General Manager

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General Manager 

In this role. 

Our client relates their success directly to the strength of their management team. To continue operating at our high standards, they are seeking an experienced general manager to join us. As an ideal candidate, you’ll be a born leader with previous managerial experience. You’ll have proven experience overseeing operations, and potentially human resources, finance, and communications departments, too. You’re an expert communicator with a strong ability to delegate responsibilities and collaborate across a wide range of departments. Ultimately, you’re driven by the desire to lead a team toward maximum productivity and efficiency.

• Develop strategic plans for optimized productivity
• Review and improve organizational effectiveness by developing processes, overseeing employees, establishing a highly motivated work environment, and creating innovative approaches for improvement
• Uphold standards of excellence and soaring quality
• Seek out opportunities for expansion and growth by developing new business relationships
• Provide guidance and feedback to help others strengthen specific knowledge/skill areas

• Oversee day-to-day operations, assigning weekly performance goals and assuring their completion, while accomplishing your own goals
• Recruit, onboard, and train high-performing employees to achieve sales, profitability, market share, and business plan objectives
• Maintain project timelines to ensure tasks are accomplished on time
• Develop, implement, and maintain budgetary and resource allocation plans
• Delegate responsibilities to the best employees to perform them while enforcing all policies, procedures, standards, specifications, guidelines, training programs, and cultural values
• Resolve internal staff conflicts efficiently and to the mutual benefit of those involved

• Proven experience in a managerial role
• Strong decision-making capabilities
• Above-average communication, collaboration, and delegation skills
• Proven ability to develop and maintain financial plans
• Ability to motivate and lead people, and hold employees accountable
• Strong working knowledge of operational procedures

• Bachelor’s degree in business management or related field
• Previous performance evaluation experience
• Working knowledge of human resources processes

Overview of Position:

The ideal candidate will serve as a thought leader and change partner who sits on the executive team with regional and functional senior management. This role is accountable to lead strategic human resources goals, programs and processes that drive growth and business results for the company. The Chief People Officer (CPO) will champion HR strategies and services within client groups and will be a true business partner on a broad range of organizational issues of critical importance to the business. The CPO will be a relationship builder and people motivator and will also serve as an important thought partner throughout the organization. 

Other key responsibilities include: 

· Overall HR Leadership -  Accountable to drive our People Strategies including HR operations, talent acquisition and retention strategies, talent development initiatives and optimization, rewards programs and employee engagement in ways that help drive the business forward. 

· Plays a key role in supporting leaders to raise the bar on employee engagementand creating a great place to work. Drives an employee value proposition to build upon organizational culture and support values of entrepreneurship, integrity, balance, teamwork, accountability, discipline and service.

· One of your key tasks will be to build on the existing strong relationships with key stakeholders in the organization. This includes anticipating business needs and providing practical and pragmatic human resources solutions aligned with the business objectives.

· Delivers coordinated human resources services across the company with a staff of over 1,000.

· Oversees the talent management process through identification and assessment of strengths and development opportunities with the executive management team in the preparation of development plans to ensure employees are prepared for future opportunities.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Coach and lead HR team to support multiple offices

2. Talent Acquisition and Retention: 

3. Talent Management:

4. Employee Engagement 

5. Mergers and Acquisitions:

6. Total Rewards/Compensation:

7. HR Systems: 

8. Maintain core HR operations:

Qualifications and Experience:

• University degree or      diploma in Human Resources with a CHRL 
• 10+ years of experience      including time at an executive HR leadership level 
• Strong interpersonal and      influence skills, including negotiation and expectations management capabilities
• Skilled at building collaborative      relationships at all levels of the organization to solve      problems and implement solutions
• Solid verbal and written      communication skills
• Rational, confident and      mature approach to decision making and inspires trust and confidence in      business partner relationships
• Well-developed critical      thinking and analytical abilities with strong attention to detail
• Highly responsive with      strong orientation towards customer support
• Understands the dynamics      of a matrix organization
• Strong MS Office Skills      (PowerPoint, Excel, and Word) 
• Good organizational savvy,      diplomacy and resilience
• Demonstrates ownership      and accountability and, through personal connection, motivates people to deliver      results
• Ability to simultaneously and effectively manage multiple projects and      priorities

