Senior Financial Analyst POST NUMBER: 482790

About the Company
Our client is a large automotive company. They are looking for a Senior Financial Analyst to join their team!

Why Work Here

• Hybrid working arrangement
• Strong and flexible corporate culture with work life balance and summer hours
• Career development and progression opportunities
• Competitive compensation package, inclusive an annual bonus, pension matching and other perks.

About the Opportunity

• Business Partnering and Leadership
  • Lead in the areas of:
    • Profitability analysis incl. Volume/Mix/Rate analysis across vehicle divisions
    • Communication of vehicle financial results to the business and Finance Senior Management
    • Provide ad -hoc decision support to assist decision making in line with the Finance Vision
    • Partnering with the vehicle accounting analyst to support the vehicle division as one F&A
  • Take initiative, and proactively influence the business (e.g. through financial business “value add” modelling)
  • Demonstrate the company values in daily work – support and foster an environment of “rich communication”, “speed and efficiency”, “customer first”, and “teamwork”
  • Provide efficient translation of financial data to actionable analysis to the business for transparency, reporting & guidance
  • Serve as primary contact/liaison with both internal and external stakeholders, ensuring clarity and consistency of messages
  • Continuously challenge business areas for fiscal responsibility to mitigate financial risks
  • Support in the mentorship/partnership of the vehicle accounting analysis, as well as other F&A associates
  • Continue to partner with business leaders to help support short, mid, and long -term planning
• Planning Process Management
  • Lead stakeholders through TCI’s budgeting, forecasting and general planning processes across the vehicle divisions
  • Actively work with management to inform and provide analytics and create or maintain key financial models to support scenario modelling and what -if analysis
  • Build financial models to help identify risks and opportunities in forecasts and budgets
  • Help translate the financials into meaningful insights that will be leveraged for forecast and budget updates across both EC and SLT forums
  • Help highlight strategic business decisions, recognizing the implications to both short and long -term planning
• Consolidation Support
  • Proactively initiate advanced planning with the Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis to ensure effective alignment of budget activities with expectations
  • Ensure appropriate timing and completion of all planning & forecasting related tools, schedules, reports, analysis
  • Ensure provision of timely and meaningful analyses to support business studies as required
  • Support FP&A Senior Management in planning, reporting, presentation materials relating to all responsible areas as well as development of communication materials to departments for all planning activities and data gathering
  • Advanced calendar planning to help the team manage through competing priorities
  • Support key activity streams related to TCI’s mid, and long -term planning cycles
  • Partner and build relationship with TMNA, TMC, and Mitsui, serving as a key point of contact
• Internal Month-end Reporting
  • Lead Vehicle Contribution Margin team member(s) towards working actively with Business areas to understand actual and budget variances and initiate actions to mitigate where necessary
  • Support presentation of business results to senior management highlighting key trends, opportunities or areas of risk
  • Support Monthly Financial Review (MFR) reporting and participate in MFR meetings and BU reviews to provide clarity and insights Support monthly Vehicle strategy meetings
  • Provide general accounting support, along with supporting audit inquiries
  • Track and report key risks and opportunities to the company’s financial performance
  • Meet all standards of Regulatory, Statutory requirements
  • Support other ad hoc projects, as required

About You

• Post secondary education in Business, Accounting and/or other relevant areas
• CPA/CA/CMA/CGA designation
• 5- 7 years financial experience (including financial budgeting, planning, reporting and analysis experience).
• Experience partnering with the business including at senior levels
• ERP system experience coupled with Financial Reporting tools (SAP experience preferred)
• Dedication to Continuous improvement (Challenge, Kaizen, Genchi Genbutsu)
• Highly motivated individual, who is a self -starter, quick learner, organized, logical thinker and customer focused, likes new challenges
• Ability to communicate financial results in a clear and concise manner
• Business acumen (Demonstrated ability to link company financials to the larger business and industry context)
• Advanced Excel skills
• Excellent coaching/mentoring, and team building skills

Salary Range
$100,000 - $121,000 / year

How to Apply
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This position for employment is for a current vacancy with Vaco/Highspring’s client. 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.

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