Finance Business Partner

2 weeks ago

Mississauga, Canada QM Environmental Full time

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Provides strategic financial business support to the business line to enable sound decision making that supports corporate and business objectives, within a project-based environment. This is a hands-on role that provides financial expertise to the business using a partnering approach.

**Reporting Relationships**

This role reports directly into the Vice President, Finance on a functional level but works very closely with the Business Vice President, operational Regional Managers, Senior Operations Managers, and Project Managers. Most of the day-to-day interaction is with the business.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**

**Solutions and Business Improvement**
- Strategizes with business leaders to develop and execute business plans
- Provides financial expertise and support that ensures the business line executes business plans effectively and efficiently
- Provides functional expertise and business perspective to identify profitable opportunities and make optimal business decisions
- Pro-actively identifies areas for improvement, potential problem areas and gaps, and provides recommendations
- Collaborates with stakeholders to develop best practices; communicates, recommends and helps implement best practices across projects and business lines
- Works with Project Managers and National Accounts Receivable team to ensure prompt collection of accounts receivable thus improving the cash cycle
- Continuously strives to improve work processes, methods, environment, customer service, personal and team performance
- Assists in procurement and contract negotiations
- Ensures all processes and controls are followed for the timely and accurate capturing of all project costs
- Ensure the timely and complete billing of all work performed
- Assist operations team in the financial management of projects and maximization of profitability

**Reporting and Analysis**
- Performs complex financial and operational analysis to support short term and long range strategic plans and operating budgets
- Prepares divisional annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and related analyses
- Analyzes data and activity and explores emerging trends, patterns and common themes. Communicates findings and recommendations; works with internal stakeholders to develop and implement action plans that improve the efficacy and efficiency of projects and business lines while maximizing profitability and other business KPI’s.
- Analyzes project costing and pricing and assist project managers with tender/bid process
- Analysis of variances to budget/forecast for revenue/margin as well as operating expenses
- Coordinates preparation of divisional capital expenditure requests
- Performs monthly project reviews ensuring all costs incurred and costs to complete are properly reflected, while identifying operational opportunities
- Ensures the timely close out of all completed jobs and performing regular post-mortem reviews to identify learnings to improve future bidding and execution processes

**Corporate Governance**
- Ensures appropriate governance and controls are in place, using a cooperative approach
- Ensures appropriate controls are in place, while balancing the needs of the project
- Proactively ensures the bid sheets are followed, and processes are in place as outlined in the bid sheet
- Understands and follows Corporate policies and programs, including the Company’s Health and Safety Program, Policy and Procedures

**Other** responsibilities, as required.

**QUALIFICATIONS**

**Education**
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or other related finance field
- CPA, CFA designation is an asset

**Experience**
- 5 years’ experience, with a minimum of 3 years in a contracting or project-based environment required, within the construction industry
- Experience in financial analysis, metrics preparation and analysis, financial research
- Previous experience working within a matrix environment is an asset

**Knowledge**
- Strong knowledge in construction project management and controlling
- Knowledge of financial reporting and analysis
- Familiarity with a variety of field concepts, practices and procedures
- High proficiency in using Microsoft Office Suite
- Expert knowledge and skill level with Microsoft Excel, including data modeling, visualization, and reporting
- Knowledge of integrated financial systems

**Abilities**
- Excellent presentation skills
- Ability to coach, manage, and lead a team
- Excellent analytical ability, with the ability to interpret analysis and offer solutions based on evidence
- Ability to work collaboratively with business and finance professionals
- Excellent time management skills
- Exceptional organization skills
- Takes initiative and has good work ethic
- Ability to multitask
- Maintain effectiveness to changing priorities
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to easily learn new software
- Strive for efficiency without sacrificing quality
- Ability to work independently as well as a team m

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