Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis - 12 Month contract

• We love books and all things beautiful
• We are Canada’s Cultural Department Store
• Books are our heart and our soul and Great Books are JUST the Beginning…

• We exist to add joy to our customers’ lives each and every time they interact with us and our products
• Our job is to create joyful moments for our customers
• We treat each other the way we’d treat a valued friend
• We inspire each other to do our best work
• We seek to ignite creativity and innovation every day
• We give back to the communities in which we operate

• Accuracy of forecasts, budgets, and business cases
• Timely completion of monthly/quarterly/annual reporting
• Satisfaction of all business partners in team outputs
• Engagement of direct reports

• Serve as the primary finance partner to the Commercial teams within Indigo
• Prepare and present monthly business reviews, highlighting key trends, variances, risks, and opportunities. Provide actionable insights to senior leadership.
• Build and maintain complex models to evaluate business cases, assess ROI, and support decision-making for strategic projects
• Lead monthly forecasting and budgeting processes across Indigo
• Manage the creation of executive materials for the CFO in support of monthly, quarterly and year-end financial updates
• Lead the end-to-end capital investment process, including business case development, prioritization, and post-investment review. Partner with stakeholders to evaluate and track key investments across the organization.
• Act as a coach to all financial analysts on the team for both direct and indirect reporting relationships
• Prepare ad hoc financial analysis, insights, and recommendations to business partners
• Act as an advocate for the customer by placing them at the forefront of all design and decision-making processes
• Proactively identify and anticipate customer expectations and needs
• Embrace and seek out technology that creates high tech and high touch solutions for Indigo’s customers
• Challenge the status quo and consistently identify areas for improvement, diagnose issues and working to resolve them

• Build strong teams by attracting and developing the best talent
• Bring out the best in others, empower and constructively stretch talent
• Give authentic feedback on performance and potential
• Ensure all team members understand where they stand and have clear performance objectives aligned with Indigo and team goals
• Collaborate with others to drive flexible and iterative solutions, quickly and easily
• Share technical knowledge with others and actively seek to learn from those more knowledgeable than yourself
• Help others see the impacts of their efforts and proactively engage other functions to get input
• Encourage others to freely share their point of view and be open to feedback
• Accountable for the overall engagement, productivity, turnover and bench strength of the team

• Model Indigo’s beliefs and convey a positive image in everything you do
• Celebrate diversity of thought and have an open mindset
• Take an active role in fostering a culture of continual learning, taking risks without the fear of making mistakes
• Embrace, champion and influence change through your team and/or the organization

• Executive Leadership
• Retail
• eCommerce
• Customer Experience
• Customer Intelligence/Loyalty
• Business Intelligence
• Planning & Allocation
• Finance
• Accounting

• University degree in Business, Accounting or Finance preferred
• 5-10 years of experience in finance, including experience in budgeting, reporting and data management
• CPA designation

• Exceptional skills in the areas of financial analysis, budgeting/forecasting, variance analysis
• Proficient using Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to think big picture, conduct the right level of analysis depending on the requirements, and provide actionable insights
• Superior communication skills, both written and verbal
• Demonstrated ability to operate at all levels of an organization
• Experience recruiting, training and managing financial analytic staff
• User of SAP, BW and Hyperion an asset
• Retail industry experience an asset

Indigo