Manufacturing FP&A Analyst: Forecasting & Insights

lush; Toronto; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Lush North America is seeking an Intermediate Financial Analyst to join our FP&A team and partner closely with Manufacturing Finance, Supply Chain, Purchasing, and other groups across the business. You will help stakeholders understand what is happening behind the numbers, what is driving performance, and where opportunities or risks may exist.

This hands-on role combines financial analysis, forecasting, cost accounting, and business partnering.

Qualifications

• 3 years of hands-on experience in a Manufacturing - Finance setting.

Responsibilities

• Financial business partner to Manufacturing Finance, Supply Chain, S&A teams, providing quality, relevant, and timely financial support to the stream and the organization
• Be a storyteller, turning data into easily understood trends and impacts that can be actioned by the business
• Perform month-end variance analysis and operational reviews for Supply Chain departments, including Purchases and Inventory, providing insights on financial performance and key underlying drivers, changes against the plan, and upcoming opportunities and risks
• Review performance of Inventory, identifying appropriate targets as well as reducing inefficiencies in slow moving or obsolete inventory
• Provide support, insights, and analysis to the Sales and Operations Planning (SOP) process
• Responsible for monthly financial forecasting and annual budgeting processes, including the development, maintenance, and ongoing improvement of forecasting models to ensure accurate financial plans
• Review metrics and KPIs to educate the business on how those metrics drive financial improvements
• Support the development and improvement of centralized tools and dashboards for business users to clearly understand performance
• Work with stakeholders to provide decision support, ROI analysis on projects and initiatives
• Improve finance knowledge across the business by communicating financial concepts clearly
• Proactively seek opportunities to improve accuracy and efficiency of processes and deliverables
• Provide ad-hoc analysis, modelling, and presentation materials as required

Skills

Financial analysis

Forecasting

Variance analysis

KPI dashboards

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree (Accounting/Commerce/Business Administration)

Tools

Excel

ERP systems

Job description

Lush North America is seeking an Intermediate Financial Analyst to join our FP&A team and partner closely with Manufacturing Finance, Supply Chain, Purchasing, and other groups across the business. You will help stakeholders understand what is happening behind the numbers, what is driving performance, and where opportunities or risks may exist.

This hands-on role combines financial analysis, forecasting, cost accounting, and business partnering.