Maple Leaf Foods is hiring a
Finance Lead - Pork Complex

The Opportunity:

As the Finance Lead – Pork Complex at Maple Leaf Foods , you will play a pivotal role in shaping financial insights and driving performance across one of our most dynamic business units. Acting as a strategic partner to the Pork Leadership Team , you will provide end-to-end financial leadership, support enterprise-wide decision-making, and influence long-term planning for the Pork Complex.

Snapshot of a Day-in-the-Life:

• Strategic Financial Leadership
  • Lead complex, company-wide financial analysis to provide timely, data-driven insights to the Senior Leadership Team .
  • Manage the financial expression of the Pork Complex’s 5-year strategic plan, annual budget, and rolling forecasts.
  • Prepare materials and insights for quarterly Board of Directors updates and key budget/plan approvals.
• Operational Finance & Reporting
  • Oversee the month-end close process and financial reporting for the Pork Complex.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams across Hog Production and Fresh Pork to consolidate operating results and translate findings into actionable financial narratives.
  • Lead the financial management and reporting of the Pork Complex’s IBM process.
• Systems, Tools & Continuous Improvement
  • Champion continuous improvement by streamlining financial processes, enhancing reporting, and driving automation.
  • Leverage tools such as Power BI, PowerApps, and Power Automate to improve efficiency, data transparency, and self-service reporting capabilities.
  • Support internal and external audits by ensuring data integrity and process compliance.
• Ad Hoc & Performance Analysis
  • Conduct deep-dive analysis to uncover margin improvement opportunities and support fact-based decision-making.
  • Deliver insights that enhance business performance, profitability, and shareholder value.
  • Lead special projects and ad hoc analytics to support evolving business priorities.

What You’ll Bring:

• Required skills, knowledge, and attributes:
  • Post-secondary education in a finance or business related program
  • Completion of professional accounting designation program
  • 10+ years of progressive finance experience with focus on FP&A and data transformation.
  • Hands-on experience with analytical tools such as PowerBI and Power Automate.
  • Strong business acumen, critical thinking, and analytical skills with the ability to identify issues, extract meaningful insights, and help drive fact-based business decisions
  • Proven ability to develop relationships and influence at all levels, including executive stakeholders
  • Track record of leading high-performing teams through inclusive leadership and effective prioritization
  • Strong communication skills
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office
• Desirable skills, knowledge, and attributes:
  • Experience in the CPG industry or non-CPG manufacturing environment
  • Contextual knowledge of SAP ERP, SAP BPC, BlackLine
  • Experience with full life cycle of Finance systems implementation, including project and change management

What We Offer at Maple Leaf Foods:

• Being part of a high-performance, people-focused company that has an inspiring and unique vision to become the most sustainable protein company on earth, and a deep commitment to sustainable protein across North America.
• An inclusive company culture and a work environment that keeps our people safe, rewards excellence, and empowers everyone to learn and contribute their best.
• A hybrid work model that embraces remote work for eligible roles, helping team members achieve work-life balance—combining the best of both spending time working remotely, benefiting from focus time, and purposeful collaboration in the office setting.
• Competitive Health and Wellness benefits that offer flexibility to meet your individual or family needs, including programs focused on improving mental health and wellbeing. These benefits start on your first day of employment.
• Defined Contribution Pension Plan with company matching that starts on your first day of employment.
• Learning and development opportunities, including workshops, ‘speaker series’ events, and resources that allow you to develop your skills and progress your career.
• Comprehensive tuition reimbursement program that supports continuous learning and development of our team members through investment in eligible degrees, diplomas, professional certification, or trades programs.
• Supporting our deep commitment to community impact, we offer up to two paid days annually to volunteer at a cause of your choice.

About Us:

We’re a carbon neutral food company on a purposeful journey to Raise the Good in Food through better nutrition, safer food and workplaces, more humane animal care, and environmental sustainability efforts that protect our planet. We care about our communities and commit to reducing food insecurity in Canada. Join us on the journey. Let’s build a better future, together.

A diverse and inclusive work environment

Championing diversity and inclusion is a critical component to advancing our collective purpose and vision and living the Maple Leaf Leadership Values. We believe in building, investing in, recognizing, and rewarding remarkable people who value an inclusive workplace, embrace all forms of diversity, and commit to including every voice in our collaborative environment. We’re so much stronger when we know we’re accepted and valued for who we are and what we each bring to the workplace.

We embrace a strong, values-based culture

Our eight Leadership Values are our north star. They guide the decisions we make for all our stakeholders: our consumers, our customers, our people, our communities, our shareholders, and the environment.

• Doing What’s Right
• Shared Value
• High Performance
• Diverse and Inclusive Teams
• Disciplined Decision Making
• Our Accountability
• Intense Curiosity
• Transparency and Humility