Senior Manager, Finance Systems & Program Delivery

(canada), CanadaHybrid

Responsibilities

BUILD SOMETHING PEOPLE LOVE Wealthsimple's mission is to help everyone achieve financial freedom – by making financial services simple, transparent, and low-cost.
- Develop a consistent prioritization framework that quantifies the cost of inaction: control exposure, manual effort, audit risk, headcount cost, so that investment decisions are grounded in real data.
Diagnose and deliver Finance programs - Facilitate and document discovery sessions with Controller teams to surface operational debt, process gaps, and control weaknesses. - Diagnose operational debt across Controllers and design scalable workflows with embedded controls and automation. - Own end-to-end program delivery from scoping through go-live, leading
Own the Finance tech stack - Serve as the primary Finance owner for Controllers systems — NetSuite, Workiva, FloQast, Zip, Float, and AuditBoard — ensuring they are well-governed, fit for purpose, and continuously improving. - Act as the point of escalation for complex Finance systems issues, providing direction and resolution.

You'll own the Finance systems roadmap for Controllers, drive programs from diagnosis through go-live, and advocate for the engineering and IT capacity needed to execute.
- Identify automation and AI use cases across Finance workflows and work with our internal AI Builder to scope and deliver solutions.
experience with enterprise Finance systems; exposure to NetSuite, Workiva, FloQast, or similar platforms is a strong asset.
You don't need to be a developer — you need to know enough to ask the right questions and hold IT accountable.
- The ability to build cases that Finance leadership can stress-test, and walk into every room with a recommendation — not just a status update.
- Proven ability to earn trust across Finance teams — people come to you because they see you as the expert who understands their world and can help them solve the right problems.
- CPA, PMP, or equivalent professional designation is an asset, not a requirement.
That means we're always looking for better ways to work — whether that's new tools, AI, or rethinking how we approach a problem.
AI in Hiring: We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of our hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses.