Senior Financial Analyst

Reporting to the Manager, Inventory Accounting, this position provides unique insight into the enterprise inventory accounting process for CTC. The Senior Financial Analyst, Inventory Accounting is an essential part of the Accounting team and will require experience establishing relationships with key clients across Finance and Business groups to ensure business initiatives are accounted for appropriately. Your technical expertise and analytical skills are critical for success, as is your ability to communicate and collaborate while undertaking multiple projects and deadlines.  

What you’ll do

• Ensure the financial results are in compliance with IFRS and provide accurate and timely reports and analysis to management on a monthly basis

• Prepare and review significant analyses, entries, and reconciliations as part of the monthly financial reporting process for enterprise inventory, shrink, and obsolescence provisions

• Launch investigations, analyze significant variances, key metrics and business trends and present findings to managers and senior management

• Analyze and implement the impact of business contracts and/or regulatory and accounting changes to processes and controls

• Identify and execute improvements to complex models and processes

• Effectively manage communications and relationships with business partners, accounting, and internal and external auditors

• Run multiple tasks simultaneously and independently with minimal supervision

• Execute and maintain documentation of controls

• Coach and aid in the development of team members

Who you are

• Collaborative team players who can build relationships easily across various stakeholder groups to move initiatives forward

• Creative and courageous, with the ability to operate in an environment of change and ambiguity to help us take bold, strategic moves in this rapidly evolving retail environment 

• Able to determine appropriate treatment of financial transactions in accordance with IFRS

• Action oriented, and comfortable taking calculated risks to better serve our customers and business 

• Outcome focused, critical thinkers with the ability to analyze and visualize, to ensure continuous improvement across our entire business 

What you bring

• Outcome focused, critical thinkers with the ability to analyze and visualize, to ensure continuous improvement across our entire business 

• CPA designation required (or equivalent) 

• Minimum 4 years experience in a medium/large company with strong IFRS knowledge working with complex accounting models

• Experience with or interest in AI tools (e.g., Microsoft 365 Copilot.

• Strong problem solving, analytical and strategic thinking skills; able to see the “big picture” in a complex business environment and natural curiosity to understand the reason behind transactions

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with a demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong relationships

• Detail oriented with strong diagnostic, analytical and data management skills

• Proven ability to successfully lead other team members

• Ability to thrive in an environment responsive to changing business requirements

• Highly driven with an exceptionally strong work ethic, time management and organization skills

• Advanced PC skills including Microsoft suite (Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint)

• Familiarity with internal and external audit processes

• Working knowledge of Oracle PeopleSoft accounting system and Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) is an asset

Broadband Salary range: $64,000.00 and $106,000.00 per annum.

Our typical hiring range is between $64,000 and $85,000. Salary decisions are also dependent on other factors such as your experience, industry benchmarks, internal equity and other role-specific requirements. For critical roles, the compensation offering will be reviewed to ensure alignment with market rate and conditions and the unique value you bring to the role.

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This posting represents an existing vacancy within our organization.

We may use artificial intelligence tools as part of our recruitment process to assist in the initial screening of resumes. All hiring decisions, including candidate evaluation, selection, and disposition, are made by human recruiters.

About Us

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (“CTC”) is one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With more than 90 Owned Brands, over 1,600 retail locations, financial services, exemplary e-commerce capabilities, and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies. We dream big and work as one to innovate with purpose for our customers at every level of our business, investing in new technologies and products, and doubling down on top talent to drive the company forward. We offer competitive salaries and wages to CTC employees, as well as store discounts, supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy, Canadian Tire Profit Sharing, and retirement and savings programs for eligible employees. As part of our enhanced flex benefits program, we offer mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families, including total well-being, and mental health tools and resources for all employees. Join us in helping to make life in Canada better through living and working our Core Values: we are innovators and entrepreneurs at our core, outcomes drive us, inclusion is a must, we are stronger together and we take personal responsibility. It is an especially exciting time to join CTC and its family of companies where career opportunities are wide-ranging! Join us, where there's a place for you here.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging 

We are committed to fostering an environment where belonging thrives, and diversity, inclusion and equity are infused into everything we do. We believe in building an organizational culture where people are consistently treated with dignity while respecting individual religion, nationality, gender, race, age, perceived ability, spoken language, sexual orientation, and identification. We are united in our purpose of being here to help make life in Canada better.

Accommodations  

We stand firm in our Core Value that inclusion is a must. We welcome and encourage candidates from equity-seeking groups such as people who identify as racialized, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, people with disabilities, and beyond. Should you require any accommodation in applying for this role, or throughout the interview process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to help meet your needs.