Senior Financial Analyst , Fp&A

What You’ll Do

The Mark’s Finance & Planning group is a dynamic team that provides critical insights and brings together key stakeholders in support of the business’s long-term strategy. We play a key role in facilitating discussion, identifying and analyzing the impacts of business decisions from a financial perspective. Reporting to the Manager, Finance and Planning, SportChek / Mark’s, the Senior Financial Analyst will play a key role within a dynamic F&P team. This position utilizes strong analytical skills and financial knowledge to provide insights on key working capital and financial metrics for the Mark’s business. This position also plays an important role in the support finance provides to our business partners. In addition, the incumbent will be part of the budget and forecast cycles that play a key role in building out the strategies of the Mark’s business unit.

• Prepare, analyze and deliver month end review presentations to senior leaders and various teams in the business and in finance
• Work with the Manager, Finance & Planning, to provide quantitative and qualitative decision support including proactive financial analysis
• Present findings to all levels of the organization’s leadership in an understandable and compelling manner
• Lead a variety of ad hoc projects as assigned by the Manager
• Works with business stakeholders in developing and analyzing Cost Benefit Analysis Presentations (CBAs) for new capital projects
• Prepare annual operating budgets and yearly forecasts, with a focus on working capital, ROIC (return on invested capital), and capital project report.
• Build robust and interactive reports to shed light on the performance of various initiatives
• Support the business with a fully analytical skillset, including developing operational reporting and executive dashboards, providing analysis, conclusions and recommendations for the business
• Coordinates inputs, administration, reconciliation of the various plans in the budget system
• Optimize tasks to increase efficiency and accuracy, include driving the design of automation for the business
• Provide in depth projections, forecast, and long-term outlooks.
• Foster strong working relationships across the businesses, and work proactively to identify opportunities for finance to act as a strategic business partner
• Support the continuous improvement of the financial planning, forecasting, and reporting processes within the team to improve efficiency, and synergies.
• Review key performance metrics (financial and business metrics) to improve existing reports and develop new reports
• Provide support to business by monitoring results versus prior year & budget/ forecast, and providing thorough analysis and investigating variances while identifying risks and opportunities with a focus on providing meaningful/actionable insights

What You Bring

• Ability to clearly and confidently, communicate results to technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong problem solving, analytical and strategic thinking skills; able to see the “big picture” in a complex business environment
• Self-starter attitude with willingness to learn and master new technologies
• University Degree in Accounting/Finance, or business-related discipline AND Professional Accounting designation/MBA or working towards one (CPA- CMA, CA, CGA)
• Ability to work independently and in an ambiguous environment
• Strong time management and self-management skills
• Ability to influence and persuade different points of view
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with a demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong relationships
• Advanced MS Excel and PowerPoint skills. Experience using Hyperion Planning & HFM, and Peoplesoft accounting systems is a plus
• Minimum of 3 years experience in FP&A or related role, preferably in a corporate or retail environment
• Ability to execute multiple projects and drive key business results under tight deadlines

Hybrid

At Canadian Tire we work flexibility embracing ‘Hybrid’ whereby individuals utilize a combination of working at a CTC campus and or virtually in service of outcomes. Determined by managers, decisions around work location will be made based on business and team needs and grounded in a desire to support individual well-being and personal needs. Our goal is to empower teams and individuals to make the right decisions for them, and we expect that to look different for everyone.

About Us

At Marks, we want you to experience an extraordinary career in helping to lead our brand's evolution to be Canada’s number one destination for industrial and casual apparel and footwear. As one of Canada’s leading apparel retailers, and a valued part of the Canadian Tire family of companies, Mark’s stands out for its commitment to comfort, quality and style. Mark’s is a leader in product development, innovation and quality through its assortment of industrial apparel, footwear and accessories, with strong private and exclusive brands. Join us, where there's a place for you here.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

We are committed to fostering an environment where belonging thrives, and diversity, inclusion and equity are infused into everything we do. We believe in building an organizational culture where people are consistently treated with dignity while respecting individual religion, nationality, gender, race, age, perceived ability, spoken language, sexual orientation, and identification. We are united in our purpose of being here to help make life in Canada better.

Accommodations

We stand firm in our Core Value that inclusion is a must. We welcome and encourage candidates from equity-seeking groups such as people who identify as racialized, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, people with disabilities, and beyond. Should you require any accommodation in applying for this role, or throughout the interview process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to help meet your needs.