About this role
Job title: Senior Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst
About the Role FP&A Analyst will be involved in supporting the month-end process to ensure accurate financial results, forecasting, budgeting and ad hoc analysis for special projects. The role reports to the Financial Controller, PKG and will be a key part of the Financial Planning and Analysis team. Strong organizational, analytical and communication skills are invaluable.
What You'll Do
- Support the monthly close process, including journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and financial analysis.
- Work closely with the Merchant Sales leadership team, helping them understand sales trends, customer performance, pricing, product mix, and overall profitability.
- Turn financial data into meaningful insights that help the business make better decisions and drive growth.
- Prepare monthly reporting packages and explain key performance drivers, risks, opportunities, and overall business results.
- The role is heavily involved in budgeting and forecasting, partnering with stakeholders to develop accurate revenue, volume, margin, and cost projections.
- Monitor key financial and operational metrics, investigate variances, identify trends, and recommend actions to improve performance and cash flow.
- There’s a strong focus on continuous improvement, including streamlining reporting and forecasting processes through automation and better tools.
- Overall, it’s a highly visible role where you’ll partner with both finance and commercial teams, providing insights that directly influence business performance and strategy.
What We're Looking For
- We’re ideally looking for someone with a degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field, and a CPA designation (or someone working toward it) would be a strong asset.
- The role is best suited for someone with about 5–8 years of experience in FP&A, accounting, or finance, ideally within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
- A big part of the position is analyzing sales performance, profitability, pricing, and business trends to help support strategic decision-making.
- You’ll need to be comfortable working with large amounts of data and translating it into actionable business insights.
- Strong Excel skills are important, as you'll be involved in financial modeling, forecasting, reporting, and analysis.
- This is a highly collaborative role, so strong communication skills and the ability to build relationships across different teams are key.
- We’re looking for someone who can confidently partner with stakeholders and influence decisions through data-driven recommendations.
- A continuous improvement mindset is important, along with experience using ERP and reporting tools such as Oracle BI, Hyperion, JD Edwards, or similar systems.
Nice to Have
- CPA designation (or working toward it) is a strong asset.
Compensation & Benefits
- Salary range: $80,000 – $87,500 per year.