Our company is searching for a highly analytical and detail-oriented financial analyst who will report directly to the Manager, FP&A. This role will analyze the company’s financial and operating performance by completing and maintaining periodic financial and non-financial metrics and KPIs. Additionally, this role will gather financial data (e.g., labour costs, fuel spending, etc.) and conduct variance analysis, scenario analysis, month-end tasks, etc.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
* Provide analytical, forecasting, reporting, and project support to management
* Develop financial models & dashboards to support organizational decision-making
* Analyze current business and system processes for potential areas for improvement
* Develop new reports and ensure the accuracy of data and analysis
* Determine standard costs and investigate variances with actual costs
* Monitor changes in processes or methods to calculate effects on overall costs
* Produce periodic reports, including KPIs, financial and non-financial results and analytical metrics
* Help all business users achieve maximum utilization of systems to achieve process improvements and identify and communicate opportunities for automation
* Work with end users to ensure newly operationalized processes are effectively implemented
* Assist with month-end reporting by identifying relevant statistics, analyzing trends & conducting variance analysis
Job Requirements
* Minimum of 2 years of experience working as a Financial Analyst or Public Accounting experience
* University Degree in Commerce or Business Administration with a focus on finance, accounting, or economics. Equivalent education or experience may be considered
* Professional Accounting Designation (CPA) or equivalent, or working towards the accounting designation
* Strong analytical sense, with excellent attention to detail and accuracy
* Proven ability to be self-driven, capable of adapting to change and simultaneously managing multiple tasks/ projects/ assignments
* Ability to manage project milestones and risks with minimal supervision
* Strong verbal and written English communication skills
Preferred
* Previous experience in corporate, manufacturing and/or supply chain logistics environments would be considered an asset
* Experience with application conversion and process re-engineering
* Proven ability to work with Power BI & basic understanding of Structured Query Language (SQL)
* Experience in financial forecasting and trend analytics
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