Financial Planning & Business Analysis Manager

Pernod Ricard•Toronto, ON

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

Join Corby Spirit and Wine Limited and Hiram Walker & Sons Ltd., where moments matter. We are curators of unforgettable moments with a portfolio of iconic Canadian and international brands. We offer progressive opportunities and are invested in your growth, guided by our core values: grounded in the real; fiercely authentic; passion for challenge; and connected beyond borders. We are team players, dream makers, trailblazers, movers and (cocktail) shakers with a passion for living life to the fullest. The salary range for this role is $90,200.00 to $115,000.00. We offer a hybrid work model, requiring a minimum of three days a week at our Corby Office (225 King St. W. Toronto), with the flexibility to work remotely on other days. Applicants open to relocating to Toronto are welcome.

Requirements

Leadership
Entrepreneurship: Proactively takes initiative, bold steps and calculated risks in broad autonomy to develop the business while assuming responsibility for decisions.
Results Orientation: Delivers results and empowers others by setting clear objectives, providing adequate resources and feedback and ensuring focus on results achievement.
Live the Values: Embodies and enthusiastically conveys Pernod Ricard’s key values, with adherence to ethics and a strong commitment to CSR initiatives.
Core Business & Finance Reporting & Analysis: Ability to produce, analyze, review and communicate timely accurate financial information in order to monitor and present performance to Senior Management levels and support decision-making.
Business Acumen: Ability to deeply understand the key business stakes from a holistic perspective.
Project Management: Ability to lead, plan, monitor and deliver projects in line with objectives.
Relationship Building: Ability to build, nurture and leverage quality and trusting relationships. Ability to work and communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
Processes & Information Systems: Ability to drive change and proactively support the implementation and utilization of business processes and related information systems, improve business efficiency and support decision making.
Strong financial background.
Finance Accounting & Consolidation: Ability to generate and provide timely, accurate and auditable accounting records and financial statements in compliance with both statutory and Group standards in broad autonomy.
Cash Management & Financing: Ability to understand and analyze cash flows and comment on cash generation business drivers.
Risk Management & Internal Control: Ability to identify and evaluate Business Risks, design and implement appropriate risk-mitigation plan. Ability to implement and review controls to ensure compliance with external regulations/internal policies, reliability of financial information, and security of assets, whilst maintaining business efficiency.
Legal for Finance: Ability to understand legal matters (contracts, intellectual properties) to analyze and consider their financial and operational impacts.
Self-motivated with demonstrated initiative to achieve goals and objectives.
Self-starter who can work efficiently with limited supervision.
Deep business acumen and established analytical skills with attention to detail - ability to analyze, evaluate, review and summarize financial information for accuracy and conformance to Group requirements.
Strong critical thinking and complex problem-solving abilities.
Strong influencing skills, proactive in challenging and influencing the business based on insight, knowledge and fact.
Deep collaborative mindset to work and interact with other teams/stakeholders.
Ability to manage numerous work streams simultaneously to tight timelines.
Excellent communication skills with ability to communicate at all levels.
Growth mindset, with openness to change.
Proven leadership skills with the immediate potential to manage a small team.
Strong interpersonal skills (both written and verbal).
High proficiency in MS Office products (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, PowerBI).
Previous experience in consulting firm; minimum 3 years of experience.
Previous planning & reporting experience; minimum 3 years of experience in a financial reporting, planning or related environment.
Fundamental deep knowledge of accounting and financial concepts.

Nice To Haves

MBA preferred.
Accounting designation (CA/CMA/CGA) seen as a plus.
Previous industry experience would be an asset.
Previous experience with Essbase, SmartView, PowerBI-based reporting systems would be an asset.

Responsibilities

Coordinate the preparation and perform a first review of internal financial reports and analysis of monthly business performance.
Play an active role in the management and execution of budgeting and forecasting processes.
Act as a genuine business partner with Sales, Marketing and Supply Chain departments to prepare P&Ls business commentaries for actuals and rolling forecast (Beyond Budget / S&OP) with strong autonomy through regular interaction with Senior Management roles.
Take an active part in delivering on the Group’s Transformation agenda in the fields of Finance (BI dashboarding and planning tools).
Assist the FP&A Director in ad-hoc analyses and presentations to be shared with Top-Management.
Coordinate the preparation and perform a first review of monthly business-oriented financial presentations and reports for various levels of senior leadership to measure the Company’s Profit and Loss results against Company objectives.
Identify, analyze, and communicate underlying business trends and financial implications of strategic decisions to take adequate decisions.
Prepare the monthly P&Ls business commentaries on Actuals and review it in a timely manner.
Take an active participation in monthly rolling forecast (S&OP cycles) and business modeling preparation (by brand, strategic clusters and by market) to monitor the longer-term performance of the Company, through regular interaction with other departments and Senior Management roles.
Act as a genuine business partner with the Marketing teams at Corby to manage our investment spends and with Sales team to acquire a deep business acumen and improve the quality of the business commentaries.
Supervise the preparation and manage Corby and Hiram Walker entities’ Structure Costs actuals and forecasts, as well as develop an in-depth understanding of key Structure Costs longer-term stakes to challenge Business Unit Directors in the making of their budgets and provide Senior Management levels with efficient and accurate forecasts with the active support of the FP&A Director.
Provide value-added business support and insights to other stakeholders to facilitate and influence strategic decision making, notably regarding regular operating expenses and new-to-market product launch process.
Demonstrate logic and creative approach to problem solving while providing insights.
Actively participate in ad-hoc business analyses and requests, such as regular business review presentations building and finance transformation project roll-out, with a particular focus on BI dashboarding and planning tools.
Potentially manage a small team of 1-2 direct reports with leadership and care, participate in the recruitment and development of FP&A analysts.