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About The Position

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.

Benefits

• health and well-being benefits
• savings and retirement programs
• paid time off
• banking benefits and discounts
• career development
• reward and recognition programs