Principal Financial Analyst

Open Text Corporation • Waterloo, ON

2d • CA$110,960 - CA$160,960

About The Position

As a key member of the FP&A organization, the person in this role will partner across the org to consolidate, monitor, process and report OPEX and allocations. The ideal candidate has experience in business partnership in order to assist business leaders in making informed operational and investment decisions. The Principal Financial Analyst will draw heavily on their financial modeling and system skills to provide insights to help drive financial decision making that yields maximum, long term value for the business. The ideal candidate is a well-rounded performer who thrives in a fast-paced and demanding environment, embraces a collaborative work style and possesses a clear customer and operations focus, with a passion for business support. If you are a change agent, thought leader, and builder, this is a great role for you!

Requirements

• A track record of good judgment and decision-making in positions with significant responsibility.
• Highly autonomous and able to independently identify high-value projects and drive them to completion.
• Demonstrated leadership capability in cross-functional team environments.
• Having and being able to articulate/defend an informed opinion on important topics.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in a Finance role, preferably in FP&A with Business partnership experience
• Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills at all levels within the company.
• Strong excel, financial and ERP reporting, Power BI, Tableau skills
• Collaborative, able to influence across teams, comfortable dealing with ambiguity.
• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting or Economics.

Nice To Haves

• Technology or Telecommunications industry experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Consolidation, validation, and reporting OPEX and P&L results, includes variance analysis and commentary.
• Drive and maintain allocation of expenses, including process, models and systems
• Recommending actions by analyzing and interpreting financial and operational data. This may include scenario analysis, aggregation of necessary data, development of supporting models, coordination with Business Leaders to determine assumptions, and completion of key metrics, reporting, and benchmarks.
• Gather information and data from various systems, reporting tools, and people. Ability to bring those data points together in a meaningful way to provide granular insight into the various models
• Perform ad-hoc analysis to support various business initiatives and special projects.

Benefits

• thoughtfully designed benefits package that supports your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing
• compensation programs, including variable and commission compensation opportunities for eligible roles
• vacation entitlement
• paid time off

What This Job Offers

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