Finance Business Partner

WHO WE ARE
When it comes to health, we’re always looking for ways to push for better. It’s why we were founded in the first place. In 1957, our founder, pharmacist William Wilkinson, witnessed a mother sacrifice her health by forgoing her own medicine to pay for her sick daughter’s prescription. He knew there had to be a better way. So, he introduced North America’s first prepaid drug plan, and GreenShield was born as a non-profit with a mission to support better health for all Canadians.

We aren’t just a health and benefits company. We’re the only non-profit social enterprise that brings worlds of coverage and care together, all in one place.
We’re noble challengers, purposefully building a better way and we need the best people to help us create a more holistic approach that takes care of the mind and body.
Our mission is to create better health for all Canadians, and we know that starts with our employees. 

THE ROLE IN A NUTSHELL

Base Salary:  CAD $0.00 - 0.00

The Finance Business Partner is a senior strategic advisor accountable for shaping financial performance, decision quality, and value creation across the Payer portfolio, including Insurance, Benefits Administration, Third Party Administration, and Claims Adjudication. Operating at the intersection of strategy, performance, and finance, this role partners closely with the EVP and senior leaders to frame decisions, challenge assumptions, assess trade-offs, and align priorities to enterprise objectives. 

The role brings an enterprise-wide, forward-looking perspective—connecting pricing, claims trends, margin, cost, risk, and reinsurance considerations to strategic choices and performance outcomes.  

Success in the role requires strong business judgment, influence, and the ability to translate complex financial and insurance insights into clear actions, accountability, and measurable outcomes. Success is measured through stronger decision support, improved financial and insurance performance, earlier visibility to risk and opportunity, and sustained performance improvement across the portfolio. 

Key Responsibilities

1. Strategic Advisory & Decision Support 

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the EVP and senior leaders, shaping decisions through insight, challenge, and clear articulation of trade-offs across growth, margin, cost, and risk. 

1. Financial & Insurance Performance Leadership 

• Lead planning, forecasting, performance management, and business insight across the portfolio, with a strong focus on pricing, claims trends, margin drivers, cost discipline, operational efficiency, and reinsurance implications. 

1. Performance Improvement & Value Creation 

• Identify and advance actions that improve performance and value realization, including business cases, scenario analysis, productivity opportunities, and disciplined follow-through on results. 

1. Governance, Integration & Operating Rhythm 

• Embed financial discipline, transparency, and integrated planning into leadership routines and governance forums, ensuring decisions are informed by sound analysis, clear accountability, and enterprise priorities. 

  5. Early Day Objectives & Outcomes 

• Establish a clear performance baseline and strengthen visibility into the financial and insurance drivers that matter most, including pricing, claims trends, margin, cost, and risk 

• Improve forecasting, decision support, and leadership insight by aligning financial analysis more closely to business realities and emerging trends 

• Identify and begin advancing priority actions that improve performance, sharpen accountability, and support value creation across the portfolio 

  6. Decision Authority & Scope 

• Leads financial planning, performance insight, and strategic advisory across the assigned portfolio, shaping priorities, targets, and decision frameworks 

• Influences enterprise decisions through structured insight and challenge, while execution accountability remains with business leaders 

  7. People Leadership 

• No direct reports initially 

• Leads through influence in a complex, matrixed environment, building strong partnerships across business lines and functions. 

WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field; CPA, CFA, ASA, FSA 

• 7–10+ years of progressive experience in finance, FP&A, or strategic business partnering, ideally within insurance, health benefits, or other regulated financial services environments 

• Strong insurance domain expertise, including pricing, trend analysis, claims and margin drivers, and reinsurance concepts and implications 

• Strong understanding of revenue, cost, and operational performance drivers, with the ability to translate complex data into actionable business insight 

• Experience supporting senior leaders, influencing decisions, and leading through complexity in a matrixed organization 

• Strong analytical judgment, strategic thinking, and ability to assess trade-offs, risks, and opportunities 

NICE TO HAVE 

• MBA preferred 

THE CULTURE
We believe a career should be meaningful. Not just a means to earn a living. Our culture is one where everyone's voice is heard and valued. Because that’s what it takes to create better health for all. We dare to challenge the status quo. And we’re driven by people who have challenged theirs.  We believe that your workplace should empower you to be the best version of yourself. That’s why we provide a place where you can be inspired, challenged, and rewarded. 
Where your growth means our growth.
Where your voice is heard and valued.
Where your work has purpose. And purpose matters.
We believe our people are critical to our overall success. Inclusivity makes us a stronger, smarter and more informed organization. Being intentionally inclusive of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences will enhance our company culture to positively impact how we support our communities. A career at GreenShield isn’t just about personal achievements, it's about making a
difference together.
Here’s to Better Health for All!

A FEW MORE DETAILS
Proficiency in English is required for this position. As part of this role, you will be required to communicate with colleagues or customers who use English as their primary language.  By requiring English proficiency for this position, we aim to ensure that our employees can excel in their roles, collaborate, and communicate effectively, and contribute to the success of our organization. 

GS supports diversity, equity and inclusion in our teams and communities, and we value the unique contributions made by all. Even if your experience doesn’t align perfectly to every requirement, we invite you to apply.   We encourage applications from all candidates and will accommodate needs under human rights legislation throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process. Please let us know of any accommodation through requestforaccommodation@greenshield.ca. Information received relating to accommodation will be addressed confidentially. 

Providing this information gives GS consent to use your personal information to assess your suitability for specific positions, future opportunities or for your personnel file. Your résumé will be held in strict confidence and will be viewed only by the Organization. Information may be stored outside of Canada and could be used for aggregate statistical purposes (which uses no personal identification). 

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