telus-digital - Director, Financial Planning & Analysis

• Strategic Financial Leadership: Own the end-to-end financial planning cycle, including annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, and long-range planning, while ensuring alignment with executive strategy and board-level expectations. • Pipeline Intelligence & Revenue Forecasting: Lead the design and execution of the commercial pipeline performance framework, translating client opportunity data into revenue projections that drive confident business decisions. • Executive Advisory & Stakeholder Partnership: Act as a financial thought partner to C-suite and senior leaders, synthesizing commercial, delivery, and resource insights into clear, actionable recommendations. • Scenario Planning & Risk Analysis: Architect and continuously evolve a robust scenario planning capability informed by client pipeline movements, market dynamics, and macroeconomic trends to surface risks and opportunities proactively. • Resource & Capacity Optimization: Partner with Resource Management to align pipeline intelligence with utilization forecasts and team composition models, applying financial pressure to identify and resolve capacity inefficiencies. • Team Leadership & Development: Build, mentor, and develop a team of FP&A professionals, fostering a culture of analytical rigor, curiosity, and continuous improvement. • Financial Systems & Data Integrity: Ensure all financial and pipeline systems maintain current, accurate data across the reporting cadence. Champion best practices in data governance and drive continuous improvement in reporting infrastructure. • Cross-Functional Financial Orchestration: Bridge Commercial, Finance, Delivery, and Program Management leadership by establishing consistent forecasting frameworks, shared definitions, and disciplined operating rhythms across functions. • 8+ years of progressive finance experience in FP&A, revenue operations, or commercial finance, paired with at least 3 years in a leadership or people management capacity within a professional services environment. • Demonstrated strategic financial leadership, including ownership of budgeting cycles, executive-level reporting, and multi-scenario financial modeling in a complex, fast-moving business. • Deep expertise in commercial pipelines and the ability to translate pipeline dynamics into accurate, decision-grade revenue forecasts and utilization models. • Strong command of CRM and ERP systems with Salesforce experience required; FinancialForce or equivalent professional services automation (PSA) tools strongly preferred. • Exceptional communication and executive presence while being capable of distilling complex financial narratives into compelling presentations for C-suite and board-level audiences. • Analytical rigor with a bias for action. A proven ability to identify data inconsistencies rapidly, lead root-cause investigations, and drive systemic resolution. • Track record of cross-functional leadership, influencing without authority across Commercial, Resource Management, Delivery, and Program Management stakeholders. • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field required. MBA or advanced degree preferred. A CPA, CFA, or FP&A certification is a plus.