Manager - Financial Planning & Analysis

Mission for this Position:
**About Us**

At Baffinland, we work and live beyond the Arctic Circle, mining iron ore at our Mary River Property, located in the Qikiqtani Region of Nunavut on Baffin Island; one of the world’s most captivating and seldom seen destinations. We are a unique company with a strong management who have amassed specialty experience on northern mining projects through all phases of Inuit consultation, permitting, construction and operation. Our workforce brings together the modern practice of safe, sustainable mining and the enduring value of a traditional culture, which is rapidly advancing. The result is a work and community experience you won't find anywhere else. We are looking for people ready to share, build, and grow with our company

This position is responsible for ensuring the effective technical analysis and communication of company performance. This includes budgeting, forecasting, data collection and analysis, monthly reporting and cash flow. This position is responsible to ensure that these activities are done on schedule and to a high degree of diligence. This role reports to the Senior Director Financial Planning & Analysis.

Main Accountabilities:

- Develop, implement and maintain an effective planning and analysis capability that will provide senior leadership with appropriate analytical tools to establish goals and measure performance of the Company’s project development, operations and management activities.
- Routinely communicate departmental/business unit and company consolidated financial and operational performance trends, historical and forecasted, using appropriate metrics. Suggest trends, resulting implications, key actions, and strategic implications.
- Working with Corporate, Operations and Capital Projects teams, prepare short and long range financial and cash flow projections.
- Influence the accuracy and effectiveness of the corporate accounting consolidation and closing process and treasury operations through analytical review and trend analysis.
- Develop and execute processes to allow for routine analytical reviews of company financial and operational performance, leveraging business unit analytical resources and tools.
- Coordinate the annual operating plan/budget process and subsequent monthly forecasting process for the Company.
- Enhance/streamline cost and cash flow models (e.g. ensure consistency with working capital movements, sensitivity analysis)
- Assist in managing the financial activities of the Company.
- Prepare presentations in support of bank/financial institution and board and shareholder meetings, monthly/quarterly senior leadership meetings and various strategic committees of the company.
- Partner with accounting, treasury and tax as appropriate.
- Support the preparation and review of Management Discussion and Analysis reports
- Analyse revenue, shipping and sales information to provide senior leadership with trends and forecast.
- Assist departments with understanding their costs, budgets and tools available to control and analyse their costs.
- Support external financing initiatives, due diligence exercises and audits.
- Other projects and activities as directed by the Sr. Director of Financial Planning and Analysis

Main Qualifications:

- Bachelor's Degree in Commerce, Finance and/or Accounting required
- Minimum 7 years’ experience in in accounting/reporting role
- CPA designation required
- Advanced computer skills - accounting software & Microsoft Office
- FP&A experience required
- Mining experience required
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Excellent Excel proficiency
- Proficiency with SAP
- Ability to digest and evaluate information and areas outside of normal knowledge base
- Work well under pressure, change and ambiguity