This role is for one of our clients Compensation: $90-$105 per hour We are recruiting experienced Financial Services Experts with deep expertise in pricing strategy for consumer retail brands to support a leading, data-driven AI organization operating at the intersection of artificial intelligence and finance. In this role, you will serve as a subject-matter expert, applying real-world financial judgment and strategic insight to evaluate and enhance advanced AI-driven financial workflows. This is a unique opportunity to collaborate with top researchers and technologists while directly influencing the evolution of next-generation financial intelligence systems. The engagement is flexible and part-time.

• Oversee day-to-day accounting operations, ensuring accurate processing, reconciliations, and compliance with accounting standards. • Maintain strong financial controls, policies, and procedures across all finance functions. Deliver Financial Reporting including timely month P&L and end of month accounts including quarter-end, and year-end close processes. • Evaluate Financial performance, ie trends, recommendations, insights to the management team. • Lead payroll, ensuring accurate and compliant processing across all businesses and the Support Office. • Ensure timely resolution of payroll queries, adjustments, and reconciliations. • Manage accounts payable processes, ensuring accurate coding, approvals, and timely supplier payments. • Oversee balance sheet reconciliations, including bank, payroll, debtor, and creditor accounts. • Ensure all reconciliations are completed accurately and within business timeframes. • Prepare and maintain cash flow forecasts to support operational and strategic decision-making. • Monitor liquidity, working capital, and funding requirements across the business. • Provide insights and recommendations to the CEO on cash flow risks and opportunities. • Produce accurate and timely financial reports, including monthly management reports, variance analysis, and forecasts. • Support business with clear financial insights relating to occupancy, labour, and contribution. • Coordinate with external accountants, auditors, Banks and advisors as required • Lead, coach, and develop operations personnel to deliver high-quality outcomes and continuous improvement. • Take proactive ownership of personal and financial accountability, performance expectations, and development pathways. • Foster a collaborative, service-oriented finance function that supports operational teams. • Oversee financial management of leased and owned properties, including budgeting, forecasting, and cost control • Review and and monitor lease agreements, renewals, escalations, and termination clauses Track lease liabilities, right-of-use assets, and assets and depreciation schedules • Coordinate rent payments, reconciliations, and accruals with Accounts Payable. • Set up a process to review existing and a tender process for new suppliers • Annual market review of existing agreements • Ensuring best value from a price and service perspective

• Drives the identification, evaluation, and adoption of artificial intelligence tools across the Finance organization • Translates Finance business needs into practical AI-enabled solutions and ensures responsible, scalable adoption through structured experimentation, implementation, training, and support • Partners closely with Finance departments (Accounting, FP&A, Investments, Real Estate, Risk & Tax) along with IT, Data and Security teams • Identifies high-impact AI opportunity areas across Finance, including forecasting, reporting, analysis, close processes, controls, and decision support • Conducts and synthesizes business process analysis, user research, and technology assessments to inform AI use cases and prioritization • Develops hypotheses, pilot plans, and experimentation approaches to validate AI-enabled Finance solutions • Evaluates and recommends AI tools aligned with Finance needs, enterprise architecture, and risk standards • Leads pilot implementations and supports transition from experimentation to scaled adoption • Designs and delivers training, documentation, and best-practice guidance for Finance users • Acts as the primary AI champion and subject-matter resource for Finance teams • Tracks adoption, usage, and outcomes to assess effectiveness and inform next-step recommendations

• Drive Financial Reporting • Supervise monthly financial reporting, including variance research, explanation, and resolution • Oversee the preparation and management of multiple supplemental reporting requirements • Participate in Operational Reviews and validate the accuracy and integrity of team performance metrics • Maintain up-to-date cost center portfolio listings, including stakeholder mapping • Perform and oversee ad hoc financial analysis as needed • Support the adoption, optimization, and continuous improvement of FP&A platforms (e.g., SAC EFPR, FDP) • Act as a product owner for FP&A reporting and analytics solutions, translating business needs into technical requirements and scalable designs • Drive increased use of self-service analytics through FDP / Power BI and enterprise reporting tools • Identify and execute opportunities for process automation (e.g., forecasting workflows, variance analysis, reporting distribution) • Promote responsible and effective use of AI-enabled finance tools (e.g., Copilot) to improve insight generation and productivity • Manage four direct reports and provide ongoing coaching and guidance • Maintain a strong quality control environment to ensure consistent, high-quality performance • Develop technology-forward FP&A talent, with a focus on analytics, systems proficiency, and automation mindset • Ensure analysts are proficient in data visualization, financial modeling within tools, and structured problem-solving • Coach team members on leveraging finance technology to shift time from manual work to systemic & data driven workflows • Lead quarterly Performance & Development conversations, including gathering stakeholder feedback • Ensure uninterrupted service coverage by covering direct reports roles during vacancies or employee leave • Participate in the hiring process for new analysts and support their successful onboarding • Provide close oversight and targeted performance management for employees with identified performance gaps, including appropriate documentation • Lead close, forecast, budget, and other deliverables huddles to ensure clarity on deadlines, expectations, and support needs • Periodically meet with Finance stakeholders to assess satisfaction with service delivery • Review and analyze quarterly survey results, with a focus on constructive feedback related to direct reports • Drive standardized reporting across the business unit • Identify opportunities to standardize FP&A operations • Enforce standard work delivery by ensuring materials are followed, SOP’s are maintained, and periodically refreshed