Job Title: Finance Business Partner

Job Description This role is integral to the day-to-day operations of the Contract Logistics Warehouse business. The finance business partner provides financial expertise, support, and collaboration to operations. The role includes evaluating investment opportunities, risk assessments, and process and cost savings to ensure profitable, sustainable results while maintaining cost controls and ensuring financial health.

Responsibilities

Prepare accurate and timely customer invoicing, including detailed backup data and KPIs, ensuring integrity in Customer Invoicing and P&L entries. Produce customer analysis and reports, ensuring accuracy for the Operational Management team and Customers. Understand contractual obligations to customers, including factors like CPI, liability, termination, invoicing, and develop external customer reporting accordingly. Collaborate closely with the AR team to monitor customer payments and support credit limit requests and extended payment term business cases. Monitor spend against budget/forecast and provide variance analysis with detailed explanations and costings, ensuring transactions are reconciled. Administer daily timekeeping records and ensure accuracy in payroll submission, reporting payroll costings accurately against Customer Profit and Loss accounts. Maintain cost accuracy and control the administration of purchases, resolving purchase ledger queries in a timely manner. Design, develop, and prepare accurate weekly and monthly management accounts, including Profit and Loss statements and Balance Sheet reconciliations. Serve as a trusted advisor to operations, providing actionable insights for strategic decision-making. Design and produce financial tracking tools to assist operations in maintaining budgets and support business implementations and capital investments. Evaluate investment opportunities objectively and prepare business case applications for capital expenditure, leases, and long-term commitments. Implement and develop processes and procedures to ensure a lean, controlled working methodology, identifying and driving cost-saving initiatives. Increase financial and commercial awareness, providing training to non-financial stakeholders. Prepare monthly rolling forecasts and annual target setting. Support operations in developing and monitoring KPIs and productivity to challenge profitability. Attend meetings as requested and prepare ad-hoc financial reporting for operations as needed. Provide ad-hoc monthly and weekly analysis and other duties as required.

Essential Skills

Forecasting Revenue Recognition Cost Reduction FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis) Financial Analysis Financial Controlling Logistics Business Analysis KPI Analysis Cost Control Process Improvement Capital Planning Financial Statement Analysis Profit and Loss Analysis Capital Management Additional Skills & Qualifications CPA certification Experience in Lean Sigma Six Experience in logistics and freight forwarding Work Environment The position requires 40 hours per week, with working hours from 9am to 5pm. The role is hybrid, requiring three days on-site at the office located in Mississauga, Ontario. There is a possibility of overtime. The dress code is business casual. The team consists of five other Finance Business Partners.

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Mississauga, ON.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $76000.00 - $96000.00/yr.

Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in Mississauga,ON.

À propos d'Aston Carter

Aston Carter fournit des solutions de talent de classe mondiale à des milliers de clients à travers le monde. Spécialisés dans la comptabilité, la finance, les ressources humaines, l’acquisition de talents, les achats, la chaine d’approvisionnement, et certaines professions administratives, nous étendons les capacités des entreprises à la pointe de l’industrie. Nous nous appuyons sur notre profonde expertise en matière de recrutement et sur notre vaste réseau pour répondre aux besoins évolutifs de nos clients et de notre communauté de talents avec agilité et excellence. Avec des bureaux aux États-Unis, au Canada, en Asie et en Europe, Aston Carter est au service d’un grand nombre d’entreprises du classement Fortune 500. Nous sommes fiers d’avoir remporté la désignation « Prix Platine » dans le cadre des prix Best of Staffing® Client et Talent décernés par ClearlyRated. Aston Carter est un employeur souscrivant au principe de l’égalité des chances et accepte toutes les candidatures sans tenir compte de la race, du sexe, de l’âge, de la couleur, de la religion, des origines nationales, du statut d’ancien combattant, d’un handicap, de l’orientation sexuelle, de l’identité sexuelle, des renseignements génétiques ou de toute autre caractéristique protégée par la loi. Si vous souhaitez faire une demande d’accommodement raisonnable, tel que la modification ou l’ajustement du processus de demande d’emploi ou d’entrevue à cause d’un handicap, veuillez envoyer un courriel à astoncarteraccommodation@astoncarter.com pour connaître d’autres options d’accommodement. Ordonnance sur l’égalité des chances de San Francisco: Conformément à l’Ordonnance sur l’égalité des chances de San Francisco, pour tous les postes situés dans la ville et le comté de San Francisco, nous examinerons les candidatures des personnes qualifiées ayant un casier judiciaire ou des antécédents criminels. Utilisation de l’intelligence artificielle (IA): Nous pouvons utiliser l’intelligence artificielle (IA) pour soutenir certaines étapes de notre processus d’embauche, notamment la recherche, la présélection et l’évaluation des candidatures. L’IA aide à analyser les candidatures et les qualifications, mais les décisions finales sont prises par notre équipe de recrutement. En soumettant votre candidature, vous reconnaissez et acceptez que celle-ci puisse être examinée à l’aide d’outils d’IA.

About Aston Carter

Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® Platinum Award winner for both client and talent service. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law. If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email astoncarteraccommodation@astoncarter.com for other accommodation options. San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.