Financial Analyst

About the job
Job Title: Financial Analyst

Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid)

Estimated Duration: Fulltime

Toronto, Ontario, 4 days on-site

Our Finance team plays a key role in helping us stay competitive in the ever-changing retail environment by providing accurate, timely, and high-quality financial planning & reporting, analysis, and advice. Reporting to the AVP, CTR, Specialty Banners and IT FP&A, this role helps drive the organization to achieve its financial and strategic targets by providing financial insights, partnering with business clients, and leading efficiency improvements during a period of significant transformation.

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Senior Financial Analyst of FP&A to support various initiatives across the IT portfolio. This role will deliver seamless and timely forward looking financial and business information, as well as actionable value-added business insights to key executive decision makers. The ideal candidate will possess strong financial acumen and communication skills, be a self-starter with the proven ability to deliver results.

What you will do

Develop understanding of major financial performance drivers and assist business decision makers in the development of action plans to meet financial goals and mitigate risks
Preparation of meaningful and innovative performance reporting that communicates the story behind the financial performance to senior management
Collaborate across the organization to ensure the financial impacts of key strategic initiatives are accurately reflected within our financial plans and forecasts
Be a leader of change – challenging current approaches and fostering new ways of approaching business questions
Bring efficiencies to the reporting and forecasting and planning processes

Who you are

We are looking for individuals who are: Creative and courageous, with the ability to manage in an environment of change and ambiguity to help us take bold, strategic moves in this rapidly evolving retail environment
Action oriented, outcome focused, and critical thinker with the ability to analyze and visualize, to ensure continuous improvement across the corporation
Collaborative team players, who build relationships easily across various stakeholder groups to move initiatives forward
If you’re innovative, curious, determined, won’t accept the status quo and ready to take on new challenges, then this is the place to be

What you bring

Innovative mindset to help drive the transformation of the broader FP&A team
Drive – Results oriented and organized, with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple responsibilities, maintaining attention to detail while retaining focus on the big picture
Critical Thinking – Be able to think through business problems wholistically
Comfortable analyzing and interpreting large, complex datasets from multiple sources to drive business insights and strategic decisions to identify trends, variances, and opportunities
Advanced proficiency in Excel, including (complex formulas, pivot tales, Power Query, and data modeling) is essential.
Reporting and forecasting experience, as well as experience with financial modeling including experience using Power BI
University degree in Business, Accounting, or Finance
1 to 3 years progressive experience in finance roles
Working towards a professional accounting/financial designation (CPA, CFA), or Post Graduate Degree (MBA) considered an asset