We are looking for a Senior Financial Analyst to join a growing manufacturing organization in Toronto, Ontario. This role will play a central part in financial planning and analysis by delivering insights that support budgeting, forecasting, performance reporting, and strategic decision-making. The successful candidate will work closely with finance and operational leaders to strengthen visibility into business performance and help guide investment, project, and profitability decisions.
Responsibilities:
- Drive the monthly forecasting process across key financial areas such as sales, gross margin, operating costs, and cash flow to support accurate planning.
- Contribute to the annual budgeting cycle by developing robust financial models and combining submissions from multiple business areas into a unified plan.
- Review monthly financial performance, investigate differences from plan, and prepare clear reporting materials for leadership review.
- Evaluate project and contract profitability by comparing budgets, forecasts, and actual results to highlight risks and opportunities.
- Create dashboards, reporting tools, and analysis that give operational teams timely visibility into financial and business performance.
- Monitor performance indicators related to productivity, margins, backlog, sales pipeline, working capital, and cash efficiency.
- Prepare financial content and presentation materials for board-level reporting on a monthly basis.
- Assist with financial modelling, analysis, and due diligence activities tied to acquisition opportunities and other strategic initiatives.
- Partner with project managers on job costing, change orders, margin leakage analysis, and revenue recognition.
- Improve financial processes, controls, and reporting automation.
Qualifications
- CPA designation or MBA is strongly preferred.
- 3 - 5+ years of experience in FP&A,
- Experience working with the 3 Financial Statements Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow is required.
- Experience in construction, engineering, or project-based industries is strongly preferred.
- Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills required, Power BI or similar BI tools an asset.
- Strong understanding of P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, Working Capital, and project costing.
- Ability to establish close working relationships with key stakeholders.
- Knowledge of Adaptive and Viewpoint an asset.
- Ability to work under tight deadlines in a high-performance, PE-backed environment.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to present findings to senior leadership.
