Finance Analyst Jobs

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Region CFO/VP Finance

Location

Atlantic Canada

Type

Salary, Full Time

Closing Date

August 11, 2023

Company Overview

Sysco connects the world to share food and care for one another. Sysco leads from the heart of food and service to deliver the freshest of foods and ideas to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers who prepare meals away from home. Our customers can count on us to deliver on-point products and solutions since only Sysco is the global leader, sitting at the heart of innovation supply, delivery, culinary and more.

With over 57,000 associates and a fleet of over 13,000 vehicles, Sysco operates approximately 326 distribution facilities worldwide and serves more than 625,000 customer locations. For fiscal 2022 that ended July 2, 2022, the company generated sales of more than $68 billion USD.

Sysco, one of Canada’s Best Employers 2022, as listed by Forbes, is dedicated to our global corporate social responsibility goals and to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We offer our associates the opportunity to grow personally and professionally, to contribute to the success of a dynamic organization, and to serve others in a manner that exceeds their expectations.

Sysco is more than just a place to work. Our passion for food and our customers has made us the industry leader. To remain on top, we will continue to think bigger, work harder and never give up. Are you ready to drive success?

For more information, visit www.sysco.ca or follow us @SyscoCanada at facebook.com/SyscoCanada; twitter.com/SyscoCanada or instagram.com/SyscoCanada

For a full list of opportunities, visit www.sysco.ca/careers

Role

Support strategies to help drive increased profitability, process efficiency, reduce costs and overall business improvement. Partner with leadership to deliver financial and strategic results through the utilization of Financial Planning & Analysis of best practices. Support corporate FP&A (financial planning & analysis) processes, initiatives and reporting within Operations.

Role Responsibilities

• Analyze sales, margin and other sources of income to identify opportunities and make recommendations
• Create, maintain, and action weekly and monthly key financial reports
• Understands that they play an integral role in their own safety and that of their colleagues and is willing to speak out when hazards are present.
• Provide operating expense analysis compared to budget and provide feedback to stakeholders
• Complies with Sysco’s Food Safety Policy and procedures to ensure food safety, quality and legality requirements are met.
• Support the tower financial reporting team in the monthly close process as required
• Assist in the Region’s Annual Operating Plan (AOP) process and monthly forecasting process
• Support leadership in the preparation of presentations on results to the Canadian Support Centre
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Is willing to work safely with minimal environmental impact and understands the importance of reporting all hazards, incidents, and environmental spills immediately to their Supervisor.
• Provide support cross-functionally with all departments on both local and corporate initiatives
• Financial modeling and ad hoc analytics
• Develop, implement and monitor business intelligence tools

Qualifications/Skills/Job Requirements (About You)

• Full knowledge of each component in basic financial statements (Income Statement, Balance Sheet)
• Minimum three to five (3-5+) years of job-related experience in financial or business analytics role.
• Exceptional mathematical and analytical skills
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Data Analysis, or related field.
• Experience with Cognos, Tableau, or similar front-end reporting tool.
• Expert knowledge of financial and General Ledger (GL) reporting, or similar financial reporting system
• Awareness of SQL and relational database principals is an asset.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook
• Certified accounting designation preferred.

Internal candidates apply via the Career Centre on your HR Portal / ADP Workforce Now.

External candidates submit cover letter & resume via www.sysco.ca/careers

Our Purpose

Connecting the world to share food and care for one another

Our Mission

Delivering success for our customers through industry-leading people, products and solutions

Our Identity

Together we define our future of foodservice and supply chain

Sysco is committed to Employment Equity. Accommodations during the recruitment process are available upon request for candidates with disabilities.

Here’s a sample of the many benefits Sysco associates enjoy:

Comprehensive Flexible Benefits including Health and Dental, Health Care Spending and Wellness Accounts

• Life Insurance
• Stock Purchase Plan
• Voluntary Optional Insurance
• Parental Leave Plan
• Associate Resource Groups
• Preferred vendor discounts
• Employee and Family Assistance
• Maple Virtual Care
• Sysco product discounts
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Unlimited on-line learning
• Group RRSP & TFSA
• Company Pension Plan

(*benefits may vary based on location or bargaining unit)