Financial Analyst
About The Position
Our Finance team plays a key role in helping us stay competitive in the ever-changing retail environment by providing accurate, timely, and high-quality financial reporting, analysis, and advice to our business. Reporting to the Manager of FP&A supporting CTR, this role supports our Canadian Tire Retail partners to provide financial counsel in planning, forecasting, reporting, and analyzing CTC’s anchor retail business. Provide excellent support to client groups by monitoring results versus budget / forecast / prior year and providing thorough analyses, and investigating variances while identifying risks and opportunities that will impact future periods. Produce insightful, meaningful, and analytical commentary and reporting that can assist financial and non-financial stakeholders to facilitate decision making. Prepare forward-looking, accurate, and timely annual budgets and mid-year forecasts pertaining to various margin line items, leveraging historical trends and key assumptions to guide future expectations. Anticipate evolving financial performance reporting needs and work with cross-functional teams to drive improvements and process changes. Participate as a subject matter expert in special projects and ad hoc analysis as required.
Requirements
- University degree or College diploma in Business, Finance/Accounting, or business-related discipline
- Are currently pursuing or have obtained an accounting designation (CPA, CA, CMA, CGA)
- 1-2 years in a business or financial analysis role
- Budgeting, forecasting, and planning experience, as well as experience with financial modeling.
- Exceptional problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
- Excellent communication skills; superior cross functional relationship/collaboration skills.
- Attention to detail, organized, motivated self-starter and with ability to thrive in an environment responsive to changing business requirements.
Nice To Haves
- Working knowledge of PeopleSoft, HFM and SQL is an asset
Responsibilities
- Provide excellent support to client groups by monitoring results versus budget / forecast / prior year and providing thorough analyses, and investigating variances while identifying risks and opportunities that will impact future periods
- Produce insightful, meaningful, and analytical commentary and reporting that can assist financial and non-financial stakeholders to facilitate decision making
- Prepare forward-looking, accurate, and timely annual budgets and mid-year forecasts pertaining to various margin line items, leveraging historical trends and key assumptions to guide future expectations
- Anticipate evolving financial performance reporting needs and work with cross-functional teams to drive improvements and process changes
- Participate as a subject matter expert in special projects and ad hoc analysis as required
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits and retirement programs
- Performance incentives
- Continuing Education Programs
- Other perks to support your well-being
- Career growth opportunities
- product discounts
- store discounts
- supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy
- Canadian Tire Profit Sharing
- retirement and savings programs for eligible employees
- mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families
- total well-being, and mental health tools and resources for all employees
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
