Budget Analyst (Contract)

The Budget Analyst position is responsible for the reconciliation, analysis and management of budgets, leases, incentives and capital projects within the Service, Parts, Training, Technical and Customer Call Centres in Canada.  The position requires close interaction with several other departments such as Finance, Purchasing, Accounts Payable and multiple external suppliers.  Adherence to company policies and procedures is paramount while executing daily job duties. 

Duties include but are not limited to:  

• Annual budget approvals and internal order accounting set up of the following budgets: 
• Warranty 
• MVP 
• G&A  
• A&M 
• Total budget responsibility: $25M which includes daily processing of vendor requisitions, both physical and electronic invoice processing, cheque processing, work with numerous vendors to generate monthly budget accruals, monthly budget forecasting, and year end close out reporting.   Budgeting across multiple finance responsibilities in USA, Canada and global.
• Budget management & reconciliation: Coordinate and reconcile service and parts production budget for A&M within PSAP and internal department tracking.  This includes cost committee submissions and input of requisitions/purchase orders for tier one suppliers working with U.S. purchasing department. 
• Daily budget management and tracking: Work with Service and Parts department managers along with tier one suppliers, Canadian and U.S. financial departments to ensure proper budget program implementation as well as monthly forecasting. 
• Invoice payment, reconciliation and approvals, Purchase Order creation and tracking; Requisition creation: Work within PSAP to reconcile vendor invoicing (Sykes, Market Source, MSX, ES3, Archway, Snap On, Concentrix, Workforce Logic etc. plus many more) to budget commitments to each line of business.  Invoicing volume consists of dozens of daily submissions containing several line-item approvals.  This entails constant interaction and input from operation managers. 
• Collate spending requests for the Service department from vendors and internal staff for presentation in weekly committee approval meetings. Includes working with business stakeholders to create business summaries for program reviews.  
• Budget management and tracking of Capital projects, part purchases and Lease agreements related to technical training facilities across Canada. This includes payments and negotiations of leases as well as parts, tool and equipment purchase for training centres. 
• Need to identify new and unique spending requests, set up meetings as necessary in order to acquire proper approvals for the same. 
• Organize review meetings, budget summaries and PowerPoint presentations for executive level presentations. 
• Service and Parts department Expense report reconciliation. 

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree  

• Strong financial or accounting background 

• Strong attention to detail and consistent follow through, with ability to coordinate the efforts of multiple parties  

• Ability to interpret various legal documents and agreements 

• Proficient in Microsoft Office tools including MS Excel 

$28.00-$32.50 per hour