- Location: Oakville, Ontario
- Job Type: Permanent
- Salary: ~$5,300 – $5,700
Advantages
- Competitive base salary
- Annual bonus
- Excellent health and dental program
- RRSP match program
- Hybrid working – 3 days in office
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Financial support for CPA dues/professional development
Responsibilities
Financial Planning, Analysis & Reporting
- Month-End Expertise: Generate, validate, and review complex financial reports using Oracle EPM (HFM/Planning) and relevant reporting hierarchies.
- Performance Insight: Independently investigate and resolve unexpected financial variances, liaising with global and regional stakeholders to gather clarifications and synthesize key insights and performance drivers for senior management.
- Visual Storytelling: Utilize data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Oracle Analytics) to enhance the clarity, impact, and “storytelling” of financial results.
- Forecasting & Budgeting: Provide hands-on support for developing the annual budget and consolidated quarterly forecasts, including template creation, data development/consolidation, and rigorous review of submission reasonableness against US GAAP.
- Strategic Challenge: Act as a strategic partner to regional Finance teams and business leaders, proactively utilizing scenario modeling and sensitivity analysis to challenge assumptions and support risk management.
Transformation & Innovation Projects
- Process Automation: Identify and implement process efficiencies, leading and supporting transformation initiatives focused on automation, system enhancements, and leveraging AI/ML capabilities.
- Digital Partnership: Partner closely with IT and Finance leadership to evaluate and implement digital tools that streamline reporting, planning, and predictive analytics.
- Business Partnership: Build strong, trusting relationships across the organization, influencing cross-functional teams to embrace simpler, faster, and more value-added financial processes.
Qualifications
Technical Qualifications & Experience (Must-Haves)
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business.
- 4+ years of progressive financial planning and analysis (FP&A) experience in a complex, multi-entity environment.
- Deep experience with Oracle EPM Suite (HFM, Planning, SmartView, GL Wand) or equivalent large-scale financial systems is a strong asset.
- Proven ability to analyze complex data and translate it into clear, actionable insights for decision-makers.
- Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills are essential.
Preferred Qualifications (Assets)
- CPA , MBA, and/or CFA designation.
- Experience with data modeling or automation tools (e.g., Power BI, Power Query, SQL, Python). Note: Python is a ‘nice to have’ not essential, but a systems-centric curiosity is.
- Experience leading or significantly contributing to Finance process automation, advanced dashboarding, or predictive analytics projects.
Soft Skills & Cultural Fit (Essential)
- Curiosity and Innovation: A proactive mindset, natural curiosity to learn, question the status quo, and drive continuous improvement.
- Collaboration & Communication: A natural collaborator with excellent interpersonal and “storytelling” skills, comfortable communicating complex financial topics to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
- Agility: Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced, and evolving environment with shifting priorities, demonstrating comfort working with ambiguity.
- Strategic Partner: Recognized as a trusted team member who provides strong analytics and drives innovation, with a detailed understanding of the business/regions supported.