Financial Analyst

Winpak Corporate is seeking a Financial Analyst to join our Corporate Finance team based out of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Reporting to the Director, Corporate Accounting & Treasury, this role will support financial planning and analysis, treasury, taxation, financial reporting, and strategic finance initiatives. This is an opportunity for a finance professional who enjoys asking questions, challenging ideas by using data, technology, and artificial intelligence to find better ways to analyze information and support business decisions.

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Assist in the preparation and consolidation of the annual operating plan, quarterly forecasts, and long-term strategic plans.
• Analyze financial performance and prepare variance analyses comparing actual results to budget, forecast, and prior-year performance.
• Develop and maintain financial models supporting pricing decisions, capital expenditures, acquisitions, strategic investments, and other business cases.
• Identify key business trends, risks, and opportunities and translate findings into clear recommendations for management.
• Prepare executive-level dashboards, presentations, and key performance indicator reporting.
• Conduct profitability analyses by business unit, product category, customer, market segment, and geographic region.

Treasury and Cash Management

• Prepare and maintain short-term and long-term cash flow forecasts and support liquidity and working capital planning.
• Assist with treasury reporting, banking relationships, debt administration, foreign exchange exposure monitoring, and capital structure analysis.
• Support the evaluation of financing alternatives, investment opportunities, and capital allocation decisions.

Taxation and Regulatory Support

• Support Canadian and U.S. corporate income tax compliance and assist with quarterly and annual income tax provision calculations.
• Coordinate information requests from external tax advisors and regulatory agencies and prepare government and statistical reporting submissions.

Strategic Finance and Corporate Development

• Participate in mergers and acquisitions, financial due diligence, business valuation, and strategic investment projects.
• Conduct industry, market, and competitor research and support business development initiatives through scenario analysis and financial modeling.

Technology and General Responsibilities

• Use artificial intelligence, automation, business intelligence, and advanced analytics tools to enhance financial analysis, forecasting, and decision support.
• Demonstrate behaviour consistent with the Winpak Values and promote teamwork, cooperation, and effective communication within the department and Company.
• Perform special projects and other related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, Economics, or a related discipline.
• Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation.
• 3+ years of progressive experience in corporate finance, financial planning and analysis, public accounting, treasury, or a related finance function.
• Experience with financial modeling, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and business reporting.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including financial modeling and data analysis.
• Experience working with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and the ability to learn new financial systems and tools.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, investigate issues, and follow through on projects with limited direction.
• Ability to communicate financial information clearly to both financial and non-financial audiences.
• High degree of accuracy, confidentiality, initiative, accountability, and attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a manufacturing environment or another operationally focused business.
• Experience with Power BI, Power Query, automation, artificial intelligence, or other tools used to improve financial analysis and reporting.
• Experience with Infor M3, SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, or a comparable enterprise resource planning system.
• Experience supporting treasury, taxation, capital investments, acquisitions, business valuation, or other strategic finance initiatives.
• Curiosity and a continuous learning mindset, with an interest in questioning existing processes and identifying practical ways to improve them.
• This is a full-time hybrid position based at Winpak Corporate, 150 Saulteaux Crescent, Winnipeg, Manitoba. The hybrid work arrangement is subject to Winpak’s applicable hybrid work guidelines.
• This role works across Corp