Senior Analyst FP&A

Parkland Corporation•Calgary, AB

About The Position

Reporting to the Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis, this role is a key member of the Supply and Trading Team. The Senior Financial Analyst will be responsible for supporting and improving financial planning, budgeting and forecasting activities, coordinating with other Finance and Operations Teams to prepare robust plans, supporting analysis, while ensuring all key timelines are met and continually driving for improved forecast accuracy. They will also work closely with the various divisional teams, to gain a deep understanding of their business and information needs to provide more insightful management reporting and financial analysis to support their decision-making.

Requirements

7+ years of relevant, progressive experience in a financial or business analyst role.
Strong knowledge of Oracle EPM, Power BI, Thinkcell, SAP, JDE and Great Plains considered an asset.
Advanced financial modelling, Excel and PowerPoint skills including the ability to manipulate large volumes of data and extract value-added information from multiple databases.
Ability to develop relationships across departments and cultivate a collaborative approach to decision-making.
High attention to detail to ensure accuracy of information, strong organizational skills.
Keen interest in understanding the key business drivers of the Divisions and challenging pre-conceived interpretations of the impact of operational events and decisions on the financial results.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate analysis into meaningful insights and recommendations.
Excellent critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills including the ability to think outside of the box, deal with ambiguity, exercise good judgement and challenge information.
Demonstrated ability to improve processes, work collaboratively and embrace new ways of doing things.
Highly motivated and energetic self-starter with a demonstrated ability to multi-task and thrive in a fast-paced and continually evolving work environment.
Results-oriented work style with a strong commitment to ensuring deadlines are achieved.
Candidates must be legally eligible to work in the country in which they applied. Regrettably, we are unable to sponsor employment visas at this time.
Final candidates will be required to undergo a confidential pre-employment background check, including but not limited to educational, criminal, credit, drug and alcohol, and/or fitness for duty testing.

Nice To Haves

Professional accounting designation (CPA, FPAC, CFA) strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Develop and prepare enhanced management reporting, analysis and key metrics to provide more transparency and insight into divisional performance for our various stakeholder groups (Supply & Trading Leadership Team, Operations teams, Corporate FP&A), with a focus on interpreting and explaining the numbers and metrics from a business perspective
Collaborate with Controllership and Front Office teams to developing their respective forecasts and scenario analysis
Support reporting package(s) with executive-level explanations of operational results, business/market trends and recommendation(s) to manage material variances
Prepare/support with business reviews
Prepare consolidated monthly reporting and associated commentary
Develop and prepare supplemental reporting to track progress of key initiatives
Collaborate with Controllership and Front Office teams to developing their annual budget
Assist in developing a detailed presentation of budget assumptions, key business drivers and variances to relevant periods for the Senior Leadership Team
Support consolidation and presentation of financial plans.
Prepare/Support all financial planning activities for the Supply and Trading teams, working closely with the Finance, Operations and Corporate teams to manage timelines, gather and review inputs, the annual budget and the rolling monthly forecast, including EBITDA, Net Earnings, and Working Capital.
Pro-actively work with the Controlling and Operations teams to better understand their business and key performance drivers to develop more robust planning processes.
Prepare lookbacks to measure forecast accuracy and understand all variances from plan (both controllable and uncontrollable) to improve predictability.
Identify opportunities to revamp and streamline processes to support effective, efficient, and consistent methodologies across teams.
Develop/update various forward-looking reports and analysis to improve ease of review for various stakeholders, provide more insight and ensure consistency across the division.
Model business and “what if” scenarios and prepare other analyses to support the business in evaluating and recommending alternatives and action plans to improve and optimize business performance (e.g. capital investments, inventory optimization).
Collaborate with the Controlling and Operations teams in solving adhoc issues that arise by providing financial analysis and insights to support decision-making.
Support business development activities and the integration of acquisitions.
Development of standardized models / templates to be used across divisions when preparing monthly reviews, capital expenditure requests, and providing guidance on various presentations.
Assist in special project analysis to be presented to various levels of leadership.
Proactively identify Continuous Improvement opportunities to optimize reporting, resolve finance defects and improve, scale, or simplify finance tools across teams and divisions.
Performing external benchmarking analysis.