Finance Business Partner

Finance Business Partner  

Projects and R&D 

Do you want to join a purpose driven company who are making a global impact on society and creating a healthier environment both now and for future generations? 

Here at Whitefox Technologies, we’re growing fast, and we’re looking for a Finance Business Partner to help us with our mission to reduce energy and water waste in industrial processes and drive real-world impact. 

You’ll join a dynamic, global team, working closely with colleagues across innovation, engineering, operations, and commercial. 

Purpose:

The Finance Business Partner – Projects & R&D serves as the primary link between project delivery teams, R&D functions, and the wider finance organisation. Based in Canada and reporting to the Financial Controller in the UK, the role acts as the North American finance representative, ensuring that project and operational activities are accurately reflected in financial reporting, forecasting, and commercial decision-making.

Working closely with Project Managers, Engineering Leads, and R&D teams, the role translates operational performance into meaningful financial insight while ensuring finance requirements, reporting deadlines, and governance processes are effectively communicated and supported within the business.

The position combines project financial management, business partnering, and stakeholder engagement, requiring a proactive and self-sufficient individual capable of operating effectively within a geographically dispersed finance team.

Responsibilities: 

Finance Interface & Operational Reporting

• Act as the primary interface between North American project teams and the global finance function.
• Coordinate the flow of financial and operational information required for monthly reporting, forecasting, budgeting, and business planning.
• Assist/working with project managers to provide accurate and timely cost, revenue, milestone, resource, and forecast information.
• Challenge assumptions and investigate variances to ensure reporting accurately reflects project performance.
• Support the Financial Controller and CFO by providing operational context behind financial results.
• Promote consistent financial processes, reporting standards, and governance across project teams.
• Help non-finance stakeholders understand reporting requirements and financial performance metrics.
• Act as a local champion for finance initiatives, systems, and process improvements.

Project Financial Management

• Monitor project costs, revenue, budgets, forecasts, and profitability.
• Prepare and maintain project financial reports and dashboards.
• Analyse project margins and identify risks, opportunities, and corrective actions.
• Support project forecasting and resource planning processes.
• Assist Project Managers in understanding financial implications of project decisions.

• Assist with documentation and reporting requirements related to R&D incentives, grants, or tax credits where applicable.

Financial Analysis and Reporting

• Support production of regular management information focused on project performance, margin analysis, utilisation, and cost trends.
• Deliver meaningful financial insights rather than purely transactional reporting.
• Support month-end reporting through analysis and explanation of project-related financial results.
• Contribute to budgeting, forecasting, and strategic planning processes.

Finance Team Support

• Act as the local representative of the global finance function within Canada.
• Provide support and cover for other finance activities when required.
• Facilitating project invoicing
• Liaise with the London-based finance team to ensure consistency of reporting and processes.
• Support continuous improvement of finance processes, controls, and reporting tools.

 Qualifications and Experience Required: 

Education: Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Economics, Engineering Management, or a related discipline; Professional accounting qualification preferred.

Experience:

• 5+ years' experience in finance, project accounting, FP&A, management accounting, commercial finance, or finance business partnering.
• Experience working in a project-based environment.
• Experience partnering with operational teams and non-finance stakeholders.
• Experience preparing budgets, forecasts, variance analysis, and management reporting.
• Strong understanding of project costs, resource planning, and profitability analysis.
• Experience gathering and interpreting operational data for financial reporting purposes.
• Experience working independently with stakeholders in a geographically dispersed organisation.

Highly Desirable

• Familiarity with SAP Business by Design
• Experience within engineering, technology, software development, aerospace, defence, telecommunications, manufacturing, or R&D-intensive organisations. 
• Experience supporting project managers, engineering teams, or product development teams.
• Understanding of project lifecycle management, milestone-based projects, and resource utilisation reporting.
• Experience with R&D cost tracking, government grants, tax incentives, or capitalised development costs.
• Experience working across international teams and multiple time zones.

Job Specifics:

Travel

• Minimal - Offices in London, Calgary, MidWest USA.

Additional pay:

• Discretionary Company Bonus 

Benefits:

• Dental care
• Disability insurance
• Extended health care
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• RRSP match
• Vision care

We are an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their sex; religious or similar philosophical belief; political opinion; race; age; sexual orientation; or, whether they are married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled; or whether they have undergone, are undergoing or intend to undergo gender reassignment.