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FINANCIAL ANALYST

The Financial Analyst will oversee budgeting, cost efficiency, and variance reporting while supporting strategic business decision-making. They are responsible for managing COGS, inventory, and developing financial models to drive performance analysis across various business channels.

  • On-site
  • Toronto, ON
  • Posted Aug 14, 2026
  • Apply by Sep 5, 2026
  • 1 position

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Job summary

Pay Range: $72,800.00 - $91,000.00About Asahi Canada Asahi Canada’s vision is to become an International Premium Beer powerhouse. We will achieve this by leveraging our strengths and existing success models, and by applying a challenger mind-set to everything we do. Asahi Canada's collection of premium beers each tell their own brand story and share a passion for craftsmanship, authenticity and using only the finest ingredients. Our iconic premium beers include Peroni Nastro Azzurro, Grolsch Premium Pilsner, Asahi Super Dry, Pilsner Urquell, Meantime London Pale Ale, Fuller’s London Pride, Tyskie, Kozel, Lech and Zubr. Asahi Group Holdings (our global parent company) is the third largest beer company in the world based on market capitalisation. Asahi Canada is a big bet market and reports into EMEAA which is part of Asahi Europe and International. However, Asahi Canada broadly operates on a stand-alone basis. At Asahi Canada, we have a clear mandate to strengthen our position by establishing a leading premium presence. The expectations are that Asahi Canada is among the leaders in global growth within Asahi Group Holdings. Asahi Canada has an ambitious, high-performance culture. It seeks people with entrepreneurial mindsets that thrive in fast paced, market facing environments. It offers talented individuals unique opportunity to work in world-class teams while assuming high levels of personal accountability to deliver on the company’s mission. Financial Analyst As a key member of Canada Finance Team, the Financial Analyst is tasked with supporting strategic business decision making and the delivery of Asahi Canada’s strategic and financial objectives. You will utilize your 3-5 years of finance experience in supply chain finance settings to oversee budgeting, cost efficiency, and variance reporting. The role will manage the COGS and inventory management at month end close, budget and forecasting process for each province, by channel and customer and support in the creation and review of forecasts, business cases. Your analytical abilities will aid in driving financial discipline and accountability, ultimately aiming to support decision making to maximise value chains with our business partners. Ensures deliverables are on time, accurate and contain the right level of detail to allow for clear and simple decision making. The role is also responsible for supporting various team in ensuring correct cost allocations and reviewing costs versus budgets, aiming to maximise the efficiency of a fully allocated product costing framework. Key Responsibilities 1. Finance Build financial models and reports in excel to consolidate, validate, and analyze weekly actuals and forecasts Support the costing budget process inclusive of reviewing transfer prices, SAP cost updates, COGS validation and overall financial impact Be responsible for the preparation and analysis of monthly full year forecasts and month end reporting, and comparison to budget and prior forecasts Assist in the management and development of the annual budget and forecasts with supply chain business partners Develop costing financial models to support performance reporting and variance analysis by brand, pack, sku, channel and customer Ensure compliance with GAAP to Journal entries and GL account reconciliations, and with external/internal audit requirements including costing process walk-throughs and testing Management of PO process within the business, ensuring inputs are accurate and POs raised in a timely manner Optimize allocation methodology of COGS journal entry to generate accurate profitability statement at the lowest dimension level of reporting Be an active business partner to the commercial and supply chain operations team including: Provide leadership to supply chain operations team in understanding costing requirements Interpreting cost changes and providing analysis on the cost changes Identifying, recommending and supporting cost improvement opportunities Create dashboards and financial models for executive review Providing financial analysis for business cases to support commercial initiatives and capital projects Key Capabilities Required Bachelor’s degree in relevant finance or accounting field, strong understanding of GAAP and costing accounting 3-5 year of experience in manufacturing product costing finance roles, experience in alcohol industry would be an asset Experience with both landed and standard costing Minimum 4 year in financial planning and analysis Strong proficiency in excel, data modelling and reporting Ability to cleanse, organize and analyze complex financial data Excellent computer skills for stakeholder management Experience of working with a supply chain and marketing business partners would be an advantage Able to build trusted relationships quickly with the business Comfortable within a fast moving, challenging and deadline driven corporate environment Excellent MS-office knowledge especially MS Excel (large data sets, pivot tables, macros etc.) and PowerPoint Experience in working effectively with teams based across different geographies and time zones

What you’ll do

The Financial Analyst will oversee budgeting, cost efficiency, and variance reporting while supporting strategic business decision-making. They are responsible for managing COGS, inventory, and developing financial models to drive performance analysis across various business channels.

Requirements

Candidates must possess a bachelor's degree in finance or accounting and 3-5 years of experience in manufacturing product costing. Strong proficiency in Excel, data modeling, and a solid understanding of GAAP and cost accounting are required.

Listed skills

  • Microsoft ExcelPreferred
  • Inventory managementPreferred

Other relevant skills

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  • Financial modeling
  • Cost accounting
  • Budgeting
  • Forecasting
  • Variance analysis
  • SAP
  • Excel
  • Data modeling
  • Inventory management
  • COGS analysis
  • Financial reporting
  • GAAP
  • Business partnering
  • Performance reporting
  • Profitability analysis
  • PowerPoint
  • Account Reconciliation
  • Standard Cost Accounting
  • Variance Reporting
  • Cost Allocation
  • Performance Reporting
  • Supply Chain
  • Accountability
  • Month-End Closing
  • Ability To Meet Deadlines
  • Variance Analysis
  • Analytical Skills
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Accounting
  • Dashboard
  • Management
  • Decision Making
  • Cost Of Goods Sold (Inventory)
  • Computer Literacy
  • Data Modeling
  • Finance
  • Excel Macros
  • Pivot Tables And Charts
  • Financial Analysis
  • Financial Data
  • Financial Modeling
  • Financial Planning
  • Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
  • Leadership
  • Marketing
  • Internal Auditing
  • Inventory Management
  • Microsoft Office
  • Operations
  • Microsoft PowerPoint

Job areas

  • Finance & Accounting
  • Manufacturing
  • Food & Beverage
  • Data & Analytics
  • Financial Analyst
  • Financial Analyst (General)
  • Financial Analysts
  • Financial and Investment Analysts

Additional details

Minimum education
Bachelor’s degree
Minimum experience
2+ years
Apply by
Sep 5, 2026
Posting language
English
Working hours
40 hours per week