Description
The Financial Analyst on the FP&A team provides financial analysis support and insights to dedicated functions and the organisation.
Responsibilities:
- Generate and maintain revenue reporting for management and budget holders, ensuring data integrity by reconciling figures across systems (ERP, CRM, financial reporting tools)
- Work closely with Commercial Business Line leaders to execute the monthly management forecast process for both revenue and expense
- Compare actual revenue and expense against forecasts, budgets and prior periods, identifying and explaining drivers of variances
- Assist in executing the annual budget exercise, both revenue and expense
- Monitor and report on areas of operational risk and opportunity
- Prepare budget and forecast analysis and presentations for senior management and budget holders
- Recommend and implement system solutions for the budget and forecast processes
- Research and report on ad hoc information requests and analyses
- Support and maintain an ongoing process of system and procedure evaluation
- Integrate any merger and acquisition or new product offerings into workflows
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting with 2-5 years of relevant experience in business analysis, accounting or finance
- Experience with financial spreadsheets, datasets and systems, with strong Microsoft Excel skills
- Experience with Oracle Hyperion Planning, PowerBI or Microsoft Access, SAP, SFDC is an asset
Profile:
- Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills
- Financial modelling and data mining
- Proactive in seeking to understand financial drivers and business performance trends
- Ability to thrive in a demanding environment with a strong sense of ownership of deliverables
- Experience in preparation of forecasts/budgets and P&L variance analysis and explanations
- Bilingual (English/French)