Financial Analyst

Aston Carter • Mississauga, ON

8d • CA$100,000 - CA$105,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Finance Operations Analyst, Business Services is responsible for the financial management, cost analysis, and internal customer billing processes that support the North American business services organization. This role serves as the primary finance partner for cost performance, providing departmental spending analysis, developing and maintaining allocation methodologies, managing intercompany and interdepartmental chargebacks, supporting budgeting activities, and delivering operational reporting. The analyst works closely with shared services functions to ensure accurate, transparent, and timely financial information that drives informed decision-making across the organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 3–7 years of progressive experience in finance, accounting, or cost analysis.
• Experience with shared services, allocations, intercompany billing, or corporate accounting strongly preferred.
• Strong financial analysis skills, including variance analysis and cost accounting.
• Experience in budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning and analysis (FP&A).
• Advanced Excel skills and strong financial modeling capabilities.
• Proficiency with data transformation tools to manage and analyze complex data sets independently.
• Experience with ERP systems such as JDE, SAP, Oracle, or similar platforms (preferred).
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and take ownership of deliverables.
• Proven ability to prioritize competing deadlines and manage multiple tasks effectively.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build and maintain effective working relationships across departments.
• Comfort working with key performance indicators (KPIs) and preparing performance dashboards.
• Experience supporting month-end close activities, including accruals and journal entries.

Nice To Haves

• CPA designation or active pursuit of a CPA is preferred.
• Experience with shared services environments and cost allocation models.
• Exposure to plant and operations finance across multiple regions, such as Canada and the United States.
• Familiarity with bill of materials and inventory management concepts.
• Experience preparing and supporting audit-ready documentation and reconciliations.
• Interest in continuous improvement and process optimization, particularly in allocation methodologies, billing processes, and reporting automation.
• Willingness to support and adopt new finance systems and workflow tools.
• Eligibility for professional development support, including coverage of CPA and other education dues, where applicable.

Responsibilities

• Act as the finance lead for the Business Services organization with minimal supervision, serving as the primary point of contact for financial matters.
• Lead routine financial reviews with departmental heads, translating complex financial data into clear, actionable operational strategies.
• Monitor and analyze departmental spending across North America, ensuring alignment with budgets and financial targets.
• Track actual costs versus budget, forecast, and prior year performance, and investigate spending variances to provide insightful, actionable commentary to finance and operational leadership.
• Develop and maintain cost transparency reporting for internal stakeholders to enhance visibility into shared services and business services costs.
• Manage monthly internal billing and chargeback processes across business units and legal entities, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Maintain and refine allocation methodologies for business services functions, including Finance, IT, HR, Manufacturing, Payroll, and other corporate overhead functions.
• Validate allocation drivers, usage metrics, and supporting calculations to ensure fair and accurate distribution of costs.
• Prepare and process intercompany and intracompany billing entries in accordance with company policies and accounting standards.
• Prepare recurring cost performance reporting packages and KPI dashboards to support leadership in monitoring performance and efficiency.
• Analyze service costs, headcount costs, departmental efficiencies, and recovery rates to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
• Assist with annual budget and forecast processes for shared service functions, acting as the primary finance contact for shared services leadership.
• Execute and take ownership of month-end close activities related to shared services accounting, ensuring completeness and accuracy.
• Prepare accruals, reclasses, prepaid amortization, and allocation journal entries as part of the month-end close process.
• Maintain audit-ready supporting schedules and reconciliation documentation to support internal and external audit requirements.
• Identify and recommend opportunities to improve allocation methodologies, billing processes, and reporting automation.
• Support the implementation, enhancement, and optimization of finance systems and workflow tools used by the business services organization.
• Maintain clear documentation of allocation models, billing methodologies, and process controls to ensure consistency and knowledge transfer.

Benefits

• Access to benefits such as retirement savings plan matching, health and wellness benefits, and corporate fitness memberships, subject to plan terms.
• paid vacation
• personal and sick days
• limited work-from-home flexibility
• retirement savings plan matching
• health, dental, and vision coverage
• a health spending account
• access to a corporate fitness membership

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level