Director, Strategy and Corporate Development

Bell AI Fabric is building Canadas largest sovereign AI infrastructure platform. As Director Strategic Finance & Corporate Development you will work at the centre of Bell AI Fabrics most important investment capital allocation commercial and growth decisions providing the financial insight and execution discipline required to scale the business.

This is a highly visible hands-on finance role with unusual breadth and access. Working directly with senior executives the Bell AI Fabric Board Bell Finance leadership and business teams you will lead business cases financial modelling capital planning performance analysis and finance support for major customer partnership and infrastructure opportunities.

You will turn complex operational commercial tax and accounting inputs into clear financial conclusions and decision-ready materials. You will also manage and develop team members set priorities review work closely and raise the quality precision and pace of the teams output.

This is a unique opportunity for a finance consulting investment banking or corporate development professional who wants to help build something consequential and expand their responsibilities quickly. You do not need to arrive knowing every aspect of the business. Success will come from curiosity sound judgment humility exceptional care in the work and a willingness to invest the effort required to learn and figure things out.

• Act as a trusted strategic finance partner to the executive team leading the financial analysis behind Bell AI Fabrics highest-priority investments commercial opportunities and growth initiatives.
• Build maintain and drive integrated financial models business cases forecasts sensitivities and decision tools that connect customer demand pricing capacity capital requirements operating costs tax accounting and expected returns.
• Lead monthly and quarterly capital allocation processes assess competing requirements challenge assumptions and recommend how capital should be prioritized across projects and opportunities.
• Question business stakeholders constructively and use judgment to reconcile commercial ambition financial discipline operational realities risk and timing into the best overall financial decision.
• Support major customer opportunities partnerships financing initiatives and transactions through rigorous economics scenario analysis financial diligence and executive recommendations while partnering with the deal lead on negotiations and structuring.
• Work closely with Tax Accounting Treasury FP&A Corporate Development and project teams to ensure financial conclusions reflect the appropriate treatment assumptions controls and enterprise requirements.
• Translate financial priorities into executable workplans with clear outputs owners milestones dependencies review points and escalation paths; drive workstreams through completion.
• Identify and improve financial processes governance model controls reporting and decision-support capabilities as Bell AI Fabric scales.

• Typically 6-10 years of experience in strategic finance corporate development investment banking management consulting FP&A project finance accounting or another environment that develops comparable financial and execution capabilities.

• Strong financial modelling capability including experience building integrated models business cases forecasts sensitivities and scenario analyses that support significant decisions.

• Demonstrated ability to review complex models and analyses with precision identify errors or unsupported assumptions and improve the quality and clarity of the underlying work.

• Strong PowerPoint executive communication and financial storytelling skills with the ability to translate complex concepts into clean decision-oriented materials for senior executives and the Bell AI Fabric Board.

• Sound financial and commercial judgment with the confidence to question stakeholders pressure-test assumptions and recommend a practical path forward.

• Working knowledge of tax accounting and financial reporting considerations and the ability to partner effectively with subject-matter experts.

• Experience managing or developing others setting clear expectations reviewing work closely and maintaining accountability without creating unnecessary hierarchy.

• High capacity and exceptional attention to detail with the ability to work quickly across multiple urgent priorities without compromising accuracy or quality.

• Ability to operate independently navigate ambiguity learn unfamiliar topics quickly and invest additional effort during critical periods to reach a well-supported answer.

• CPA CFA or equivalent financial designations or advanced finance training; candidates with strong equivalent experience are also encouraged to apply.

• Experience supporting mergers and acquisitions investments partnerships due diligence valuation integration planning or other transaction-related work.

• Experience in infrastructure technology telecommunications energy data centres project finance or another capital-intensive industry.

• Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills with disciplined model structure documentation version control and quality assurance.

• Strong curiosity and a demonstrated ability to become credible quickly on unfamiliar commercial technical tax and accounting topics.

• A practical collaborative and low-ego working style including comfort receiving challenge changing course when the facts require it and sharing credit with the team.

• High standards for pace precision ownership accountability and follow-through combined with a genuine interest in difficult problems and continuous learning.