Financial Analyst

Canadian Blood Services; Ontario; Hybrid; CAD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A health services organization is seeking a Temporary full-time Financial Analyst to join the Financial Planning and Analysis Team in Ontario. The role offers a hybrid work environment and entails providing strategic financial analysis services to support business objectives, including budgeting and management reporting. The ideal candidate has a CPA designation, relevant experience, and strong analytical skills.

Benefits

Payment in lieu for benefits and vacation

Annual performance award up to 6%

Defined benefit pension plan

Employee discounts

Wellness program

Qualifications

• Has a Canadian CPA designation, or comparable accounting/finance designation.
• Minimum 5 years relevant experience.
• Understanding and experience in the use of SAP required.
• Proficiency in financial accounting and management accounting modules is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to business leaders on budgeting, reporting, and forecasting processes.
• Highlight main impacts and drivers of deviations in variance analysis.
• Manage day-to-day financial activities ensuring compliance with established guidelines.
• Identify and maintain financial and non-financial key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Deliver financial reports and special analysis as required.

Skills

Canadian CPA designation

5+ years relevant experience

SAP proficiency

Interpersonal skills

Analytical skills

Education

Equivalent accounting or finance designation

Tools

SAP

IBM Analytics

Job description

Overview

This role will work in a hybrid environment. The successful candidate must be located near a Canadian Blood Services site and will be working a mixture of on-site and off-site work based on the parameters for our operations to meet the needs of our donors, our staff and our communities. Currently, employees are expected to have an in-person presence for at least 40% of their work time. This requirement may vary depending upon circumstances.

About the role

Canadian Blood Services is looking for a Temporary full-time, Financial Analyst, to join our Financial Planning and Analysis Team in Brampton or Ottawa, ON. In this role, you will provide strategic input into operational issues and will be accountable for the delivery of financial planning and analysis services, such as budgeting, management reporting, general financial support and forecasting that support the achievement of business objectives. You will support the achievement of broad business goals by being the point person for financial analysis needs of the business, including cost/operational analysis for current and future state.

Responsibilities (Formula for Success)

• Utilizing your expertise as a financial business partner, provide support to business leaders on all aspects of budgeting, reporting, and forecasting processes for current and future organizational objectives.
• Relying on your proficiency in variance analysis, highlight the main impacts and drivers of deviations and providing option analysis as well as executing various costing models and analysis.
• Using your financial acumen and expertise, manage the day-to-day financial activities to ensure compliance with established guidelines, processes, and identify cost saving opportunities.
• Leveraging your process improvement analysis expertise, play a key role to identify, establish, and maintain financial and non-financial key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Drawing on your superior Financial reporting knowledge, execute and deliver reports and special analysis as required and provide financial and business administrative services required by business unit leaders.
• Using your collaborative skills, coach and improve the financial acumen and decision-making of the people you support.

Desired Education and Skills

• Has a Canadian CPA designation, or has a comparable accounting or finance designation, or has certification and equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5 years relevant experience.
• Understanding and experience in the use of SAP, or an equivalent ERP is required.
• Proficiency in FI - Financial Accounting, CO - Management Accounting and Controlling, MM - Materials Management, WM - Warehouse Management SAP Module (or an equivalent ERP application) is beneficial.
• Experience in IBM Analytics is beneficial.
• Experience in a large not-for-profit or health care organization is beneficial.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills; client-focused thinking with the ability to develop trust and relationship at all levels and to become integrated into strategy and decision making of the business unit.
• Strong analytical skills including relating operational and financial data, summarizing and presenting complex information and highlight salient points in insightful ways to drive business decisions.

An equivalent combination of education, training and experience may be considered.

What we offer

• Payment in lieu for benefits and vacation
• Annual performance award up to 6%
• Defined benefit pension plan
• Employee discounts, wellness program, professional resource

What you can expect

• This role will work in a hybrid environment with requirements to be onsite at Canadian Blood Services location at least 40% of the time/2 days of the week.
• Occasional travel within Canada may be required

Diversity and inclusion play a vital role in ensuring health equity for patients across Canada. We are committed to reflecting Canada's population in our organization and fostering an environment where all employees can be their authentic selves, with equal opportunities to succeed and contribute.

If this role resonates with you, we encourage you to apply by providing your up-to-date resume. This could be your first step towards a meaningful and inspiring career. Come to work each day knowing that you save lives.

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