Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A - Real Estate
Michael Page
- Etobicoke, ON
- $85,000-95,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Foster and develop strategic business partnerships with divisional Finance counterparts and operational leaders.
- Take ownership over the annual budget and quarterly forecast process, including consolidating division submissions, performing analysis to understand trends, as well as preparing presentations with commentary and supporting schedules.
- End to end accountability in responding to ad hoc questions from leaders. Translate questions to analysis and produce analysis that drives decision making.
- Ability to communicate financials and operational impacts into language relevant for senior leadership.
- Consolidate monthly results versus budget/forecast to facilitate management reporting & presentations, providing analysis and investigation of variances.
- Provide proactive analysis to identify trends, opportunities and risks in key performance drivers.
- Work closely with Division Finance teams to understand and address the drivers and root causes of results.
- Support quarterly reporting to Board of Directors and external MD&A.
- Develop top to bottom profit and loss, balance sheet and cashflow projections for the Canadian Central Office division with a focus on understanding the inputs and drivers of the business' financial performance
- Take a lead role in development of new processes and new reporting to better understand cash flows month to month and budget vs. forecast
- Be a leader of systems process optimization by working with Canadian divisions as well as US counterparts to identify, communicate and implement best practices across the divisions
- CPA designation
- 3-5 years of experience in a relevant position - real estate experience is preferred
- University degree in Accounting or Finance
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, including the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization
- Solid grasp of impact of transactions/decisions on financial results at the financial statement line item level.
- Results orientated with ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Strong analytical and organizational skills with attention to detail
- Ability to learn new software packages and experience with JD Edwards an asset
- Advanced Excel skills including regular use of functions, pivot tables, etc.
- Demonstrates the highest level of ethics and personal integrity