Finance Business Partner Jobs

Location: Ottawa, ON

Employment Type: Permanent/Full-Time

Job Title: Senior Finance Business Partner / Project Accountant

This position will act as the Finance Business Partner. This is a new role in a fast growing business which has just expanded into Canada as a second home market. It is imperative the candidate for this role is able to provide thought leadership and financial support at a senior level as they will be a trusted advisor in Canada for finance matters.

The role will report to the Finance Director based in the UK but will have local responsibility for supporting the management team within the Canadian production facility.

The Finance Business partner will provide expert strategic and financial advice to departments to enable sound decision making. They will be responsible for:

• Supporting / coordinating and executing the Canadian business plan, budget, and forecasts
• Analysing, monitoring and reporting the key financial metrics and KPIs to finance leadership on a monthly basis including full variance analysis
• Other duties as assigned by the Finance Director
• Prepare ad hoc reports and presentations as required by the business; lead ad hoc projects as they arise.
• Contribute to the planning process for the production facility to aid financial understanding by management of the impact of decision making around resourcing
• Understanding operational drivers and how these impact financial performance
• Support, analyse and prepare business cases for future growth and investments as appropriate
• Work closely with the shared service team who hold responsibility for reporting to ensure month end and reporting requirements are met on a timely basis
• Project accounting for key programmes including monitoring and managing revenue recognition, preparing analysis to support cost control and supporting the Programme Director with risk management
• Support and challenge bid activity to ensure bid work aligns with strategy

The candidate will require:

• Significant professional experience in Finance with a background in business partnering
• Must be eligible to meet the requirements of export control regulations, including the Canadian Controlled Goods Program and Canadian government security requirements.
• Proven experience working collaboratively across multiple internal/external stakeholders and ability to influence others effectively
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Good organisational skills and ability to operate effectively under pressure whilst working across multiple projects at the same time
• Fantastic communication skills and proven experience working collaboratively across multiple internal/external stakeholders and ability to influence others effectively
• Superb analytical skills with the ability to drive efficiency from systems to reduce manual workload
• Professional Designation (CA, CMA, CGA).