· Effectively manages national and provincial complexities

· Must be personally inclined to build relationships and get to know colleagues and be seen as champion of the people

• Insurance industry experience an asset

 Vice President Finance 

Client: Our client is passionate about sustainability and they are positioning themselves as a conduit  for the efforts of business, government agencies and policy makers to co-ordinate sustainable  waste disposal strategies across municipal, state, and federal boundaries. As Project  Developers, their mandate is to be the premier Waste to Energy firm in the North American  marketplace by building a portfolio of power generation sites across the USA and Europe. By advancing the Circular Economy their mission is to create new value chains for “hard to  dispose of items”, helping close the loop towards the goal of zero waste and zero greenhouse  gases. In this light, they have developed the “cradle to grave” solution that is required by  governments and municipalities around the globe to address the following socioeconomic  impacts:  MSW diversion;   Decreased GHG emissions;   Productivity benefits due to decreased electricity costs;   Economic impacts (e.g., jobs) from construction and ongoing operations This is the environment our client is offering their new VP Finance. 

Overview of the position: 

Our client has created a career opportunity to a strategic business leadership position within  their organization. The successful candidate will carry out VP Finance level responsibilities. We  are not looking for the “average” VP Finance who likes to do things the way it has always been  done in the past. We are looking for someone that is interested and ready for a rewarding  challenge. Someone that can think outside of the box and can look at the project development  of the business line across the company with a long term financial and leadership view. The successful candidate will be a strategic individual with 7-10 years of managerial accounting  and financial management experience in a rapidly growing start-up environment. Critical to the  success of this role will be the ability to provide strategic guidance around capital raise with  venture capital partners and financing options to support company growth needs.  The VP Finance will be a key member of the senior executive team and will be accountable to  provide optimum financial oversight to the business to ensure complete compliance with all  regulatory and/or statutory requirements, and to realize financial commitments – both revenue  and profitability. The VP Finance will support the senior management team in the effective communication,  monitoring and enforcement of business stakeholders to minimize financial risks, drive project  2 success and connect teams comprised policies, processes, procedures and/or best practices to  ensure compliance and optimum financial effectiveness. Working with the President and the CEO, the VP Finance will provide the financial vision,  planning, and execution of the vision to ensure the company’s investments are optimized. They  will work closely with all stakeholders to influence cooperation, increase understanding, and  facilitate collaboration towards a common goal – a vibrant and sustainable waste to energy  project development company. The ideal candidate will come from the Waste Management market place; a highly selfmotivated, results-oriented executive with an entrepreneurial spirit and a proven track record  of raising capital and leading business from the ground up while managing multiple priorities in  a fast-paced environment. Location: New York State (to be determined) Core Values: The VP Finance will have a set of core values that guide their behavior; underpin their  financial/operational activity; and maintain a focus to the financial success of the company.  They include:  Leadership – Lead by committing to continuous personal and organizational  development; well-structured and results focused.   Trust - Create, build and maintain trust by being honest, open and transparent.  Respect – Listen, accept differences and work together; ability to generate respect and  trust from internal/external stakeholders.  Integrity – Consistency in actions and values; ability to perform with a high degree of  professionalism, integrity and business ethics.  Teamwork – Help each other succeed through collaboration.  Fairness - Ensure equitable application of rules and benefits.  Accountability – Hold themselves and each other responsible for delivering results;  adaptable, flexible, patient and able to work with little outside direction. Desired Experience & Skills: The successful candidate will possess the following combination of experience, knowledge, and skills:  Directing all aspects of accounting operations, overseeing all transactions related to  general ledger, receivables, payables, payroll and financial reporting.  Analyzing company's financial results with respect to profits, trends, costs and  compliance with budgets. Issue regular status and ad hoc reports to the board and the  executive management team.   Providing strategic guidance around capital financing options to support company  growth needs.  3  Developing and coordinating all relationships with financial institutions.  Developing and maintaining all necessary accounting policies and systems, including  general ledger and financial reporting. Ensuring that records are maintained in  accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Oversee contract  bookkeeper.  Assisting senior management in financial planning and results management. Work with  other team members to understand revenue and cost drivers and define appropriate  reports for tracking.  Coordinating, preparing and reviewing monthly, quarterly, and annual reports.   Coordinating and/or preparing tax schedules, returns and information.   Managing relationships with insurance providers and ensuring compliance.   Managing all tax planning and compliance with all required federal, state, local, payroll,  property and other applicable taxes.   Managing cash flow.  Building an accounting department as the company grows   Interacting with venture capital partners and board of directors.  Other finance and administrative duties as required. Qualifications:  7-10 plus years of managerial accounting and financial management experience.  Experience working in a growing start up environment strongly preferred.   Experience raising capital for large scale waste to energy projects   Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Business. CPA and/or CMA preferred but  not required.   Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, ability to prioritize and meet deadlines.  Experience in a waste to energy business environment preferred   Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment with fluctuating priorities and  deadlines.  Ability to work without direct supervision, and efficiently manage tasks and time.  Act as the financial lead for projects of new plants and future expansion across the US  and Europe that will include but not limited to:  o Developing capital budgets.  o Develop and manage timelines for various activities to ensure financial plans are  carried out in a timely manner.  o Tendering all contracts for professional services.  o Monitor expenses against the budget.   Creative entrepreneurial skills with strong business/financial judgment  The ability to set priorities and take initiative; well-structured and results focused   Excellent organizational and time management skills   Ability to generate respect and trust from internal/external stakeholders   Ability to perform with a high degree of professionalism, integrity and business ethics 4  Strong interpersonal, communications, negotiation, public speaking and presentation  skills.   Passionate about sustainability   Aspirations to build a great company that meets its economic, environmental and social  responsibility goals Our client is a dynamic and passionate start-up company that is motivated by what they’re  doing – harvesting the power of waste to energy towards making a cleaner, greener tomorrow.  As a result they are growing and we invite you to become a key contributor and help lead this  momentum! 

