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Senior Financial Analyst (Closed)

About the Company 

Our client is large financial services client. They are looking for a Senior Financial Analyst who will be accountable for supporting the department’s short and long term strategic objectives. 

Why Work Here 

• Fun outgoing team
• Team-oriented culture 
• Excellent work life balance  
• Work from home culture 

About the Opportunity 

• Expense Reporting and Variance Analysis 
  • Performs expense analysis by company, product, region and identifies areas of risk or opportunity with appropriate recommendations 
  • Responsible for the timeliness, integrity and accuracy of the month-end close process, which involves recording journal entries and account reconciliation 
  • Monitors assigned department/functional areas’ actual variance to plan expenses and conducts in-depth analysis to determine and question reasons for variance.  
  • Identifies and highlights variance in question to functional area Expense Coordinator ensuring effective teamwork and communication to establish findings and drivers 
  • Prepares and reviews monthly slides for Leadership Team Meeting, highlighting key messages, risks and opportunities 
• Reforecasting of Expenses 
  • Develop year end expense reforecast for assigned functional area  
  • Prepare reforecast of expense submission to parent company for short- and long-range forecasts 
  • Provide insights driven by data for ah-hoc analysis 
• Expense Plan Budget 
  • Provides planning expertise to assist in the development of guidelines, bulletins and templates 
  • Coordinate the annual budgeting process for assigned functional areas by delivering planning process timelines, guidelines, bulletins and templates 
  • Identify opportunity and provide training and ongoing support to Expense Coordinators and fellow team members on overall planning process and systems as needed 
• System and Processes 
  • Lead and participate in system upgrades/migrations for expense reporting, tracking and planning tools 
  • Develop and deliver user documentation and training internal expense processes within the team and for functional areas 
• Team Lead for the Expense Planning and Spend Analysis Team 
  • Responsible for the first review of various monthly/quarterly/annual deliverables as well as any ad hoc analysis produced by other team members 
  • Provide on-going guidance and cross-training to other team members as required 
  • Actively involved in functional and cross-functional teams/projects, acting in an advisory role from an expense planning and spend perspective 

About You 

• CPA 
• 3-5 years’ experience in financial analysis and forecasting, budget formulation, financial planning, financial controls, as well as preparing a variety of financial performance reports 
• Advanced working experience with computer applications (i.e., SAP, MS Office Suite) that pertain to financial and accounting systems, processes, analysis and system controls 

Salary Range 

$85,000/year 

How to Apply 

Click the “Apply Now” button and follow the instructions to submit your resume. Please know that we only accept documents in MS Word or Rich Text formats.  

When referencing this job, quote # 313968

You must currently reside within the Greater Toronto Area and be permitted to work in Canada to be considered for this opportunity. A recruiter will be in touch with you if your profile meets our client’s requirements for this role.