Finance Business Manager

**Job Description Summary**:
We are** the makers of possible**

BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health is our Purpose, and it’s no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities.

We believe that the human element, across our global teams, is what allows us to continually evolve. Join us and discover an environment in which you’ll be supported to learn, grow and become your best self. Become a **maker of possible** with us.

The **Finance Business Manager**is responsible for providing all critical finance support to a business segment within the Canada region. This includes the development of all financial information required for business planning, performance reporting, strategic planning and decision support for the business unit. This position will play a key role in partnering with the business to understand market growth opportunities and challenges, and in providing valuable financial analysis required to ensure continued growth and profitability. The Canadian and US leadership teams rely on the integrity of the financial information provided by the Finance Business Manager.

**Responsibilities**:
**Budgeting and Forecasting**
- Lead the annual budget, 3 year strategic plan and quarterly forecasts for the business unit.
- Work with Marketing team to gather underlying market assumptions. Ensure proper assumptions such as volume growth, competitive wins, pricing impacts, new product launches and etc. are built into planning submissions. Help identify potential risks and opportunities and perform ongoing tracking.
- Strong understanding of events impacting individual P&L line items and the intricate relationship between movements of P&L line items.
- Provide support to business unit in developing growth strategies and in achieving key financial and business objectives. Play an integral part in assessing potential risks and opportunities to financial goals and identifying action plans to address gaps.

**Actual reporting**
- Responsible for monthly income statement analysis as part of month end close process. Work closely with Finance Analysis, NASSC and local accounting team to ensure revenue, cost of sales and all expenses are reflected appropriately. Report and explain full P&L performance variances against Projection, Budget and Prior Year.
- Strong revenue, cost and expense recognition accounting knowledge. Including, but not limited to capital / operating lease accounting.
- Sales performance monitoring - Collaborate with business partners to monitor and report weekly sales performance. Ability to anticipate risk and opportunity for anticipated monthly and quarterly outlook.
- Review balance sheet reconciliations and perform analysis such as price volume, E&O, accruals and product cost during both actual month-end close and planning processes.
- Preparation and presentation of financial results at regional and world wide level meetings.

**Other**
- Lead and participate in other Finance projects as required. Collaborate with other Finance team members; share and leverage best practices and new learnings.
- Perform financial modelling or business case analysis as required.
- Review existing accounting policies, activities, processes, and systems and make recommendations to Management on any necessary changes.
- Ad hoc projects, analyses, and other duties as assigned.

**Education and Experience**
- Minimum 5+ years of progressive responsibility within the finance field with a focus on financial planning and analysis (FP&A) in the Medical products, pharmaceutical or consumer packaged goods industry.
- Undergraduate degree with emphasis in Finance, Business, Commerce. CPA designation strongly preferred.
- 2+ years experience supervising a team, including team development, coaching, and performance management.
- Strong accounting policy knowledge such as revenue recognition and capital/operating lease.
- Possess strong analytical skills applicable to both financial and non-financial data.
- Highly proficient in Excel.
- Knowledge and experience with an ERP system, with SAP/JDE strongly preferred, and BPC an asset.

**Knowledge and Skills**
- Excellent written, verbal communication and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate effectively and professionally with all levels of the organization (with varying Finance knowledge).
- Ability to function effectively in a team environment and independently, self-starter
- Self motivated, driven and ability to meet tight deadlines and work in a fast-paced, multi-tasking environment.
- Strong business acumen with proven track record in process improvements.

At BD, we prioritize on-site collaboration because we believe it fosters creativity, innovation, and effective probl