Senior Finance Analyst

TD•Toronto, ON

1d•CA$81,600 - CA$115,200•Hybrid

About The Position

The Enterprise Project Finance Team provides end-to-end project financial support including development of business case financials, facilitating project planning and forecasting, providing insightful reporting and analysis, reviewing and challenging large projects, maintaining relevant policies, methodology, tools, and training. The team also provides thought leadership on enterprise-wide expense management and project prioritization for the bank, ensuring investment in the right things at right time to drive shareholder value. The team is focused on producing high-quality results within a positive work environment, with a strong emphasis on career development. Reporting to the Senior Relationship Manager, Enterprise Project Finance, the role of Senior Finance Analyst is to provide end-to-end project financial support to the assigned project portfolio including: Development of business case financials; reviewing and challenging large projects; monthly review of actual and forecasts against plan Facilitating project planning activities and support of month-end reporting for the portfolio Providing insightful reporting and analysis and reviewing and challenging projects Relationship management for the segment inclusive of the Business, Technology, Transformation / Change, as well as Segment Finance partners Compliance with bank's project governance and accounting policies.

Requirements

Skilled in financial planning, analytics, and project costing / business cases.
Ability to prepare clear and concise analysis/reporting to supports decision making.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to lead, influence, negotiate and take decisions.
Strong relationship building skills.
Enjoys working in a team environment fostering positive experiences.
Self-motivated and able to work independently in a relatively unstructured environment while meeting deadlines.
Understanding of accounting guidelines and rules, including project accounting.
Strong business acumen with a “value-added” mindset - ability to consolidate information into meaningful analysis, providing clear / concise analysis and recommended actions.
Proven ability to lead process improvements that enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
Organizational awareness and the ability to balance the viewpoints of Finance, Business Units and Project Management Offices.
4+ years of Finance/Project Portfolio/ Management Reporting experience providing support to a project intensive organization.
Experience performing project costing or business casing.
Excellent MS Excel/MS PowerPoint/MS Word skills

Nice To Haves

Understanding of Agile, PDLC and Project Management practices would be an asset.
Experience using Financial and Project Management systems (i.e., Clarity, Hyperion).
Accounting / Finance designation or working towards a designation (CPA/CGA/MBA/CFA) would be an asset.
Copilot knowledge would be an asset.

Responsibilities

Perform the role of financial controller to the assigned portfolio(s).
Work with business sponsors, project managers and segment finance to develop and review business case financials.
Provide financial expertise and oversight to ensure financial and accounting standards are followed and properly reflected in the business cases.
Manage financial aspects of project tracking and reporting for the assigned portfolio, ensuring alignment to monthly/annual fiscal budget.
Assigned projects will generally be larger, complex (i.e., multi-delivery, multi-year, cross-funded, split-funded, etc.), and require close coordination with partners on costs / associated benefits.
Deliver financial / strategic analysis & insights for senior executive/management teams, transforming data received from various financial sources into meaningful and actionable recommendations.
Support month-end close activities, including variance analysis and issue resolution in partnership with Finance Operations.
Provide input to Technology and Segment finance teams for monthly reporting, quarterly forecasting, and annual planning.
Participate in the annual portfolio planning and financial forecast cycles.
Develop strong relationship with key stakeholders (Segment Finance Partners, TS, Operations, Shared Services, PDG, Business Management, Governance, etc.)
Provide thought leadership and drive change by improving governance & processes and building strong relationships with key business partners.
Promote a positive work environment that encourages productivity, innovation, creativity, teamwork, and delivering meaningful advice which adds value to the overall decision making.
Act as subject matter expert on processes and controls around project authorizations, business cases, FPT and tracking of the financial impact of projects.