Sr. Financial Analyst, Innovation and Costing

Nature's Path • Richmond, BC

14h • CA$90,000 - CA$105,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

This role focuses on developing financial models for new product costing, optimizing innovation activities with brand managers and the commercial sales team, and leading financial analysis for innovation and marketing functions. The analyst will also be responsible for developing dashboards and reports to support marketing leaders, performing post-mortem analysis of innovation activities, and contributing to annual operating plans and strategies. Ad-hoc projects and risk mitigation for strategic decision-making are also key components of this position.

Requirements

• Mindset of innovation and continuous improvement
• Bachelor’s degree in business, economics, math, data science or related fields
• Strong commercial finance acumen with proven ability to partner with cross functionals to make a positive impact on business strategy.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, commercial finance and/or consulting
• Experience working in a manufacturing environment supporting inventory and costing
• Proficiency in data management, including preparation, analysis and interpretation of financial information
• Hands-on experience using data/ analytics dashboards (i.e. Power BI, Tableau, etc)
• Strong Excel skills

Nice To Haves

• CPA designation or in the process of obtaining it is preferred, but not required
• experience using promotional management tools will be an asset

Responsibilities

• Developing financial models including new product costing and working with our brand managers and commercial sales team to optimize our innovation activities
• Review and validate assumptions within financial models and business cases ensuring alignment with cross functional partners
• Lead all facets of the innovation and marketing finance functions, including financial analysis of business performance, cost saving opportunities, budgeting, forecasting and strategic decision making support
• Development of dashboards, metrics and reports that support our marketing leaders to drive sustainable profitable growth of our branded portfolio
• Performing post-mortem analysis of innovation activities to identify optimization and improvement opportunities
• Coordinate with the marketing team and the finance leadership in the development of annual operating plans and forecasts
• Contribute and support the formulation of brand/category initiatives and strategies
• Take charge of ad-hoc projects and analysis to evaluate opportunities and mitigate operational risks, for effective strategic decision-making

What This Job Offers

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