Financial Analyst

3 weeks ago

Montreal, Quebec, Canada SGS Société Générale de Surveillance SA Full time
About the Job

The Financial Planning and Analysis (FPA) department at SGS Société Générale de Surveillance SA is a global organization with local presence, providing financial services through global and efficient processes and consistent norms, leveraging on production hubs. The FPA department is the sole provider of actionable financial reports and analysis to assist SGS management in steering the financial performance of the Americas.

Key Responsibilities

  • Consolidate financials for management reporting and lead the Americas Budget process.
  • Prepare forecasts, produce financial trend analysis, certify SGS costs, and contribute to monthly closings.
  • Ensure alignment with norms around performance management analyzes and present SGS financial performance to senior management.

Core Missions in the Americas

  • Quality and timeliness of SGS financial statements and dashboards.
  • Assist SGS management and all Business Lines in their steering with actionable reports on financial performance and forecasts.
  • Financial communication and presentation of forecasts and trends.
  • Coordinate the Americas Budget process and support the forecasting exercise.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

  • Define and provide actionable reports and analysis to assist SGS support functions management in their financial steering.
  • Serve as a Point of Contact for all financial aggregates with the regional and local management in Canada.
  • Drive the local performance analysis and collaborate with the FP&A team in New York, Accounts Payables (AP) team, and Legal entity controllers in Canada.
  • Prepare and present monthly financial management reporting, including gap analysis of Budget trajectories vs prior years, vs. forecast, and prior strategic plans to business partners.
  • Financial reporting, including providing variance analysis of actuals to budget, coordinating the Forecast exercise, providing commentary on key cost drivers, explaining the monthly results, and presenting monthly reports to key stakeholders of SGS.
  • Presentation of the monthly results and costs trends to all concerned business lines.
  • Ability to manage multiple responsibilities under tight timeframes, ability to organize and prioritize to move tasks forward and complete them in a time-efficient manner.

Requirements

  • Accounting knowledge, Budgeting, Forecasting, Reporting, Data management.
  • Bachelor's degree.
  • Good analytical, presentation, and communication skills.
  • General/Technical Skills: well-organized and detail-oriented, must be able to perform multiple tasks and adapt to a changing work environment.
  • General/Technical Skills: Ability to work independently with tight deadlines.
  • Strong system skills and knowledge for Financial Modelling, PowerBI Report Creation, Managing Data, Power Query Data manipulation, and Alteryx.
  • Years of Experience: 5 years +.
  • Demonstrate the ability to work within a Team.
  • An energetic and determined attitude.
  • Adaptability and willingness to work with people from different cultures.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Background in banking/financial industry.
  • Process Improvement.

Language

Ability to communicate in English, both orally and in writing, is a requirement as the person in this position will need to collaborate regularly with colleagues and partners in the United States.

Benefits

  • Minimum of 20 Vacation days + 4 personal days.
  • Supportive Maternity, paternity, parental, and adoption leave policy.
  • Health spending ($2,000/year) and personal spending ($1,000/year) accounts with 75+ eligible reimbursement categories (health, training, electronics, etc.).
  • Fully sponsored virtual healthcare assistance and Employee Assistance Program to you and your immediate family.
  • Various Employee Resource Groups (ERG) to engage with such as Pride and Allies, American Women Network, Black Leadership Network, One planet, etc.
  • A culture of continuous development by encouraging our employees through various training programs (online training and coaching platform such as Coursera, GoFluent, Pluralsight, First Finance, and others).

Culture

At SGS Société Générale de Surveillance SA, we live by our 4 core values of commitment, responsibility, team spirit, and innovation. We are engaged and demonstrate consideration for others. We act ethically and with courage. We focus our talent and energy on collective success. We experiment and propose new ideas. This way, we maximize our ability to serve client needs and anticipate market changes. SGS Société Générale de Surveillance SA is committed to strengthening bonds with colleagues, communities, and the world in which we live, because relationships are at the heart of how we operate.

Diversity & Inclusion

Our Diversity & Inclusion Mission: Recruit, develop, advance, and retain a diverse workforce that is united in our efforts to enhance our competitive position and deliver innovative solutions to our clients.

Our Diversity & Inclusion Vision:

• Engaged workforce that is demographically diverse in a way that reflects the communities in which we operate.

• Inclusive culture and workplace that recognizes employees' unique needs and utilizes their diverse talents.

• Engage our community and marketplace, and position the organization to meet the needs of all its clients.

Hybrid Work Environment

SGS Société Générale de Surveillance SA offers a hybrid work arrangement that offers employees the flexibility to work remotely, as well as on-site, in order to promote interaction and collaboration with colleagues while adhering to all SGS standard protocols. Hybrid work arrangements vary based on business area. The applicable Business lines will determine and communicate the work arrangements that best meet their business needs.

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