Senior Financial Analyst

Loblaw Companies Limited•Brampton, ON

24d•Onsite

About The Position

Loblaw Companies Ltd. is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst (SFA) to support the operations of the SuperMarket Corporate Banners. This is a full-time role based out of their Brampton Head Office. The role focuses on forecasting, budgeting, and analysis, as well as reporting key operational metrics to facilitate insightful and accurate business decision-making. The SFA will manage periodic forecasts, build annual budgets, prepare quarterly and periodic latest estimates for multiple P&L lines across various banners, and analyze financial results to explain major variances. The position also involves preparing period-end journal entries, consolidating complex information into easy-to-understand reports, and acting as a business partner to management and stakeholders by providing financial insights and supporting the annual forecasting/budgeting cycle. The SFA will liaise with other functional areas for cross-functional analyses and data accumulation, and prepare ad hoc analyses to support overall department objectives and initiatives.

Requirements

Bachelor degree or greater (e.g. Business, Accounting, Economics, Commerce, etc.)
Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation, or working towards the designation
Strong working knowledge of Microsoft office applications - Excel, Powerpoint, Power BI
Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills through previous experience in financial analysis
Ability to interpret and draw conclusions from financial information
Demonstrated ability to collaborate with other departments and build strong working relationships
Creative problem-solver with a strong work ethic and attention to detail and accuracy.
Superior analytical skills with the ability to provide accurate forecasts and business insights
Exceptional interpersonal skills in order to effectively source information, obtain approvals, build relationships, and provide sufficient influence to achieve success.

Nice To Haves

3-5 years previous work experience within Finance would be an asset
Prior work experience with large ERP systems such as SAP would be an asset
Knowledge of and ability to interpret and write SQL code for Teradata and other cloud-based applications an asset
Experience with innovative reporting solutions including Power Bi, Python and Microstrategy an asset

Responsibilities

Manage the build and tracking of periodic forecasts for the SuperMarket Corporate Banners.
Build annual budgets; Prepare quarterly and periodic latest estimates (LE) for multiple P&L lines for multiple banners.
Analysis of financial results and provide explanations on major variances to budget/LE
Preparation of period end journal entries to support the period end close process
Consolidate large amounts of complex information into simple and easy to understand reports.
Acts as a business partner to management and other stakeholders providing insight into key financial decisions and to support the annual forecasting / budgeting cycle.
Take large amounts of complex information from multiple sources and produce simple and easy-to-understand explanations of business results to our business partners.
Liaise with other functional areas within the organization to co-ordinate cross-functional analyses and data accumulation.
Preparation of ad hoc analysis to support overall department objectives and initiatives.