Director, Strategic Finance

Location: New York, NY

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Job Posted:
Jun 07, 2025
Company:
Acreage Holdings Co.

Company & Role Overview

Summary

Description

Why Canopy USA?

Who you'll work for:

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About the Role:

How you'll make a difference

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Strategic Decision Support

  • Partner with the Vice President - Finance on strategic initiatives, internal reports, analytics, and special projects
  • Streamline budgeting and forecasting cycles, working to reduce the time and resources required while increasing the quality and accuracy of the business projections
  • Analyze complex financial information and reports to provide accurate and timely financial recommendations to management for decision making purposes
  • Drive continuous improvement in financial planning and reporting processes, focusing on enhancing accuracy, efficiency, and timeliness of deliverables.
  • Work closely with accounting to provide input on management reporting needs and to ensure proper controls and infrastructure are in place
  • Serve as a financial lead on cross-functional initiatives, including production planning
  • Have a deep understanding of the Company's and its Portfolio Companies' operations, drivers, KPI's, levers, and business economics
  • Conduct research on the cannabis industry, competitors, and capital markets, including market multiples and comparable ratios

Corporate Financial Planning

  • Oversee the company's long-range financial model - incorporating retail, wholesale, and production inputs
  • Maintain and update cash flow forecasts - integrating operational drivers and financing assumptions
  • Partner with FP&A to ensure alignment between internal data, forecasts, and strategic initiatives

Partnership & Expansion Economics

  • Develop unit economics and ROI models for brand partnerships, licensing opportunities, CapEx investment, and other initiatives - gathering assumptions and ultimately creating business cases that can substantiate the rationale for any such initiatives
  • Oversee financial aspects of vendor negotiations, funding issues, and related efforts
  • Support performance tracking of licensed brands

Board & Investor Communications

  • Own financial content development for board decks, investor updates, and leadership materials
  • Translate financial results and outlook into compelling insights for executive-level stakeholders
  • Prepare financial presentations and documents for Shareholders, Board Member requests and various other third parties on both a routine and ad-hoc basis.

People Management

  • Hires, trains, and develops assigned staff in accordance with company policies, practices, and procedures
  • Conducts regular meetings with assigned employees to assess goals, objective, and task performance
  • Proactively identifies and implements developmental opportunities for assigned staff
  • Supports building an inclusive culture where employees thrive, and organizational goals are achieved
  • Leads, manages, and develops a high-performing team through effective communication, empowerment, and coaching and development techniques
  • Models leadership in full alignment with Canopy USA values

Skills to be Successful

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  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance. MBA is preferred;
  • 8-10 years of experience in financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting;
  • Strong financial, strategic, and analytical skills;
  • Experience with financial principles with an understanding of P&L, balance sheets, and principles of cost control and management;
  • Proven expertise in business analysis, including budgeting and forecasting, in a multi-unit business environment;
  • Ability to interpret, understand and manipulate complex data;
  • M&A/Transaction experience
  • Excel mastery and proven experience in building strong financial models required.
  • Advanced level experience with Microsoft Office Suite
  • Experience in NetSuite and data analytic tools
  • Strong communication, presentation, and relationship management skills
  • Strong organizational and project management skills with an ability to manage multiple, concurrent projects in order to meet aggressive deadlines

Benefits:

  • Full suite of medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Paid parental leave
  • 401 (k)
  • Paid Time Off
  • Short Term and Long-Term Disability
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • • Employee life insurance and supplemental life
  • • Spouse and child life and AD&D
  • • Pet insurance
  • • FSA and HSA available

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Career Advancement, Career Training, Company Discounts, Dental, Medical, & Vision Benefits, Inclusive Environment, Life Insurance, Paid Parental Leave, Paid Time Off, Short-Term & Long-Term Disability

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About Acreage Holdings Co.

Headquartered in New York City, Acreage is a multi-state operator of cannabis ‎cultivation and retailing facilities in the U.S., including the company’s national retail store ‎brand, The Botanist. Acreage’s wide range of national and regionally available cannabis products include the award-winning Botanist brand, the highly recognizable Tweed brand, the Prime medical brand in Pennsylvania, the Innocent edibles brand in Illinois and others. Acreage also owns Universal Hemp, LLC, a hemp subsidiary dedicated to the distribution, marketing and sale of CBD products throughout the U.S.

Since its founding in 2011, Acreage has focused on building and scaling operations to create a ‎seamless, consumer-focused, branded experience. More information is available at www.acreageholdings.com.