Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

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Work at CBC/Radio-Canada

At CBC/Radio-Canada, we create content that informs, entertains and connects Canadians on multiple platforms. Our successes and accomplishments are driven by embodying and upholding values, which include creativity, integrity, inclusiveness and relevance. 
Do you think you have the ability and drive to keep up with this exciting, ever-changing industry? Whether it be in front of the camera, on air, online or behind the scenes, you would be joining a team that thrives on making connections and telling stories that are important to Canadians.

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This role is a hybrid work arrangement. Work schedule to be discussed with the hiring Manager according to the guidelines defined by the department.

Your role

CBC/Radio-Canada is seeking a Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to provide enterprise-wide financial leadership for Canada’s national public broadcaster. Reporting to the President and CEO and serving as a member of the Senior Executive Team, the Vice-President and CFO will act as a strategic advisor, financial steward and transformation leader, ensuring that financial resources, systems, controls and insights support the Corporation’s public mandate, long-term sustainability and evolving digital future.

The role provides oversight of the Corporation’s financial strategy, planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, internal controls, financial risk management and governance obligations. The Vice-President and CFO also plays a key role in advising the Board of Directors and Audit Committee, maintaining trusted relationships with federal partners and external oversight bodies, and enabling sound enterprise decision-making in a complex, highly visible and publicly accountable environment.

Ideal candidate profile

• The successful candidate is a seasoned finance leader with deep financial expertise, strong strategic acumen, and a proven ability to operate in complex, publicly accountable environments.
• They provide trusted advice at the CEO, Board, and Audit Committee levels, balancing stewardship, transparency, innovation, and long-term sustainability. 
• A transformation-oriented leader, they bring experience modernizing finance functions, advancing data-driven decision-making, and leading large teams through change, while effectively navigating government, oversight bodies, unions, and diverse stakeholders. 
• This role requires full bilingual proficiency in English and French and is based in Ottawa, Montréal, or Toronto.
• This role requires regular travel, approximately 30–40%, both domestically and potentially internationally, depending on the Corporation’s needs.

Experience and qualifications

• Extensive (approximately 15+ years) senior executive experience in financial leadership roles of increasing scope and complexity.
• Experience leading financial strategy, planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, controls and risk management in a large, complex organization.
• Experience providing strategic advice to a CEO, Deputy Head, Board, Audit Committee or senior executive table.
• Experience leading major transformation, modernization, restructuring or enterprise improvement initiatives.
• Experience managing significant financial resources and leading large, multidisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated ability to build trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders in a complex governance environment.

Considered an asset

• Experience in a Crown corporation, public-sector, regulated, media, digital, technology, telecommunications, cultural or public-interest organization.
• Experience working with or within the federal government, including central agencies or parliamentary appropriation models. 
• Experience modernizing finance systems, reporting, analytics, ERP platforms, procurement, shared services or enterprise planning processes.
• Experience supporting digital transformation, AI-enabled finance, data governance, cybersecurity risk, ESG/sustainability reporting or enterprise risk  management.
• Experience in a bilingual, unionized, geographically distributed organization.

Education and Professional Designation

• Degree in accounting, finance, business administration, economics or a related field.
• CPA designation is strongly preferred.
• Bilingual proficiency in English and French is required.

Competencies

• Strategic vision and enterprise thinking.
• Persuasive communication.
• Accountability.
• Critical thinking.
• Empathy.

Important information

If you have any questions about this career opportunity, you can contact Joanne McMullin (Odgers Berndtson) at joanne.mcmullin@odgers.com directly.

All candidates interested in submitting an application may do so via the Odgers Berndtson website: https://en-careers.odgers.com/en-ca/job/31244/ 

Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.

We thank all applicants for their interest, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

As part of our recruitment process, candidates who advance to the next

step will be asked to complete a background check. This includes:  

• A mandatory Criminal record check. 

• Other background checks may be conducted based on the operational requirements of the position.

CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to being a leader in reflecting our country’s diversity. That’s because we can only create and tell the stories that connect Canadians, by having a workforce that mirrors the ever-changing makeup of our country. That’s why we, as an employer, value equal opportunity and nurture an inclusive workplace where our individual differences are not only recognized and valued, but also extend to and pervade all the services we provide as Canada’s public broadcaster. For more information, visit the Diversity and Inclusion section of our website. If you have accommodation needs at this stage of the recruitment process, please inform us as soon as possible by sending an e-mail to recruitment@cbc.ca.
You are invited to consult and familiarize yourself with our Code of Conduct, which can be found on our corporate website. All employees must adhere to the Code as a condition of employment. We also invite you to take a look at our policy on conflicts of interest. In the event that you become an employee, it will be important to inform us, as quickly as possible, of any situation that, because of your hiring, constitutes or could appear to constitute a conflict of interest.

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