Manager Finance Business Partnering - Markham, Canada - Aviva

Aviva

Verified Company

Markham, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Individually we are people, but together we are Aviva. Individually these are just words, but together they are our Values - Care, Commitment, Community, and Confidence.

Reporting to the AVP Strategic Business Partnering ('SBP').

Trusted finance professional focused on delivering value-add financial/ strategic advice, one source and version of truth around regional business performance and actionable insights to challenge the business in making optimal decisions.

Providing needed support to analyze different emerging business issues and drive appropriate solutions which result in superior business performance.

What You'll Do

Business Performance Management- Understands a region's key financial and operational performance drivers - uses it to interpret/synthesize and deliver timely performance management information through actionable insights.- Assists the region's management team in the development/refinement of financial/non financial KPIs to enable effective performance management.

Prepare analysis & supports deep dives for Monthly Performance Management Meetings (PMM).- Helps support a framework to drive expense management discipline and focus across the business.- Supports the comparison/benchmarking of business operations to drive/challenge performance.

Evaluate & interpret competitor & benchmarking analysis.

Decision Support- Ensures all business decisions are being supported by high quality financial analysis.- Conducts deep dives on identified business issues and trends, evaluating new business opportunities and identifying value destroyers.- Provides analytical support around specific business initiatives (e.g. portfolio transfers, capacity modelling) and business cases.

Governance Support- Ensures oversight and adherence to established financial policies and governance framework.- Helps identify and strengthen financial controls that are effective at preventing undesirable risks.- Provides appropriate support and governance around month end close activities.- Driving the region's financial planning/forecasting processes necessary to achieve strategic goals.

Includes development of appropriate tools/templates to provide base information to help facilitate the process. Hyperion input and consolidation/analytical support (as required).

Relationship Management- Foster strong relationships with Regional Leaders to ensure understanding and effective and efficient delivery of stakeholder needs.- Generalist with integrator capabilities drawing across the finance disciplines and across boundaries to identify and influence business issues.

What You'll Bring- University Graduate with an accounting designation is preferred- 3 years experience in insurance or financial services industry in a Finance role 7+ years of overall working experience in Finance Exposure to business partnering type roles would be preferred- Superior analytical skills with strong desire to probe, question, validate and challenge to ensure accurate and insightful analysis- Excellent interpersonal, relationship building and communication skills- Ability to influence and challenge the business unit leadership team- Proven ability to embrace and lead change, be highly adaptable and flexible, decisive and display excellent judgment- Organizational awareness and political sensitivity- Has a can do - consistently deliver high performance in a fast paced environment, while adhering to strict deadlines.- Plans and organizes work and exploits systems and technology, establishing clear objectives to deliver business goals.- Demonstrates understanding and strategic perspective on the insurance industry Experience using financial reporting/planning systems (Oracle, Essbase, Hyperion).

- Working knowledge of data systems, query extractions (MINDS)- Bilingualism would be an asset

What You'll get- Competitive rewards package including base compensation, eligibility for annual bonus, retirement savings, share plan, health benefits, personal wellness, and volunteer opportunities- Our vacation package starts at 4 weeks- Exceptional career development opportunities with diverse career paths, including the opportunity for leadership- We support your professional development and your investment in academic studies.