Financial Analyst - TD Williamson

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Overview

Support regional management as a consultative business partner by performing a variety of financial analytics, providing decision and operational support, investment decision support, and assisting with all budgeting and forecasting activities for the regions within the business unit.

Responsibilities

• Provides analysis, insight, context, and perspective to support the regional operations management.
• Provides and assists in financial analysis and direction for various internal- and external-related activities that may be assigned by the regional management team.
• Prepares monthly comprehensive variance analysis to the regions in the business unit and explains variances between actual and budgeted/forecasted/historical figures as necessary.
• Participates in the identification and analysis of relationships between results and other economic activities.
• Assists in the implementation of Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) in accordance and partnership with the guidelines provided by the OneERP Team.
• Provides meaningful interpretation and trending information to support regional goals and objectives.
• Assists in the implementation of automated systems to provide reports to management, ensuring that the information provided is timely, accurate, and adequate for management to effectively manage and control the operations.
• Supports the controlling of capital expenditures by enforcing procedures, requirements and supplying reports for the capital expenditure control system, by reviewing expenditure requests for correct financial justification and by monitoring regional capital expenditure budget.
• Assesses risk and collaborates with regions to build business case for any investment brought forward by the regional management.
• Participates in the budgeting and forecasting process, as well as ensures consistency in the methodology across the regions of the business unit.
• Assists in preparation of long- and short-range financial forecasts with input from the regional management and provides financial projections and analyses to management for development of the strategic plan.
• Leverages the budgeting/forecasting tool as needed.

Experience

• Degree in finance or accounting with at least 3 years of experience in Accounting or Finance.
• CPA, CMA, CFA, or MBA is preferred.
• Rigorous, capable to pull out snapshots from complex data.
• Business-minded, able to react in a timely manner.
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Straightforward and capable to constructively challenge.
• Demonstrates pro-activity and solution-oriented approach, Fluent in English, any other language is an asset.