We are looking for a goal-oriented regional marketing manager to implement marketing campaigns in accordance with the region's demographics. In this role, your responsibilities will include forecasting sales needs and campaign budgets, and working with sales teams to ensure that the marketing fits the company or brand’s image.

To be successful as a regional marketing manager, you should network with local businesses to increase sales, handle the regional budget, and strengthen the company’s sales in the area. A top-notch regional marketing manager should recognize the needs of consumers in different geographic areas and adjust the marketing campaign accordingly.

• Identifying specific regional marketing goals and objectives.
• Assisting the marketing director to develop creative strategies.
• Recommending strategies to implement in regional marketing plans.
• Analyzing local competition and strengthening the company’s brand position in assigned regional areas.
• Supervising and developing the regional marketing budget.
• Liaising with the product marketing department to suggest product alternatives.
• Understanding national marketing plans and tailoring them to suit particular regions.
• Developing a clear understanding of the financial goals in a region and the key success indicators.
• Interacting with marketing leads to formulate and supervise the regional marketing budget.
• Evaluating productivity and marketing strategies’ return on investment (ROI).

• A bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, communication, finance, or a related field.
• A master’s degree may be advantageous.
• A minimum of 7 years' experience in marketing or in a management role.
• Knowledge of digital marketing best practices.
• Experience with marketing tools and software.
• Experience working in a high-tech environment.
• The ability to supervise a team and deal with staff issues.
• Excellent organization and communication skills.
• Leadership, problem-solving, and networking skills.
• Good time-management skills.