Specific Accountabilities:
- Coordinate in their assigned areas, the development of forecasts, budgets and long-range plan projections of Centralized Services Costs and their allocations to business units.
- Collaborate with Centralized Services groups in driving a disciplined analysis of financial results and prepare reports with actuals to budget variances for presentation to senior management.
- Support other ad-hoc enquiries as needed; develop and maintain expertise at understanding the complex principal business drivers within the Centralized Services and other operating business segments. This will require the development of strong, cooperative working relationships with business units.
- Demonstrate a high degree of competency in various analytical tools including Excel (e.g. Pivot Tables, Index, Match, VLOOKUP, Logical functions, etc.), Hyperion Planning, PowerBI and Essbase systems and recommend enhancements to the systems.
- Comprehensively analyze and interpret projected results and ensure trends are substantiated and grounded in principle in order to provide senior management with an understanding of issues to allow them to take appropriate action where required.
- Identify and support process improvement opportunities within the FP&A group and propose solutions.
Requirements:
- Professional Accounting Designation.
- 5+ years of experience.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills complemented by excellent attention to detail.
- Works well within a multi-disciplinary team environment, with an ability to develop and maintain collaborative working relationships.
- Highly proficient in the use of Excel; prior experience with major ERP systems an asset.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills combined with a results oriented business approach.
- Prior experience with major ERP systems, Hyperion, and Power BI reports
