Financial Analyst

**At Phantom, making life better is our mission**: for our customers and our employees. We’re driven by our vision and values - it’s what sets us apart as a corporation - and what makes Phantom Screens a special place to work. Since our beginning, in 1992, Phantom has excelled, expanded, and stayed laser-focused on our passion: making and installing the highest-quality retractable screens on the market. Now we’re THE top-selling retractable screen, and our products are international.

We’re currently looking for a Cost & Financial Analyst who values the same things we do; honest communication, excellent workmanship, providing top tier service, and taking ownership in their work. This position will support our CFO report to the Controller and support the Finance team in providing value-added analysis and reports related to the revenue, cost and profitability performance of the organization and will assist in preparing forward-oriented models, forecast and budgets.

**Why people love Phantom**:

- Workplace culture that values meaningful work, and developing and distributing a product we’re proud to share.
- Tuition reimbursement, ongoing learning opportunities and support for career advancement.
- Competitive compensation and group medical and dental benefits/insurance,
- Employee Care program and on-site life coach.
- Hybrid-remote work schedule, and managers who value work-life balance.
- Regular team building and social events - everything from pizza, food trucks, barbecue lunches to our annual holiday party.
- Support for local and international charities, including World Vision and Cyrus House.
- As well asonsite parking, business casual dress code, employee discount, profit sharing, and more

**What we value**:
At Phantom Screens we value all of our employees. We are committed to providing a safe, harmonious, and respectful work environment and we achieve that living our core values:

- To Speak the Truth
- To Pursue Excellence
- To Serve Each Other
- To Practice Stewardship

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Creating and analyzing month-end reports related to labour and raw material utilization by product group, summarizing areas of concern.
- Maintaining daily labour productivity reports and assist operations in identifying areas for improvement.
- Assisting in the development of costing for new/revised products and performing year-end standard cost updates in the system.
- Identifying and implementing improvements in standard costing methodologies such as the costing of scrap.
- Assisting in revenue analysis through analytical reporting across multiple dimensions using advanced Excel tools and other BI tools (pricing analysis, sales mix impact on standard gross margins; and identifying drivers of profit variance to plan and prior year).
- Providing year end price updates to IT team
- Assisting Operations team in inventory control activities, such as reviewing procedures for cycle counts, year-end physical inventory counts, and performing audits of count results.
- Review profitability by product at a greater level of granularity than the current product category approach.
- Working with the CFO to develop annual budgets and prepare financial outlooks and forecasts in support of company business plans
- Other duties as assigned by the CFO.

**What you’ll bring to the job**:
Required
- 2- 5 years of experience as a cost accountant, financial analyst or equivalent position.
- Bachelors degree in Accounting or Finance
- Advanced standing in the CPA program would be a strong asset.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, etc.) and BI programs.
- Experience in cost and management reporting; experience in sales reporting, forecasting and analysis.
- Facility with Discounted Cashflow and other financial techniques for project evaluation
- Exposure or experience in a LEAN manufacturing environment would be a strong asset.

Desired
- Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills
- Commitment to ongoing professional development
- Ability to effectively interface with all levels of management
- A genuine desire to provide superior customer service and use of sound judgment to evaluate and analyze information, and effectively resolve customer issues
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively.
- Organized, methodical; able to remain calm and focused.
- Equally comfortable working as an independent contributor or in a team environment.
- A keen understanding of the need to maintain confidentiality when handling sensitive information.
- Above average level of attention to detail and accuracy in all tasks.

If you have previously applied and haven’t heard back from us, we encourage you to gain additional skills and continue to apply.