Analyst, Fp&a

Job title: Analyst, FP&A & Data Insights

Department: Corporate Sales Canada

Work Location: Lachine, Quebec

Reports to: Director of FP&A

Travel: up to 10%

**Primary responsibilities**:

- Assist with the preparation of annual and quarterly budgets/forecasts, including variance analysis and cause-of-change explanations.
- Own and drive the financial reporting process, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and relevance of all reports.
- Generate new insights and analyses to adapt to changing business conditions and present innovative ways of interpreting financial result.
- Automate and enhance forecasting and reporting processes using planning and reporting software.
- Profit Improvement/Continuous Improvement - develop customer & product profitability models and identify high value opportunities.
- P&L and ROI evaluation for investments.
- Develop interactive dashboards and self-service reporting using Power BI, integrating data from multiple sources.
- Market and current industry trends research.
- Establish processes to collect, track, and report on key performance indicators (KPIs), driving the organization towards a data-driven decision-making culture.
- Provide detailed analysis to identify root causes of variances and address ad-hoc analysis requests from management and ownership
- Business partner and “go-to person” for sales leaders.
- Assist in special projects as needed at the direction of senior leadership

**Professional Skills/Qualifications**

1. Minimum level of education and/or specialization:

- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Finance or Economics
- Minimum: 2-3 years in data-driven and market trend analysis/financial reporting

2. Specific skills and requirements: (_competencies critical to the incumbent’s success_)
- Fluent in English and French.
- Strong autonomy and self-motivated.
- Able to work under pressure in a fast paced, ever-changing environment to meet aggressive deadlines.
- Attentive to details, well organized and able to prioritize.
- Strong analytic, problem-solving, modeling, reporting and presentation skills.
- Ability to synthesize information and provide solutions.
- Ability to communicate complex analysis and ideas in a concise manner.
- Experience working in a team environment.
- Excellent critical thinking skills.
- SAP and Microsoft Power Suite experience is a plus

3. Personality traits:

- Strong work ethic - schedule flexibility to work outside of standard business hours.
- Intermediate knowledge of MS Excel, Power BI and PowerPoint.
- Analytical thinker who is curious and dives deep into understanding the “real story” behind the data.
- Flexible - ability to adjust approach quickly with new information.
- Speaks openly and asks questions - has a passion for wanting to improve the business.
- Strong business ethics, reliable and dependable.
- Self-sufficient, inquisitive, self-starter.

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site gym
- On-site parking
- Vision care
- Work from home

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

**Education**:

- Bachelor's Degree (preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Lachine, QC H8S 2L3