Financial Analyst - Operations

Caldic; Mississauga; Ibrido; CAD 80.000 - 110.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Global opportunities

Inclusive environment

Career growth

Descrizione del lavoro

The Operations Finance Analyst at Caldic partners with manufacturing, warehousing, procurement, logistics, and finance teams to deliver financial insights and actionable recommendations that drive profitability and operational efficiency.

You will analyze KPIs, support budgeting and forecasting, monitor costs, and prepare monthly performance reports, translating complex data into clear business guidance for operational leaders.

Competenze

• 3-5 years of experience in Financial Planning & Analysis, Operations Finance, Cost Accounting, or a related analytical role.
• Experience supporting manufacturing, supply chain, distribution and operational environments required.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Proficient in preparing and presenting PowerPoint presentations to senior leadership

Mansioni

• Operational Performance Analysis: Analyze metrics including productivity, labor efficiency, inventory management, capacity utilization and service levels.
• Identify trends, risks, and opportunities impacting operational performance.
• Partner with operations leaders to develop corrective action plans for performance gaps.
• Provide financial insights that support improvements in productivity, service, cost, and profitability.
• Cost Management: Monitor manufacturing, warehousing, logistics and other operational expenses.
• Support cost reduction and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Analyze labor, material, freight, inventory, and overhead costs to enable improved overhead planning.
• Evaluate business cases and ROI for operational improvement projects.
• Reporting & Business Partnering: Prepare monthly management reports, dashboards, and performance reviews.
• Translate complex financial information into clear business insights for non-financial stakeholders.
• Collaborate with operational leaders to improve financial understanding and accountability.
• Support standard costing, cost allocation, and overhead analysis where applicable.
• Support ad hoc analysis and financial operational know how trainings for ops leaders.
• Track cost-saving initiatives and validate realized financial benefits.

Conoscenze

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Communication

Independent working

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field

CPA or progress toward designation

Strumenti

PowerPoint

Excel

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Job Title: Financial Analyst - Operations

Work Arrangement: Hybrid

About the Role

The Operations Finance Analyst partners with operations and business leaders to provide financial analysis, performance insights, and decision support that drive operational efficiency and profitability. This role is responsible for analyzing operational KPIs, evaluate business performance, identify opportunities to improve profitability and/or operational efficiency.

The successful candidate combines strong financial acumen with operational understanding and is comfortable working cross-functionally with manufacturing, warehousing, procurement, logistics and finance teams. In addition, the success candidate will also translate complex data into clear, actionable business insights. Other key success factors include:

• Business partnership and stakeholder management.
• Ability to communicate financial concepts to operational audiences.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.

Key Responsibilities

Operational Performance Analysis

• Analyze operational metrics including productivity, labor efficiency, inventory management, capacity utilization and service levels.
• Identify trends, risks, and opportunities impacting operational performance.
• Partner with operations leaders to develop corrective action plans for performance gaps.
• Provide financial insights that support improvements in productivity, service, cost, and profitability.

Cost Management

• Monitor manufacturing, warehousing, logistics, and other operational expenses.
• Support cost reduction and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Analyze labor, material, freight, inventory, and overhead costs to enable improved overhead planning.
• Evaluate business cases and ROI for operational improvement projects.

Reporting & Business Partnering

• Prepare monthly management reports, dashboards, and performance reviews.
• Translate complex financial information into clear business insights for non-financial stakeholders.
• Collaborate with operational leaders to improve financial understanding and accountability.
• Support standard costing, cost allocation, and overhead analysis where applicable.
• Support ad hoc analysis and financial operational know how trainings for ops leaders.
• Track cost-saving initiatives and validate realized financial benefits.

Skills

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
• CPA or progress toward a professional designation (CPA/CMA/CGA) is considered an asset.

Experience

• 3-5 years of experience in Financial Planning & Analysis, Operations Finance, Cost Accounting, or a related analytical role.
• Experience supporting manufacturing, supply chain, distribution and operational environments required
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Proficient in preparing and presenting PowerPoint presentations to senior leadership

About Caldic

At Caldic, we’re a global leader in distribution solutions, serving diverse markets across the world. Joining us means becoming part of an entrepreneurial, collaborative, and innovation-driven team.

We offer:

• Global opportunities with rapid career growth and development
• An inclusive, diverse, and dynamic work environment
• The chance to shape the future of specialty ingredient solutions across industries like food, pharma, personal care, and more

We operate in 43 countries around the world. Our innovative solutions are tailored to meet the needs of industries such as food, pharma, personal care, and industrial markets, ensuring sustainable success for all stakeholders. To learn more, visit: www.caldic.com

Equal Opportunity Employer

Caldic celebrates diversity and is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, or any other characteristic.

Accommodations are available upon request for any candidate and/ or employee.