Senior Financial Planning Analyst

Senior Financial Planning Analyst

Budge Studios is looking for a FP&A Senior analyst who will be reporting to the V.P Finance. The ideal candidate has a well-rounded understanding of all finance-related functions, including financial statements, accounting, financial planning & analysis, treasury, financing, financial modeling, reporting and database management. In this role, you will need to provide high-level insights and useful financial tools for decision-making at the executive level. Are you proactive, technology savvy and passionate about your field? Do you want to work in a fun, dynamic environment? If that sounds like you, we’d love to hear your story!

Budge is a fast-growing mobile games company. At Budge, our mission is to thrill, educate and entertain children around the world through creative and innovative apps. We use the power of technology to allow kids to go on amazing adventures and add a whole new dimension to play. With over 1 billion kids having played our apps worldwide, and with our diverse portfolio we have something to suit every taste. We are a leader in our market working with the biggest and best children's brands out there. Our culture is focused on work life balance and on fostering creativity and collaboration.

Responsibilities:

Financial Planning & Analysis:

• Update current year outlook forecasts on a monthly basis.
• Run cost and ROI analysis and connect with the production team when required.
• Prepare Board of Directors materials on a quarterly basis.
• Benchmark actuals against budget and historical through gap analysis framework.
• Draft monthly financial dashboards to Co-CEOs.
• Take ownership of the 3-year financial model and update when required.
• Update the Budget tool monthly which allows production to analyze, monitor and control cost of ongoing productions.
• Improve processes and integrated tools.

Treasury:

• Assist in monitoring cash flows and perform cash management-related tasks.
• Update cash flow forecasts on a monthly basis.

Financial statements:

• Review monthly internal financial statements prepared by the Senior Accountant and update all departmental master documents.
• Assist in preparing the annual internal financial statements and assist the parent company for the year-end audit.

Reporting:

• Review (and prepare from time to time) royalty reports for license partners.
• Responsible for providing information to banks, investors, and other stakeholders, when required.

Accounting:

• Participate in the analysis of accounting issues as needed (standard and resulting accounting treatment).
• Support the Senior Accountant in the month-end cycle.

Tax:

• Work closely with the Senior Accountant on all tax-related matters and duties, including preparation of tax credit claims (MMTC, SRED (outsourced)), corporate taxes, sales taxes, labor remittances and all year-end forms preparation.

Strategic Initiatives:

• Assist V.P Finance and V.P Business Development in ad hoc strategic opportunities assessment.

Requirements:

• Fluency in both English and French.
• Keen attention to details.
• Strong organizational skills – ability to manage multiple priorities and the ability to plan to meet deadlines with efficiency and accuracy.
• Self motivated and versatile individual.
• Ability to exercise discretion and confidentiality.
• Strong technical skills including advanced knowledge of Excel and overall database management.
• Experience with Sage (Simply) Accounting (an asset).
• Minimum of three years of qualified Accounting and Finance experience.
• Experience supervising month-end and year-end audit processes.
• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in finance and/or Accounting (CPA designation, an asset).
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.