva and Bannersnack.
- Expert knowledge of frontend website design, such as WordPress.
- Strong experience collaborating with photographers and videographers to develop creative vision.
- Strong understanding of visual elements – layout, colour, type and fonts.
- Familiar with advertising specifications and deliverable processes for tactics in Display, Social Media, Out-of-home, and Print channels.
- Has a proven track record of working well in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple projects, and meeting deadlines.
- Familiarity with working in a project management platform to keep track of tasks and priorities
- Able to work well within a team, receive constructive feedback and provide revisions.
Key Differentiators
- A positive, team player with exceptional creative and organizational skills.
- Able to communicate clearly, effectively and present your work to stakeholders and leaders.
- Able to understand the ‘return on investment’ of design time – what work to spend more time on that will create greater impact.
- Exceptional eye for impactful photography, videography, music, and animation.
How to Apply
- Provide copies of your CV, and cover letter.
- Provide 2 contacts/references details, from your direct managers, in your 2 most recent jobs within the past 6 years.
- Provide experience letters from your 2 most recent employers.
- Provide answers to the following questionnaire:
- Do you have a bachelor’s degree or a diploma in a related field?
- Do you have 5+ years of experience as a graphic designer?
- Do you currently reside in the GTA?
- What is your current immigration status in Canada?
Hiring Process
- Candidates who will advance to the next stage are going to be asked to provide an example of their work demonstrating their graphic design creativity.
- Selected candidates might be subject to a credit check for employment purposes, in addition to a background check.
- Further information might be requested during the hiring process.
If you are confident that you are the right candidate for this position, please submit your completed application package to the following email: “hr@ayafinancial.com”
Please note that incomplete application packages are not going to be processed
Job Title: Executive Assistant (On-site)
Reports To: Director / CEO
Location: AYA Satellite Office
2200 South Sheridan Way
Mississauga, ON L3R 0C9
Job Schedule: Full Time, Part Time, Contract
Job Purpose
Supporting the company’s management team, including helping coordinate meetings and updating calendars, compiling data to prepare papers or presentations, and acting as a representative to the assigned executive as needed.
What you Possess
You will be a problem solver with excellent communication and organizational skills, in addition to possessing undisputed time-management skills, attention to detail and multitasking skills.
Primary Duties
- Keeping the executive’s calendar up to date, including adding events, scheduling appointments and providing daily briefings
- Handling basic bookkeeping tasks including preparing financial statements, reports, memos, invoices, letters, and other documents
- Data management organization including researching and conducting data to prepare documents for review and presentation based on the needs of the CEO.
- Helping prepare for meetings and accurately recording minutes from meetings.
- Performing office duties that include ordering supplies and liaison to the IT department.
- Assisting administrative and senior leadership staff with various tasks, events, and projects
- Overseeing all incoming and outgoing communications, including emails, phone calls, reports, and internal correspondence (opening, sorting and distributing)
- Handling internal and external contacts, including vendors, community stakeholders, staff, community leadership, media, and government leaders
- Acting as the point of contact between the CEO and internal or external stakeholders
- Organizing meetings and booking meeting rooms
- Provide general administrative support.
Required Qualifications
- B.A. or a degree in a related field. Extensive field experience and/or a combination of relevant life experience will be taken into consideration.
- Exceptional attention to detail.
- Communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to conduct research and create reports or presentations.
- Time management.
- Exceptionally organized.
- Ability to learn quickly.
- Ability to handle sensitive information with discretion.
- Skilled at various software, including word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and presentation software.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work independently as well as in teams.
Key Differentiators
- Effective communication skills to function within a complex interdisciplinary, cross-sectoral environment involving government, health, non-profit and client stakeholders.
- Ability to effectively present and clarify requirements, expectations, ideas and concepts to staff, community members and service providers.
How to Apply
- Provide copies of your CV, and cover letter.
- Provide 2 contacts/references details, from your direct managers, in your 2 most recent jobs within the past 6 years.
- Provide experience letters from your 2 most recent employers.
- Provide answers to the following questionnaire:
- Do you have a bachelor’s degree or a diploma in a related field?
- Do you currently reside in the GTA?
- What is your current immigration status in Canada?
Hiring Process
- Selected candidates might be subject to a credit check for employment purposes, in addition to a background check.
- Further information might be requested during the hiring process.
If you are confident that you are the right candidate for this position, please submit your completed application package to the following email: “hr@ayafinancial.com”
Please note that incomplete application packages are not going to be processed.