Manager, Financial Planning

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**Job Title**: Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis, Lab Ops
**Reports to**: Director, Financial Planning & Analysis - Operations
**Status**: Full time
**Schedule**: Monday - Friday
**Additional Requirements**: NA
**Number of positions**: 1
**Start Date**: ASAP
**Internal Application Deadline**: 23 June 2025
This vacancy is for an existing position.
**Purpose of the Role**:
The Manager Finance FP&A Lab Ops and BC Gov’t Contract plays a critical role in delivering strategic financial partnership to the VP and Senior Leadership Team (SLT) of Lab Operations, as well as to the Director of Government Contracts in BC. Leveraging advanced analytics and financial modeling, this role provides data-driven insights to enhance bottom-line performance, optimize costs for strategic initiatives, and manage all financial aspects of the BC Government Contract. The role is responsible for leading monthly business reviews with Lab Ops leaders in ON and BC, managing the annual budget and forecast updates, and developing financial models and business cases to support operations efficiency programs, strategic growth initiatives and lab capital investment projects. The Manager FP&A will be monitoring and reporting on the financial performance of the BC Government Contract, including variance analysis and preparation of all required documentation for government reporting. This position will supervise 2 senior financial analysts to ensure comprehensive support for business leaders.
**Your responsibilities will include**:
Provide leadership to a team of 2 Senior Financial Analysts, manage the performance to ensure goals and objectives are met, daily mentorship and support development of all team members.
**Monthly Business Reviews**: Establish a robust partnership and framework for analyzing and communicating results on a monthly basis. This framework will encompass:
**Variance Analysis**: Assessing deviations from Outlook, Budget and Target (as applicable).
**Performance Monitoring**: Tracking key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics where applicable.
**Progress Tracking**: Monitoring the achievement and course corrections of initiatives.
This comprehensive approach ensures that the business can effectively measure, understand, and respond to performance outcomes and strategic initiatives. Present analysis findings in a compelling narrative format (such as a Waterfall chart) to support senior management reviews. This involves crafting detailed and insightful explanations that highlight key variances, their causes, and implications, ensuring that the information is clearly communicated and actionable.
**Planning and Forecasting**: The Manager Finance FP&A is responsible for leading the planning and forecasting processes for Lab Ops spend and BC Gov’t Contract. Key responsibilities include:
**Annual Budget Development**: Oversee the creation of the annual budget, ensuring it aligns with strategic goals and stakeholder expectations.
**Forecast Updates**: Manage the YTG forecast updates at least eight times per year to reflect current business conditions and projections. Additional iterations maybe needed for the BC Gov’t Contract.
**Stakeholder Alignment**: Ensure all plans are aligned across stakeholder groups to m