Senior Financial Analyst - Mississauga, Canada - Altis Recruitment

Description

We are seeking a dynamic Senior Financial Analyst to join our client's eCommerce Finance team on a contract basis until March 2025. In this critical role, you will play a pivotal part in supporting the creation and timely delivery of financial results, forecasts, reporting, and other FP&A activities for our client's eCommerce business unit. As the Senior Financial Analyst, you will be responsible for driving improvements in visibility to financial and non-financial KPIs, driving process efficiencies, and enhancing our analytical capabilities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Create, distribute, and present standard management reports to provide a clear and synthesized understanding of financial performance.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes and systems, implementing standardized solutions across the area of responsibility and other finance functions.
• Partner with Finance and Accounting teams to ensure the overall integrity of financial data.
• Support multi-business unit process initiatives to drive efficiency and simplify ways of working.
• Proactively analyze key trends, identify risks and opportunities, and support the business teams in delivering against financial targets.
• Assist in the development of annual budgets by aligning targets with key business partners and setting departmental targets based on market dynamics, historical performance, and known investments.
• Support the onboarding and ongoing training of new financial analyses and methodologies under the guidance of the direct Manager.

Qualifications:

• 3-7 years of relevant experience, demonstrating expertise in P&L management, business planning, and forecasting.
• Proficiency in pulling, analyzing, and interpreting data, particularly in Excel, to provide detailed insights and recommendations.
• Strong understanding of eCommerce, CPG, and Retail industries, including awareness of industry trends and dynamics.
• Flexibility and adaptability to navigate changing business environments and priorities.
• Familiarity with large data sets and experience with financial software such as OneStream and Tableau is considered an asset.
• Tech-savvy with fundamental and working knowledge of Excel; experience with other analytical tools is a plus.
• Nice to have designation in finance or related field.