Financial Analyst

About the company

Anova Fertility & Reproductive Health is the premier fertility health centre in Canada exclusively focused on reproductive medicine and women's health. Since 2016, we have built a reputation as the leader in innovation, education, and communication for best-in-class, inclusive, humanized fertility and reproductive care. Anova Fertility is known for its collaborative and holistic approach, leveraging an award-winning, multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals, including Reproductive Endocrinologists, OB/GYNs, Family Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurse, and other specialized healthcare professionals. Our high-functioning team provides exceptional patient care through advanced fertility treatments and personalized treatment plans.

About the role

The Financial Analyst work on-site at head office and leverages their knowledge of annual planning, quarterly forecasts, and monthly outlooks, which will be key to the coordination of various planning cycles. Responsibilities include improving the Company's monthly and quarterly reporting; operating and cultivating data-driven planning processes; providing strategic analyses and recommendations; conducting variance analyses of systems, budgets, revenues, and expenses; investigating and explaining the reasons for variances and adjusting outlook models to reflect operational adjustments; supervising the establishment of long-range operating plans to support business initiatives; developing rolling forecast processes to ensure that resources are leveraged with maximum effectiveness; and using contemporary financial planning methods. Crucially, you will share the founder, Dr. Marjorie Dixon's commitment to being the gold standard for successful reproductive health and fertility centres. Patience, kindness, and empathy are imperative to the culture of the team at Anova. This role reports to the Vice President of Finance.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

General

• Collaborates effectively with team members across departments
• Consistently arrives at work, appointments, meetings, and events on time
• Writes clearly and informatively and edits work for spelling and grammar
• Handles expected share of workload at required quality level (productivity)
• Maintains confidentiality and security of business and patient information
• Complies with policies and protocols, as amended from time to time
• Completes all required training to perform job duties effectively

Role-Specific

• Ensure continuous improvement relating to internal reporting process and content of information provided
• Analyze current accounting procedures and recommend changes, and implement these upon approval
• Conduct variance analyses of systems, budgets, revenues, and expenses, and work with internal business partners on providing interpretations and actionable items
• Develop rolling forecast processes to ensure that resources are leveraged optimally
• Provide timely, accurate and operational reports to key stakeholders
• Collaborate with supervisor to develop and consolidate monthly forecasts and budgets
• Provide insight to stakeholders within and outside of team through fact-based analysis
• Perform timely month-end close and ensure that monthly accruals are recorded
• Prepare accurate, complete, and timely financial reporting of corporate expenditures
• Focus on driving process improvement initiatives
• Respond to ad-hoc requests for financial data and analysis, and identify and implement process improvements within finance and across business units
• Respond to inquiries from staff, by phone, via email, and in person
• Lead and monitor procurement process
• Follow Anova's established accounting processes and comply with GAAP
• Establish and manage vendor relationships
• Support treasury management procedures to control and forecast cashflow
• Perform monthly inventory, account, and bank statement reconciliations
• Assist with patient billing and collections, as needed
• Provide detailed analyses and explanations of transactions
• Collect, analyze, and interpret data and prepare financial reports, including monthly variance analysis for P&L
• Prepare documentation for external auditors and support finance team members in preparing and reviewing submissions
• Assist with internal control evaluations and propose appropriate changes
• Ensure that records are current, correct, legible and traceable
• Attend Company events, training, meetings, briefings, and workshops
• Other duties as assigned related to Finance Department

Qualifications and Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in related field, preferably Finance or Accounting
• MBA or Accounting/Finance qualification (CPA or CFA) highly desired
• At least three years of experience providing financial insights and analyses to non-finance stakeholders, using multiple data sources, and organizing workflow to meet deadlines
• Effective organizational, leadership, critical thinking, and decision-making skills
• Proficient in use of Microsoft Excel (including lookups, pivot tables, filters, sorting), Word, Outlook, and virtual meeting technology (Zoom, Teams)
• Outstanding math, time management, and problem-solving skills
• Pleasant telephone manner and strong sense of etiquette
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• In-depth understanding of P&L structure
• Superior interpersonal skills to work as part of multi-disciplinary team
• Able and willing to serve in and provide safe and inclusive environment to gender and sexually diverse patients (2SLGBTQIA+)
• Able to work effectively with minimal supervision
• Able to interact with various internal and external stakeholders
• Comfortable working with large data sets and ability to navigate data and deduce relevant insights
• Strong attention to detail and focus on fact-based analysis
• Strong critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Immediately available is highly preferred

Profile

• Passionate – you're committed to organizing the company, elevating careers, culture & wellness, and the growth of business
• Driven- you're a consummate, detailed, organized professional who thrives in busy environments
• Compassionate – you are empathic with talents needs and concerns, understanding confidentiality, while respecting vision and goal of the company
• Communicator – you clearly articulate expectation and needs, are the front line for the CEO, and consistently manage all talent
• Unfazed under pressure – you put the puck in the net when expectations are high, thrive in a high-paced, multitasking environment
• Intellectually curious – you genuinely believe that learning never ends, extending this to talent and you think outside the box to handle tasks proactively

Anova Fertility is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible environment in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and the Ontario Human Rights Code. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities, and accommodations are available throughout all stages of the recruitment process.

In compliance with the new Employment Standards Act (ESA) guidelines regarding the use of artificial intelligence, please note that while some recruitment platforms may use AI features to assist with initial screening based on job requirements, these tools are only used to help streamline the process. All final candidate evaluations and selection decisions are made by our recruitment and hiring team.

Position Status:

This position is a replacement role.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, only those candidates who are shortlisted for further consideration will be contacted.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $70,000.00-$85,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental care
• Extended health care
• Life insurance
• Paid time off

Application question(s):

• This is an in person position, are you able to come in 5 days a week to the office?
• Are you available to start immediately? If not, what is your earliest possible start date?

Work Location: In person