Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

SGS

  • Mississauga, ON
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 30 days ago
Company DescriptionWe are SGS - the world's leading testing, inspection and certification company. We are recognized as the global benchmark for sustainability, quality and integrity. Our 98,000 employees operate a network of 2,650 offices and laboratories, working together to enable a better, safer and more interconnected world.Job DescriptionThe Financial Planning & Analysis Manager, NAM Finance is responsible for coordinating, prioritizing, and working directly with operations and business controllers on their financial reporting and KPI needs as well as their forecast and budget requirements. This position will also manage financial projects of varying size and scope including developing detailed project plans, coordinating internal and external resources to ensure all projects are delivered on time, within the scope and within the budget.
  • Communication and coordination of Forecast and Budget requirements to the Finance community
  • Work with operations and business controllers in developing, deployment, training, maintaining, and improving financial KPIs/metrics and tools.
  • Support, maintenance, and assurance of financial data accuracy for all tools deployed by the Finance team.
  • Constant review and development of process/tools improvement to promote enhancement and efficiencies in Finance.
  • Assist and timely delivery of the closing and other finance requirements.
  • Regular review and communication of KPIs/metrics to operations and business controllers
  • Participation on several special projects of the FP&A and BI team
  • Liaise with other SGS affiliates as needed.
  • Responsible for the management of multiple projects of varying size and scope including Finance M&A activities.
  • Serves as a Key communicator for project deployment both internally to project stakeholders and to field.
  • Coordinates internal resources and third parties for the flawless execution of projects.
  • Ensures that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget.
  • Assists in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility.
  • Ensures resource availability and allocation.
  • Develops a detailed project plan to monitor and track progress of the various financial projects.
  • Manages changes to the project scope, project schedule and project costs.
  • Measures project performance.
  • Responsible for early risk detection and mitigation, escalating issues when necessary to avoid impact to project commitments and to minimize any project risks.
  • Successfully manages the relationship of the project and all stakeholders.
  • Creates and maintains comprehensive project documentation.
  • Adheres to internal standards, policies, and procedures.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree in Accounting/Finance required
  • 7+ years of relevant Finance and Accounting experience required.
  • Financial Project Management experience required.
  • Master's Degree in Accounting in combination with experience listed above required.
  • Ability to manage and coordinate multiple projects in a fast[1]paced, highly professional environment.
  • Strong business acumen/business awareness with solid technical
  • and analytical background
  • Strong attention to detailStrong organizational and inter[1]personal skills.
  • Excellent professional written and verbal communication
  • Leadership and coaching skills
  • Ability to prioritize multiple responsibilities and deadlines.
  • Ability to draw conclusions and make recommendations to
  • different levels of management
  • Ability to lead through influence.
  • Ability to participate in and facilitate group meetings.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and highly demanding environment.
Additional InformationSGS Canada is an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to achieving greater accessibility by providing accommodation for people with disabilities during our hiring process. Accommodations are available on request for qualified candidates during each stage of the recruitment process.Please note that candidates applying for Canadian job openings should be authorized to work in Canada.

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