Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

Purpose

Reporting directly to the Senior Director of Finance, the Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis, will be the go-to person for the organization for financial support and insights.  They will partner with the business to help provide timely, meaningful and value-added support in all areas of their business.  The Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis will also provide updates to the senior leadership team, directly and indirectly, as well as support our finance organization with core FP&A functions such as month-end reporting and analysis, forecasting, and budgeting.  The ideal candidate will be comfortable operating in a fast paced, data driven organization with some experience in leading projects and will be expected to collaborate with various teams and areas of the organization to meet our organizational goals.

Responsibilities

• Provide insights into revenue trends, unit performance, and market share by channel and product type
• Review KPI’s and results with the business and provide analysis on customers, products, and spend
• Partner with sales and finance organization to provide value added analysis and interpretation of results
• Analyse financial reports, perform reconciliations, and find discrepancies that require management’s attention
• Manage month end presentation decks for all Canadian commercial operations to global stakeholders;
• Perform variance analysis against budget, prior year, and market to produce actionable insights and reconciliations;
• Own the financial stewardship of the customer loans program, track compliance metrics, and conduct performance management analysis
• Ownership of the budgeting and forecasting processes, including revenue and cost breakdowns, presentation development, and entry into global consolidation tool
• Increase productivity by developing automated reporting and analysis capabilities and performing special projects to improve efficiency;
• Focus on continual process improvement and ensure compliance and control, create standard procedures and policies for data control;
• Prepare ad-hoc financial reports, charts, tables and other exhibits as requested;
• Assist in the preparation & retooling of PowerBI dashboards
• Review and analyse market share trending and provide insights to the team on areas of opportunity and growth
• Update and deliver Quarterly Business Reviews with the support of our finance team
• Gather and review KPIs and provide updates on ROI related to various spend
• Support the marketing group on trending of spend and give insights on benefits vs costs
• Help with the evolution of our Marketing reporting buildout to have best in class information available to the team
• Assist with accounting policy application and technical research
• Assist accounting team members where needed.

Qualifications

• Diploma or degree in accounting or finance, CPA preferred
• 3-5 years’ experience working in financial analysis and or/ accounting
• Knowledge of data cubes and Power BI an asset
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Understanding of financial and accounting standards for both ASPE and IFRS
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable and work on multiple projects
• Ability to develop and review accurate data presentations to help drive business decisions
• Articulate with strong written and verbal communication skills

Why should you work with us?

• Competitive salary with annual reviews
• Excellent medical benefits; including dental, vision and health, Employee Assistance Program
• Fitness/Exercise spending account
• Group RRSP contributions
• 3 weeks vacation
• Dynamic work atmosphere
• Career development programs and opportunities