Lead Senior Financial Analyst, Fp&A Full P&L Consolidations With Exposure To Cfo (Forbes 150 Best Employers In Canada)

Position Title: Lead Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A Consolidations

Client Details:

Our client is a well-known Iconic Retail Company in Canada owned by one of the Largest Conglomerates in Canada. The company has been providing best in class equipment and services in the designated sector they specialize in for over 20 years

Role Summary:

The Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A Consolidations will support the creation of budget, forecast, long-term plan, KPI’s, and decision support for the entire company consisting of 3 Major Business Units. Reporting directly to the Director of FP&A, this role is responsible for partnering with the financial reporting team, field and head office departments and other key stakeholders to evaluate and deeply understand financial and operational performance metrics.

This role has direct exposure to CFO and will be involved in Pitching/Presenting P&L results to C Suite!

Main Job Responsibilities:

•Build effective partnerships with internal stakeholders across the organization (i.e. merchandising, marketing, store operations, logistics, etc.) and understand the key drivers of the respective components of the business

•Ownership and improvement of the cash and business forecasting models for each banner

•Coordinate the annual budget submissions and maintain the budget models

•Support sales and margin analytics using a deep understanding business levers and components driving performance

•Perform store/regional contribution analysis to identify opportunities for profitability and to support decision making

•Work closely with the financial reporting team to ensure plans of the merchandising, store operations, marketing, logistics and other departments are incorporated into overall financial plans

•Assist in the evaluation of proposed capital expenditure and ensure impacts of the capital plan are incorporated into the overall financial plans

•Use critical thinking to assist in the development of new processes, systems and models to support the budgeting and forecasting activities of the company

•Support the accounting team on the creation of monthly reporting package, including performance to budget, forecast and prior periods

•Become the subject matter expertise on PowerBI for the finance team and leverage data to support management decision making

Location:

Greater Toronto Area ** HYBRID WORKING MODEL 3 Days in office rest work from home **

Salary Range:

Based on experience, plus Bonus 10% (Manager Level on the Market)

Requirements:

•Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field (e.g. Business, Accounting, Economics, Commerce, etc.)

•5-7 years relevant work experience

•Working towards or obtained CPA designation

•Curiosity about what the analyses tell about the business and a desire to work with cross-functional teams to help drive optimization

•Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal)

•Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint)

•Data analytics and SQL skills preferred

•Strong analytical, critical thinking, and customer service skills

•Strong attention to detail, organizational and time management skills

•Must be able to work well in a team environment and independently