Manager, Financial Analysis – 3 Month Term - Remote Position

Curtiss-Wright; Ottawa; Remote; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense and aerospace company in Ottawa is seeking a Manager of Financial Analysis for a 3-month remote position. Responsibilities include budgeting, forecasting, and financial modeling to support decision making. The ideal candidate has over 7 years of experience, strong analytical skills, and is proficient in Microsoft Excel and ERP systems. This role requires excellent communication and a proactive attitude towards continuous improvement.

Benefits

Paid Time Off

RRSP with Employer Match

Health and Wellness Benefits

Learning and Development Opportunities

Competitive Pay

Referral Program

Recognition

Qualifications

• 7+ years of related experience, preferably in a publicly traded company.
• Must be able to work effectively as part of a team.
• Experience with integrated ERP systems and financial analysis.

Responsibilities

• Manage the financial planning process including budgets and forecasts.
• Monitor financial performance and present findings to leadership.
• Support the Accounting team during reporting cycles.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Strong financial modelling skills

Excellent analytical skills

Ability to work with cross-functional teams

Ability to quickly adapt to change

Education

Post secondary diploma/degree in Accounting and/or Business

MBA and/or CPA

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

SAP

SAP BPC

Job description

Manager, Financial Analysis – 3 Month Term - Remote Position

Reporting into the Group Controller, the Manager, Financial Analysis will be responsible for advancing the company’s internal reporting and financial planning and forecasting function. The position is responsible for budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling and analysis as well as supporting business partners across departments to drive good decision making through sound financial judgment. This is a hands on, roll up your sleeves type position in a rapidly changing environment.

We Take Care of Our People

• Paid Time Off
• RRSP with Employer Match
• Health and Wellness Benefits
• Learning and Development Opportunities
• Competitive Pay
• Referral Program
• Recognition

Your Challenge :

• Managing the financial planning process, including but not limited to budgets, forecasts and annual operating plans.
• Supporting full budget cycle including budget to actual variance analysis, monthly forecasting and regular financial model building, while managing timelines to meet requirements set by the business leads.
• Monitoring financial performance and key performance indicators (KPI’s), identifying and highlighting trends and presenting findings / recommendations to the Senior Controller and the leadership team.
• Working through large data sets using Microsoft Excel and other data tools to understand key business and industry trends and recommend necessary action.
• Preparing financial reports for Senior Leadership Team and cost center managers.
• Developing scenario analyses to support decision making.
• Supporting the Accounting team during monthly, quarterly and annual reporting cycles including but not limited to review of financial statements, providing commentary and reporting to Corporate office and site leadership.
• Assisting in due diligence of new opportunities including return on investment and net present value analyses.

What You Bring :

• Post secondary diploma / degree from a college or university in Accounting and / or Business.
• MBA and / or CPA strongly preferred.
• 7+ years of related experience preferably in a publicly traded company, multi-national organization or an accounting firm.
• Excellent Microsoft Excel and strong financial modelling skills.
• Must be able to work with PowerPoint.
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written).
• Able to work effectively as part of a team, ability to work with cross-functional teams and to train staff to follow procedures and use system tools.
• Excellent analytical skills to collect data, understand significance, explain issues, and recommend solutions.
• Ability to work with integrated ERP systems / consolidation tools preferably SAP and SAP BPC.
• Must be able to quickly adapt and learn new tasks independently in a rapidly changing environment.
• Naturally curious; if something seems out of the norm you want to roll up your sleeves and figure out what’s going on.
• Ability to embrace change with enthusiasm for continuous improvement.

Who We Are

At our world-class manufacturing and design facility in Ottawa, Ontario, we manufacture rugged products optimized for high-mix, high quality and small batch sizes typical of military requirements. Equipped with the latest assembly, cleaning, coating and inspection equipment, our operations are AS9100 and ISO-9001 certified and we comply with the highest standards of workmanship defined by IPC and J-STD specifications. All materials and processes are controlled by our enterprise-wide SAP and MES systems which offer full component traceability to individual products by serial number.