Senior Manager, FP&A

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Senior Manager, FP&A - Enterprise Store Support Costs

Role Overview:

The Senior Manager of FP&A will lead the strategic oversight of Enterprise Store Support costs' financial performance. Managing nearly $1 billion in store support expenses requires you to deliver expert analysis and strategic insights to guide Senior Management decisions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Focus extensively on Financial Planning & Analysis to support enterprise back-office functions such as HR, IT, Legal, and Corporate Operations.
• Collaborate closely with HR leaders to align financial planning with headcount strategies, compensation modeling, and workforce planning.
• Provide strategic financial leadership by delivering insightful reporting and analysis to executive teams.
• Lead Corporate and Retail administrative cost functions with a focus on strategic impact.
• Spearhead integration efforts for new Corporate Financial Planning tools across teams.
• Oversee comprehensive period-end consolidation processes ensuring high accuracy and completeness of results.
• Strategically manage planning cycles, including preparation of detailed annual budgets while driving innovative process improvements.
• Lead consolidation efforts for periodic forecasts; develop comprehensive business review packages complete with detailed commentary on variances against forecasts/budgets.
• Champion process enhancements within the finance team to implement best practices leveraging automation solutions where possible.
• Ensure stringent compliance with all internal/external audit standards.

Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in Finance or related field preferred; extensive experience in fast-paced corporate/retail settings highly valued.
• 7+ years of senior-level finance experience with demonstrated leadership capabilities.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with significant experience managing cross-functional teams effectively.
• Demonstrated ability to drive continuous improvement initiatives successfully within large organizations.
• Superior communication skills capable of influencing at senior executive levels.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite especially Excel; knowledge of SAP systems highly advantageous.

Our commitment to Sustainability and Social Impact is an essential part of the way we do business, and we focus our attention on areas where we can have the greatest impact. Our approach to sustainability and social impact is based on three pillars – Environment, Sourcing and Community – and we are constantly looking for ways to demonstrate leadership in these important areas. Our CORE Values – Care, Ownership, Respect and Excellence – guide all our decision-making and come to life through our Blue Culture. We offer our colleagues progressive careers, comprehensive training, flexibility, and other competitive benefits – these are some of the many reasons why we are one of Canada's Top Employers, Canada's Best Diversity Employers, Canada's Greenest Employers & Canada's Top Employers for Young People.

If you are unsure whether your experience matches every requirement above, we encourage you to apply anyway. We are looking for varied perspectives which include diverse experiences that we can add to our team.

We have a long-standing focus on diversity, equity and inclusion because we know it will make our company a better place to work and shop. We are committed to creating accessible environments for our colleagues, candidates and customers. Requests for accommodation due to a disability (which may be visible or invisible, temporary or permanent) can be made at any stage of application and employment. We encourage candidates to make their accommodation needs known so that we can provide equitable opportunities.

Please Note:

Candidates who are 18 years or older are required to complete a criminal background check. Details will be provided through the application process.