Financial Planning

**WE ARE HIRING A FINANCIAL PLANNING & ANALYSIS MANAGER (NEW POSITION)** **Small Town Culture...Competitive Pay...Great Benefits...Family-Owned** **Yes, you even get FREE ICE CREAM** For 80 plus years, Kawartha Dairy has been proud to be a 100% Canadian-owned company, still operated by the same family that founded it in 1937. Although the company has grown tremendously from its early days, it remains headquartered in the lakeside community of Bobcaygeon, Ontario, where it was founded, near Peterborough, an hour north of the GTA. Today Kawartha Dairy operates 10 retail stores and services a wide range of customers, from grocery stores to foodservice establishments and of course, ice cream parlours. The company also provides custom production services to other food companies, using Kawartha’s expertise in the business to produce ice cream and other specialty dairy items to the exact specifications of these firms. Reflecting the explosive growth in the brand and the business as a whole, Kawartha Dairy has recently constructed a 54,000-square-foot warehouse just south of Bobcaygeon to serve its provincial operations. Investments are also underway to modernize the production plant, our systems and our infrastructure. Kawartha Dairy is committed to growing our company culture of super-friendly staff, above-and-beyond customer service and of course creating a fabulous collection of ice cream and other products. **We at Kawartha Dairy live by our five values**: **1. We are Family** **2. We Enjoy Our Work** **3. We are Customer Obsessed** **4. We are Small Town Canada** **5. We are Proud of Our Quality** **What You'll Do**: - Reporting to the Director of Finance & IT, you will manage all FP&A activities for Sales and Retail. - Coordinate the budget planning, forecasting on a quarterly, annual, and 5 year cycle. - Analyze our business results on a monthly and quarterly basis to help better understand present and future financial performance in order to achieve or exceed our profit targets - Provide technical expertise and advice on financial position to functional or operational area managers to help them develop revenue and expense budgets, understand financial reports, and manage their financial responsibilities. - Create models, conduct analysis and develop presentations that condense data into actionable information for Functional Managers - Perform and present Return on Investment analyses for capital investments, capacity planning scenarios. - Coordinate and publish a monthly financial results package for Senior Management and the Board of Directors. - You will be responsible for driving and supporting “financial close” activities, ensuring that all risk areas have been assessed, presented and mitigated. - Other responsibilities as required. **What You Need to Get the Job Done**: - A person that is curious, creative and courageous who has the ability to manage in an environment of change and ambiguity and can help us successfully navigate through our rapidly growing business - You are outcome focused, a critical thinker - with the ability to analyze and visualize, and share your findings clearly - A collaborative team player with superior influencing skills, who builds relationships easily across various stakeholder groups - In depth analysis/forecast skills to help drive key financial metrics and foster an environment of continuous optimization - The ability to work closely with Sales, Retail, and Operational teams across the company and provide analysis and insight to key stakeholders - You can drive internal process improvements and controls by continually identifying opportunities for automation to allow the team to perform analytics - Managing competing priorities to meet tight deadlines where the normal flow of information is interrupted in order to address critical questions which arise from other members of the Management or Finance team - You possess a University Degree in Finance, Analytics, Mathematics, or business-related discipline - Professional financial designation (CPA, CMA, CA) is required - 5+ years’ experience in Financial Planning & Analysis - Experience in Food, Grocery, manufacturing organization strongly preferred. **What Will Make You A Great Fit**: - Demonstrated success in a previous analytical role with an exceptionally strong work ethic - Strong problem solving, analytical, and strategic thinking skills; able to see the "big picture" in a complex business environment - You take an “I own this” approach to your work - An aptitude to work with large amounts of data and to manage it effectively and the ability to conduct data analysis and identify unusual trends and recommend solutions - A proven ability to translate and communicate financial information to non-finance business partners in a manner that can derive actionable insights - Excellent written and verbal communication skills and an ability to communicate effectively and professionally with seni