Role Overview:
Join a leading global media agency network in Toronto as a Senior Financial Analyst on our FP&A team. In this strategic, high-impact role, you will serve as a primary financial partner to agency leadership, driving staffing budget optimization, headcount allocation, and client profitability modeling. You will oversee key monthly financial controls and deliver actionable business insights, bridging commercial performance with talent management.
Key Responsibilities:
- Staffing & Headcount Optimization: Maintain agency payroll budgets, track benefits, monitor headcount allocations, and evaluate staffing levels against client profitability matrices.
- Month-End Financial Controls: Conduct variance analysis (Budget vs. Actuals), prepare and post payroll-related journal entries, complete ADP-to-GL account reconciliations, and perform retainer reconciliations.
- Forecasting & Commercial Finance: Participate in monthly re-forecasting cycles, model fee costings, and execute ad-hoc financial analysis to support strategic client pitches and renewals.
- Business Partnership: Partner with agency executives and department leads to translate financial data into strategy, guide talent adjustments, and drive margin expansion across client portfolios.
- Financial Systems Management: Leverage enterprise systems (Dynamics 365, TM1, MediaOcean) to audit data structures and enhance reporting accuracy for profitability models.
Qualifications:
- Experience: 3–5 years of progressive experience in FP&A, Financial Analysis, or Corporate Accounting. Experience in professional services or agency networks is preferred; media industry background is a strong plus.
- Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or Commerce. (CPA, CFA, or progress toward designation is an asset).
- Technical Skills: Advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency (complex financial modeling, advanced formulas, dynamic data manipulation). Practical experience with Dynamics 365, TM1, Hyperion, or MediaOcean/DDS.
- Communication & Stakeholder Management: Proven ability to synthesize complex metrics into compelling narratives for executive presentation.
- Core Competencies: Detail-oriented with strong analytical capabilities, comfortably managing large datasets and tight month-end deadline cycles.
If you’re interested in discussing this role further, send your resume to Hira Khan at [email protected]
