Financial Analyst

Job summary

The role involves preparing daily, monthly, and annual financial and KPI reports, including variance analysis and budget support. It also requires maintaining financial models and streamlining FP&A processes to improve organizational efficiency.

Job details

About the opportunity: Prepare accurate and timely daily operational reporting and monthly, quarterly and annual management reporting, including financial and KPI reporting across locations, regions and lines of business. Prepare actual-to-budget and year-over-year variance analysis and investigate significant variances as required. Support the annual budgeting process, including preparation of budgets, templates, assumptions and supporting schedules. Complete quarterly and annual bonus calculations and maintain supporting documentation. Extract, consolidate, manipulate and validate financial and operational data from multiple sources to support reporting and analysis. Maintain and enhance financial models, reporting templates and the FP&A system, and support financial analysis and business cases as required. Support accounting-related analysis, data requests and other ad hoc Finance initiatives across the organization. Identify opportunities to automate, streamline and improve FP&A processes and reporting while maintaining documented and auditable processes. Communicate financial information, reporting requirements and follow-up items clearly and professionally with operational teams and cross-functional departments. About you: 2+ years of relevant FP&A/Financial Analyst experience ideally at a small/medium sized company Strong Excel skills (pivot tables and v-lookups are a must), Macros and VBA experience strongly preferred Experience with management reporting, variance analysis, budgeting, and financial modelling Planning Maestro or other FP&A platform experience This position for employment is for a current vacancy with 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. By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present you as a candidate for the foregoing position. Additionally, you agree to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. Lastly, you also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal. Vaco by Highspring values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of colour, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply. The company is also committed to ensuring that persons who need them are provided with reasonable accommodations; if one is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact HR@vaco.com. Vaco by Highspring respects your privacy and is committed to providing transparent notice of our policies in English here and in French here. Additionally, the company uses AI to perform preliminary screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco/Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client’s use of AI products in hiring. Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to: the individual’s skill sets, experience and training; licensure and certification requirements; office location and other geographic considerations; other business and organizational needs. Having said that Vaco by Highspring believes that the salary range referenced reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses and/or participation in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company’s retirement plan (or similar retirement benefits).

What you’ll do

The role involves preparing daily, monthly, and annual financial and KPI reports, including variance analysis and budget support. It also requires maintaining financial models and streamlining FP&A processes to improve organizational efficiency.

Requirements

Candidates need 2+ years of FP&A experience and strong proficiency in Excel, specifically pivot tables and v-lookups. Experience with financial modeling, budgeting, and FP&A platforms like Planning Maestro is highly preferred.

Benefits

• Medical Insurance • Dental Insurance • Vision Insurance • Retirement Plan • Discretionary Bonuses

Listed skills

• Budgeting · Preferred
• Management Reporting · Preferred
• Financial Reporting · Preferred
• Data Validation · Preferred
• Microsoft Excel · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Financial Reporting
• Variance Analysis
• Budgeting
• Financial Modelling
• Excel
• VBA
• Macros
• FP&A
• Data Validation
• KPI Reporting
• Management Reporting
• Planning Maestro

Job areas

• Finance & Accounting
• Data & Analytics