Financial Analyst

**Who You Are**:
You are a very rare Financial Analyst who can be both a strategic business partner and a key advisor for the local Leadership Team. While you are the technical expert, you also know how businesses work and are knowledgeable in current and possible future policies and practices. You see trends, and information affecting the business and organization. You can see beyond the numbers and provide insight into how the numbers effect day-to-day business operations. Through your years of experience, you are aware of how strategies and tactics work in the marketplace.

Reporting to the Vice President of Finance Canada you will be responsible for all aspects of financial reporting, planning and analysis. This will include monthly financial reporting and analysis, acting as a quarter back to the planning and forecasting processes, management reporting and KPIs, financial analysis, as well as other general accounting components to support the business.

You possess a “roll up your sleeves” attitude with a history of producing results. You are motivated by the chance to contribute to the overall success of the company. You thrive on the challenges and opportunities that come with working for dynamic organization and you relish the opportunity to be in a high visibility financial position.

**About the Role**:

- Prepare monthly management financial reporting for the Canadian Operating Groups.
- Manage and produce the financial reporting that is part of the executive Monthly Business Reporting (MBR) process.
- Analyze and report bookings, billings and backlog.
- Identify, research and analyze variances, actual performance versus plan or prior year.
- Lead and be an integral part of the annual financial planning process.
- Work with the leadership team to report rolling monthly forecasts.
- Prepare in-depth analysis of KPIs.
- Work hand
- in-hand with the Corporate FP&A team to ensure smooth transition of data and reporting between Brands, Operating Groups and the overall consolidated organization.
- Support the leadership team with respect to ad-hoc corporate requests and analysis.
- Support the implementation of finance and business improvement projects.
- All other duties as assigned

**Required Experience**:

- 5 to 10 years of experience in accounting (FP&A, Financial or Management Reporting or equivalent roles)
- University degree in Accounting / Business Administration - Finance
- Qualified Chartered Account CPA
- Analytically proficient
- Fluent in English as primary working contacts are outside of the province of Quebec
- Strong Excel and data manipulation skills
- Knowledge of OneStream, SAP B1 and Prophet 21 are an asset

**Competencies**:
**Timely Decision Making**
You make decisions in a timely manner, sometimes with incomplete information and under tight deadlines and pressure; able to make a quick decision.

**Decision Quality**
You make good decisions (without considering how much time it takes) based upon a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment; most of your solutions and suggestions turn out to be correct and accurate when judged over time; sought out by others for advice and solutions.

**Intellectual Horsepower**
You are bright and intelligent; deal with concepts and complexity comfortably; described as intellectually sharp, capable, and agile.

**Peer Relationships**

You can quickly find common ground and solve problems for the good of all; can represent your own interests and yet be fair to other groups; you can solve problems with peers with a minimum of noise; you are seen as a team player and cooperative; you easily gain trust and support of peers; encourage collaboration; can be candid with peers.

**Priority Setting**
Spend your time and the time of others on what’s important; quickly zero in on the critical few and put the trivial many aside; can quickly sense what will help or hinder accomplishing a goal; you eliminate roadblocks; create focus.

**Process Management**

You are good at figuring out the processes necessary to get things done; know how to organize people and activities; understand how to separate and combine tasks into efficient work flow; know what to measure and how to measure it; can see opportunities for synergy and integration where others can't; can simplify complex processes; get more out of fewer resources.

**Drive For Results**
You can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; you are constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.

**Strategic Agilit**y
You see ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; you have broad knowledge and perspective; are future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.

Pay: From $80,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program