Board Director – Finance & Audit

Friends of Canadian Media | Board Director – Finance & Audit

FRIENDS OF CANADIAN MEDIA

Board Director – Finance & Audit

Volunteer Board Opportunity | Canada

Bring your financial leadership to a national organization working to protect Canadian media, culture and democracy.

About Friends of Canadian Media

Friends of Canadian Media is an independent, non-partisan citizens' movement that champions Canadian voices in Canadian media. We advocate for a strong Canadian media ecosystem and for the role that public broadcasting, journalism, culture and Canadian storytelling play in our democracy and national identity.

Friends is entering an important next chapter. With a renewed Board and a three-year strategic direction, we are strengthening the organizational and financial foundations needed to support our mission for the future.

The opportunity

Friends is seeking an experienced financial leader to join its Board of Directors and Finance & Audit Committee at an important point in the organization's evolution.

As a Director, you will contribute to the full range of matters that come before the Board, including strategy, organizational performance, risk, governance and long-term sustainability. Your financial expertise will bring an important perspective as Friends strengthens its financial foundation and aligns its resources with its strategic priorities.

As a member of the Finance & Audit Committee, you will help provide oversight of financial performance, budgeting and forecasting, audit, internal controls, risk and financial sustainability. You will also help ensure that complex financial information is translated into clear insights that support sound Board decision-making.

What you will contribute

• Participate actively in Board discussions and decisions on strategy, organizational performance, risk and long- term sustainability.

• Bring an independent financial perspective to strategic decisions and help the Board understand the financial implications of the choices before it.

• Serve as an active member of the Finance & Audit Committee.
• Review and constructively challenge annual budgets, forecasts, financial statements and material variances.
• Contribute to oversight of audit, financial controls, financial risk and material financial commitments.
• Help the Board assess whether financial resources and organizational capacity are appropriately aligned with

Friends' strategic priorities.
• Support thoughtful discussion of revenue sustainability, cost structure, financial resilience and resource

allocation.
• Help translate complex financial information into clear, decision-useful insights for fellow Directors.
• Work collaboratively with the Board Chair, committee colleagues, Executive Director and fellow Directors.
• Contribute to a Board culture of thoughtful challenge, sound judgement, transparency and collective

accountability.
• Act as an ambassador for Friends and its mission.

Friends of Canadian Media | Board Director – Finance & Audit

What you bring

• A CPA designation, Chartered Accountant background, or equivalent senior professional accounting qualification and experience.

• Significant professional experience in accounting, finance, audit, controllership, financial leadership or a related field.

• Strong knowledge of financial statements, budgeting, forecasting, audit, internal controls and risk.
• Experience contributing at a Board, executive or senior leadership level, with the ability to connect financial

information to strategy and organizational decisions.
• The ability to explain complex financial matters clearly to people who do not have financial backgrounds.
• Sound judgement, independence of thought and the confidence to ask difficult questions constructively.
• A collaborative style, high standards of integrity and an appreciation for the distinction between governance and

management.
• Genuine interest in Friends' mission and in the role Canadian media plays in Canada's culture and democracy.

Assets: Experience with not-for-profit organizations, fundraising or revenue diversification, organizational transformation, or prior Board service would be valuable but is not required.

A Director first, a financial expert always

We are looking for someone whose financial expertise strengthens the Board while also bringing curiosity and judgement to the broader work of Friends. Every Director contributes to the full range of issues before the Board. The successful candidate will be comfortable moving between financial stewardship and wider conversations about strategy, governance, organizational effectiveness, public policy and the future of Canadian media.

As the Board continues to evolve, there may also be an opportunity over time to assume greater leadership within the Finance & Audit Committee.

Board commitment

• An initial three-year term, renewable in accordance with Friends' governance requirements.
• Active participation in quarterly Board meetings, including in-person meetings where scheduled.
• Preparation for meetings through review of Board materials and thoughtful participation in discussion and

decision-making.
• Service on the Finance & Audit Committee and participation in other Board work as required.
• Participation in Board orientation, development and periodic strategy and governance discussions.
• Commitment to the fiduciary duties, confidentiality, independence and standards of conduct expected of a

Director.

This is a volunteer Board position. Reasonable expenses associated with Board service are reimbursed, and Directors & Officers insurance is provided.

Building the Board Friends needs for the future

Friends is committed to building a Board that brings together strong professional expertise with different lived experiences, perspectives, regions and communities. We welcome applications from across Canada and encourage candidates whose backgrounds and perspectives would broaden the diversity of our Board.

Why Friends, and why now?

Canadian media is being reshaped by technology, artificial intelligence, global platforms, changing business models and an evolving public-policy environment. At the same time, Friends is sharpening its strategic priorities and building the governance and organizational capacity required for the years ahead.

Friends of Canadian Media | Board Director – Finance & Audit

For the right financial leader, this is an opportunity to bring your experience to consequential Board-level decisions about resources, resilience and long-term sustainability while contributing to an organization focused on the future of Canadian media.

How to express your interest

Please submit a résumé and a brief expression of interest describing why Friends' mission interests you and the experience and perspective you would bring to the Board.

To apply, please visit www.friends.ca. Please forward your résumés to fcbadmin@friends.ca by Monday, November 30, 2026.

Applications will be reviewed through Friends' Board recruitment process, with shortlisted candidates invited to meet with members of the Board.

http://www.friends.ca/ mailto:fcbadmin@friends.ca

• About Friends of Canadian Media
• The opportunity
• What you will contribute
• What you bring
• A Director first, a financial expert always
• Board commitment
• Building the Board Friends needs for the future
• Why Friends, and why now?
• How to express your interest