Financial Analyst

About the job

We are a consumer-packaged goods company located in the heart of downtown Montreal that manufactures, develops, designs and markets consumer products under licenses for a major American national brand.

Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced candidate in the role of Financial Analyst. Reporting to our Director of Finance, the ideal candidate will have proven financial modeling experience and a deep knowledge of costing and pricing. A key part of the team, you will provide strategic support across the organization to advise key stakeholders using data driven information. This role is responsible for supporting the sales and operations teams in the strategic pricing process, tracking, and finding variances to preapproved pricing budget and providing root cause analysis along with solutions on a timely manner, as well as conducting analysis to support decision making on an ad hoc basis. As a strong communicator and skilled financial analyst, you will make it your mission to and be the bridge between the finance function and the other departments in the company. You will produce thorough financial-status reports for senior management to help improve our operational efficiency and aid in our continued growth. You will have the opportunity to really be a difference-maker and have a hand in the decision-making process. In this role, organizational skills are key as you will be tasked to oversee the operation, sales, and product development teams’ effort to create business lines that are profitable in the long term. As a result, strong project management and organizational skills are crucial, with the ability to adapt and coordinate the information flow across the board.

Key Responsibilities

• Create, maintain, organize, and update the models supporting the strategic process pricing, which is the most crucial strategic part of the business.
• Conduct analysis of margin ongoing performance versus plan and point out risk areas on a timely manner.
• Propose solutions to create operational efficiencies with the end goal of improving business margins.
• Design, maintain and improve financial models and other tools to provide timely information to management and reveal performance gaps quickly.
• Process improvement– identifying, establishing, and maintaining processes to create robust data driven decision making.
• Initiate, prepare, and provide ad-hoc reporting/analysis and research to assist business decision-making.
• Any other duties as requested to meet company objectives.

Qualifications

• CPA and/or CFA is preferred.
• Minimum 3-5 years’ experience in a similar position doing similar functions
• Experience in a consumer-packaged goods company preferable in sales or finance is a must.
• Experience using SAGE 300 (an asset) along with a strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, specifically strong Excel skills.
• Strong analytical skills with an ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers.
• Professional written and verbal communication skills
• High level of critical and logical thinking, analysis, and/or reasoning to identify underlying principles, reasons, or facts
• Able to work well under pressure, multi-task and meet set deadlines
• Self-starter with proactive approach and problem-solving skills
• Strong desire to achieve results; an emphasis on getting important issues resolved
• Proven commitment; a team player
• CPA and/or CFA accounting designation or equivalent
• A solid cost accounting or consumer-good pricing experience is a must.
• Advanced organizational skills and attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Bilingualism, an asset, English is a must.

This is a permanent position. Salary to reflect experience. The work week is Monday through Friday, from 8:30 – 17:00 pm.We offer summer and winter hours where we finish earlier on Fridays. Hybrid work environment.