Financial Planning Analyst

7 days ago


Toronto, Ontario, Canada Children's Aid Society of Toronto Full time

FINANCIAL PLANNING ANALYST, FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION

CORPORATE SERVICES


As part of the Financial Planning team, the Planning Analyst assists in the annual budget plan process and related forecast updates.

This position supports the Sr. Financial Analyst with the preparation of the Society's regulatory reporting requirements, including monthly reporting and analysis of variances. They will also act as a Finance partner for assigned departments.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Supports Sr. Financial Analyst in the preparation of Agency's regulatory reporting to various government agencies.
  • Supports Sr. Financial Analyst with extracting and joining data from multiple sources to formulate driver based budgets and forecasts.
  • Prepares budget and forecast updates for assigned sections utilizing driver based projections and trend analysis.
  • Provides financial analytical support to assigned programs and functional groups, including budgets, forecasts, monthly reports and variance analysis.
  • Prepares journal entries including revenue recognition, expense accruals and salary allocations among others.
  • Prepares materials for monthly/quarterly reporting packages, such as writing narratives, analyzing budget variance, and tracking statistical information.
  • Provides ad hoc reports such as business cases as requested to assist management decision making.
  • Assists the Financial Reporting team with ad hoc projects as required.
  • Assists in the preparation of PowerPoint presentations for Board, Audit & Finance and Sr. Management meetings.
  • Performs other duties related to financial reporting/accounting analysis as requested, such as year-end financial reports for Audit including general ledger account reconciliations and audit working papers.
  • Acts as back-up to the Senior Financial Analyst during his/her absence which includes attending meetings, working with confidential financial information and reporting directly to the Manager, Financial Planning.
  • Participates in process improvement initiatives associated with identifying opportunities to leverage technological tools (ETL, BI, ODBC connections) to automate current processes.
  • Makes improvements to current processes to gain efficiencies and meet business needs including data extraction, presentation format and information delivery.
  • Acts as a finance partner to assigned Branch Directors to assist with, but not limited to, finance support, monthly financials, variance analysis, and budget planning.
  • Works in a safe manner in accordance with the Society's health and safety policies and procedures and all relevant legislation.
  • Acts in accordance with and incorporates Society's Code of Ethics, Confidentiality, Anti-Oppression/Anti-Racism, Harassment & Discrimination policies, etc.
  • Uses sound judgment in consideration of financial resources.
  • Complies with Society's financial policies and procedures.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience:

  • Degree/Diploma relating to Finance, Business or Accounting is required
  • Completion or working towards (intermediate standing) a professional accounting designation (CPA, CMA, CGA, or equivalent) is required
  • 3 (three) years relevant experience in a financial planning role, preferably in a related industry sector

Knowledge and Skills:

  • Experience with budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting practices
  • Experience designing reporting templates with proper audit trails and versioning
  • Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
  • Developed interpersonal, customer service skills to work cooperatively with staff, the team, the branch as well as work in a fastpaced setting
  • Selfstarting individual with ability to analyze and extract patterns and trends with models from real world data sets
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills for reports and internal communications
  • Excellent organizational skills with ability to adapt to changing working conditions
  • Ability to prioritize multiple activities with tight deadlines
  • Able to perform work accurately and thoroughly with a high attention to detail
  • Skilled at being organized and follow a systematic method of performing a task

Assets:

  • Experience interacting with relational databases and BI tools
  • Familiarity with the Child Welfare sector
  • Experience implementing and assessing internal controls
  • Familiar with enterprise risk management programs

OTHER INFORMATION

Accommodation at CAST

  • We are committed to a selection process and work environment that is inclusive and barrier free. Accommodation will be provided in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code. Applicants need to make any accommodation requests for the interview or selection process known in advance by contacting the Human Resources Department at x2300. Human Resources will work together with the hiring committee to arrange reasonable and appropriate accomm

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