Senior Financial Analyst (12-Month Contract)

Career Opportunity

Role Title

Senior Financial Analyst (12-Month Contract)

Purpose of role

Reporting to the Sr. Manager Finance, Finance Business Partner, this position is responsible for providing value-added management reporting, expense management, budgeting, planning and financial analysis support at an Enterprise level.

Job Description

Key responsibilities/accountabilities

• Coordinate expense budgeting, forecasting and presentation of analysis.
• Expense reporting and analysis to support management of direct and fully allocated expenses and expense overruns.
• Support the preparation of the annual expense study.
• Prepare Sales planning models to support the NA Sales team and the calculation of sales volume metrics for operational planning.
• Enhance analysis of underlying expense drivers and fixed/variable analysis.
• Support periodic reporting and analysis of financial results.
• Support the preparation of Monthly/Quarterly Expense Reviews/ELT reporting and KPI Dashboard.
• Develop and maintain operational knowledge of the primary business functions (IT, Insurance Operations, Sales & Distribution) to provide insights and recommendations regarding business processes and performance management.
• Establish proactive and collaborative working relationships with key business stakeholders, other areas of Finance, Actuarial, Capital Management, and other key cross functional areas within Foresters.
• Support the month end close process (journal entries, accruals etc.) for business areas as required.
• Ad Hoc requests as required

Key qualifications/competencies

• University degree in Business and a professional accounting designation (CA/CPA) or MBA preferably with concentration in Finance.
• 3-4 years financial reporting, analysis and planning experience.
• Experience in a life insurance/financial services organization is an asset.
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills and high degree of independence and initiative
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Ability to establish effective partnering relationships cross functionally within the Division and across the organization.
• Excellent ability to multi-task, work under tight timelines and prioritize deliverables to meet deadlines while maintaining keen attention to details to ensure accuracy.
• Strong analytical and technical skills; advanced knowledge of Excel (Pivot tables, Vlook Up, If statements etc.) and other Microsoft applications. Knowledge of Power BI/SQL is an asset.
• Ability to work equally well in a team environment or as an individual contributor.

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