Senior Financial Analyst Jobs

What You'll Do

• Present findings to all levels of the organization’s leadership in an understandable and compelling manner
• Work with the Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis, to provide quantitative and qualitative decision support including proactive financial analysis
• Coordinates inputs, administration, reconciliation of the various plans in the budget system
• Lead a variety of ad hoc projects as assigned by the Manager
• Support the business with a fully analytical skillset, including developing operational reporting and executive dashboards, providing analysis, conclusions and recommendations for the business
• Optimize tasks to increase efficiency and accuracy, include driving the design of automation for the business
• Provide support to business by monitoring results versus budget/ forecast, and providing thorough analysis and investigating variances while identifying risks and opportunities with a focus on providing meaningful/actionable insights
• Prepare, analyze and deliver month end review presentations to numerous teams
• Support the continuous improvement of the financial planning, forecasting, and reporting processes within the team to improve efficiency and quality
• Foster strong working relationships across the businesses, and work proactively to identify opportunities for finance to act as a strategic business partner
• Review key performance metrics (financial and business metrics) to improve existing reports and develop new reports
• Provide in depth projections and forecasts
• Build robust and interactive reports to shed light on the performance of various initiatives
• With a minimum of 3 years of experience, accounting designation and advanced excel skills the successful candidate will work with the business to prepare the annual operating budgets with a focus on sales and cost of goods

Who You Are

We are looking for individuals who are:

• Collaborative team players with superior influencing skills, who build relationships easily across various stakeholder groups to move initiatives forward
• Creative and courageous with the ability to manage in an environment of change and ambiguity to help us take bold, strategic moves in this rapidly evolving retail environment
• Action oriented, and comfortable taking calculated risks to better serve our customers and business
• Outcome focused, critical thinkers with the ability to analyze and visualize, to ensure continuous improvement across our entire business

If you’re curious, ready to take on new challenges and open to doing things differently to help us evolve rapidly, then this is definitely the place to be.

What You Bring

• Ability to clearly and confidently, communicate results to technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to work independently and in an ambiguous environment
• Advanced MS Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Ability to execute multiple projects and drive key business results under tight deadlines
• Strong time management and self-management skills
• Self-starter attitude with willingness to learn and master new technologies
• Professional accounting designation (CPA, CA, CMA)
• Ability to influence and persuade different points of view
• Strong problem solving, analytical and strategic thinking skills; able to see the “big picture” in a complex business environment
• Minimum of 5 years experience in a medium to large retail corporate analytics-based environment
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with a demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong relationships
• Experience using Hyperion Planning & HFM, Peoplesoft accounting systems

At Canadian Tire we value flexibility. We have adopted a hybrid work model whereby employees use a combination of working in office and virtually in service of outcomes. Each leader is empowered to decide what work is best achieved in person based on the unique needs of their team.

About Us

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (“CTC”) is one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With more than 90 Owned Brands, 1,700 retail locations, financial services, exemplary e-commerce capabilities, and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies. We dream big and work as one to innovate with purpose for our customers at every level of our business, investing in new technologies and products, and doubling down on top talent to drive the company forward. We offer competitive salaries and wages to CTC employees, as well as store discounts, supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy, Canadian Tire Profit Sharing, and retirement and savings programs for eligible employees. As part of our enhanced flex benefits program, we offer mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families, including total well-being, and mental health tools and resources for all employees. Join us in helping to make life in Canada better through living and working our Core Values: we are innovators and entrepreneurs at our core, outcomes drive us, inclusion is a must, we are stronger together and we take personal responsibility. It is an especially exciting time to join CTC and its family of companies where career opportunities are wide-ranging! 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.