Manager - Financial Reporting, Planning and Analysis

_**Senior Accountant**_

Reporting directly to the Corporate Controller, the Manager of Financial Reporting, Planning and Analysis will be responsible for all facets of Financial Reporting, Planning and Analysis, the Annual Budget process and regular forecasting, both mid and long-range.

Your primary purpose is to partner with your finance & accounting (FAIT) and operational colleagues to ensure the effective communication of key monthly and quarterly financial, operational and treasury insights to the Leadership Team and other stakeholders (Board and banks). You will facilitate and lead the annual budget process and regular forecasting and modeling (supported by your colleagues) using cloud-based tools. Finally, you will facilitate and coordinate a successful and effective annual audit process.

Through effective communication and collaboration, you create commitment among diverse teams pursuing a clear vision aligned with LSI’s intent. Your catalytic capabilities motivate and enroll people to deliver on tactical activities that support our Mission and Values. You are excited by our culture and are keen to join us on an incredible journey of personal, professional, and corporate growth.

**Responsibilities include**:

- **Strategic Conversion**
- You understand our overall strategy and can articulate tactical actions that support it through project planning, enrollment, and ongoing execution.
- **Advise and Consult**:

- Lead a comprehensive, Corporate Performance Management system (VENA) with strong support from the Manager, Information Systems, and our Controller team.
- Facilitate and lead the annual corporate budget with strong support of your FAIT team.
- Facilitate and lead the annual financial statement audit with strong support from your FAIT team.
- **Foundational Communication**:

- Lead the preparation and timely delivery of the monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidated financial statements and Management’s Discussion and Analysis (MD&A), and bank compliance reporting. This includes meeting all monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting deadlines as required for the Leadership Team, external Banking, Board of Directors and Audit Committee financial reporting packages.
- Prepare and analyze the Board of Director and Audit Committee packages for review by the Corporate Controller, VP Finance, and Operational leaders.
- Collaborate with the Leadership Team to understand needs and design effective reporting.
- Collaborate with the Corporate Controller and VP Finance on corporate financial accounting policy, financial system integrity matters and process improvement opportunities.
- Collaborate with the Corporate Controller and VP Finance to establish accounting reporting necessary to transact greenfield expansions in new geographic regions.
- **Forecasting Insights**:

- Lead financial planning and analysis (including the budget cycle).
- Under the supervision of the Corporate Controller and VP Finance, maintain the corporate banking model monthly, including ‘what if’ planning scenarios to support navigating a VUCA environment and corporate development opportunities.

**Other**:

- **Accounting Consultation**- determine necessary accounting policy analysis and direction to the Corporate Controller.
- **Tax **- in collaboration with the Corporate Controller, you will prepare Canadian and US corporate tax returns.
- **Other** - as business needs arise or wane, deploying an agile mindset to diverse work or project cancellation.

**Requested Capabilities**:

- **Strategic** - You get why strategy matters and can tie back each action to its strategic intent. You have an exceptional ability to understand the strategy and convert this into tactical actions that generate momentum and are extremely committed to accomplishment.
- **Effective Communication**- You possess exceptional verbal, written and non-verbal communication delivered with impact and designed to enroll and provide insights to both the Leadership and Managerial levels. You have command presence and speak with authority. You demonstrate discipline through planning and execution. Your planning capabilities set you apart from your peers and are known as someone who gets things done.
- **Acumen** - Your experience in accounting, finance and project management has afforded you exceptional professional judgment in situations that are Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous. You possess exceptional analytical thinking and emphasize a high degree of accuracy while not sacrificing timeliness.
- **Accountable** - Your excellence shows up in the form of project and individual responsibility through Extreme Ownership. Your impeccable attention to detail roots out issues before they become problems. You are self-motivated and committed to quality. You are constantly thinking about the next step, the next opportunity and how to be in service to others.
- **Collaborative** - You seek and provide clarity, welcome feedback from your colleagues and