Senior Financial Analyst - Downtown Toronto (Hybrid Role 3 days in office | 2 days work from home)
Compensation Package: $110,000-$125,000 + up to 13% bonus + 3 weeks vacation + benefits + RSP match + 8 personal days
Duties and Responsibilities:
Financial Analysis & Business Partnering
- Partner with Regions, Global Brand, and teams to review Year-to-Date (YTD) spending versus Plan.
- Improve, maintain, and develop spending trackers specifically tailored for incubator brand launches.
- Reconcile Purchase Orders (POs) in D365 against internal trackers to validate the accuracy of accruals.
Budgeting and Forecasting
- Lead the budgeting and forecasting process for the Global portfolio.
- Provide a monthly rollup of the forecast as part of the monthly financial Latest Estimate (LE) process.
- Analyze variances of forecasts against Actuals and Budgets, providing management with clear reasons for discrepancies.
Reporting & New Product Development (NPD)
- Partner with Product Development teams to calculate the profitability of new innovations.
- Oversee the full financial lifecycle of new launches, including obtaining pricing approvals and ensuring setup in D365.
- Conduct post-launch reviews with senior leadership to provide visibility on the total costs to launch and realized ROI.
- Create and automate financial reporting processes to find efficiencies in the incubator model.
Compliance & SOX Requirements
- Demonstrate a deep understanding of control design and ensure all incubator activities operate within the designated span of controls.
- Perform controls on a timely basis and retain appropriate evidence (calculations, sign-offs) for SOX compliance.
- Support control owners with remediation plans if outstanding issues are identified.
Qualifications:
- Strong accounting and revenue management knowledge with extensive experience handling trade/marketing spend
- Highly collaborative and the ability to work with cross-functional teams in a global landscape
- Analytical thinking ability to tackle a problem by using a logical, systematic, sequential approach
- Strong experience with identifying system & process improvements and the documentation of such
- Ability to meet strict deadlines and deliver on commitments.
- Ability to thrive in a high-growth environment and adaptable to change
- Experience with ERP implementations (D365 preferred) and process improvement documentation.
- Ability to work with ambiguity in a fast-paced, changing environment
- Results-oriented and strong drive to meet or exceed goals and plans
- 3-5 years of experience in a business-to-business (B2B) environment is a must; CPG/Retail preferred
