Senior Financial Analyst

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.