Senior Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis

Oxford Properties Group; Toronto; On-site; CAD 72,000 - 108,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford Properties Group in Toronto seeks a Senior Financial Analyst for the Financial Planning & Analysis team. You will support revenue and expense analysis for operating plan, quarterly P&L, and executive financial results.

The role emphasizes partnership with business units, creating detailed forecasts, budgets, variance analysis, and KPI dashboards. Prior experience with Anaplan/Yardi is a plus; CPA/CFA is preferred.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in roles with increasing levels of responsibility.
• University degree and professional accounting designation (CPA, CFA).
• Experience with Anaplan and/or Yardi finance systems.
• Financial Planning & Analysis – Forecasting, budgeting, reporting, variance analysis, and financial insights.
• Stakeholder Communication & Partnership – Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with a proven ability to build trusted partnerships and translate complex financial information into clear, actionable business recommendations.
• Process Improvement & Automation – Driving efficiencies through process optimization, technology, and automation.
• Organization & Problem-Solving – Highly organized and adaptable professional with strong problem-solving skills, initiative, and a collaborative approach to work.

Responsibilities

• Providing financial business partnership support, help teams achieve financial targets, identify risks and opportunities, and provide high-quality financial and other data analysis.
• Preparing financial analysis, including operational performance trends and variance analysis against budget and historical results; identifying operational and strategic implications; and help provide meaningful, actionable insights, advice, recommendations, and key actions to business partners.
• Supporting the preparation of detailed line-item-level and executive summary-level forecast and annual plan outputs.
• Supporting monthly, quarterly, and year-end reporting requirements for actual results.
• Preparing a variety of management presentations and deliverables including budget to actual variance reports, trend analysis, KPI dashboards, etc.
• Contributing to quarterly reporting activities, including PowerPoint packages for corporate heads, the CIO, Oxford's Executive Committee, and OMERS.
• Developing a deep understanding of key business drivers and effectively communicating them to key stakeholders through regular and ad hoc reporting.
• Supporting cost benchmarking against industry peers.
• Supporting the existing activity-based costing process and its further development for key cost drivers across corporate functions and business lines.
• Helping to modify existing and designing new processes to improve operational efficiency, leveraging automation tools and other technology.
• Completing sensitive assignments at the direction of senior leadership.
• Developing strong relationships with business partners and key stakeholders across Oxford.
• Participating in ad hoc initiatives and special projects as needed.

Skills

Anaplan

Yardi

Forecasting

Budgeting

Reporting

Variance analysis

Stakeholder communication

Automation

Education

University degree

CPA

CFA

Tools

Anaplan

Yardi

Job description

Choose a workplace that empowers your impact.

Join a global workplace where employees thrive. One that embraces diversity of thought, expertise and passion. A place where you can personalize your employee journey to be - and deliver - your best.

We are a leading global real estate investor, developer and manager. We combine our capital with our capabilities to create real estate that strengthens economies and communities. By prioritizing people, partnerships and places, we generate meaningful returns for OMERS members, enhance value for our capital partners and create a brighter world for our customers.

Join us to accelerate your growth & development, prioritize wellness, build connections, and support the communities where we live and work.

Don’t just work anywhere - come build tomorrow together with us.

We are looking for a Senior Financial Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis to join our G&A Financial Planning and Analysis team in Toronto. In this role, you will provide financial support for the preparation and analysis of revenue and expense information for the operating plan, quarterly analysis of P&L and Corporate Function Head financial results, and quarterly and annual financial analysis for Oxford's Executive Committee.

You Will Be Responsible For

• Providing financial business partnership support, help teams achieve financial targets, identify risks and opportunities, and provide high-quality financial and other data analysis.
• Preparing financial analysis, including operational performance trends and variance analysis against budget and historical results; identifying operational and strategic implications; and help provide meaningful, actionable insights, advice, recommendations, and key actions to business partners.
• Supporting the preparation of detailed line-item-level and executive summary-level forecast and annual plan outputs.
• Supporting monthly, quarterly, and year-end reporting requirements for actual results.
• Preparing a variety of management presentations and deliverables including budget to actual variance reports, trend analysis, KPI dashboards, etc.
• Contributing to quarterly reporting activities, including PowerPoint packages for corporate heads, the CIO, Oxford's Executive Committee, and OMERS.
• Developing a deep understanding of key business drivers and effectively communicating them to key stakeholders through regular and ad hoc reporting.
• Supporting cost benchmarking against industry peers.
• Supporting the existing activity-based costing process and its further development for key cost drivers across corporate functions and business lines.
• Helping to modify existing and designing new processes to improve operational efficiency, leveraging automation tools and other technology.
• Completing sensitive assignments at the direction of senior leadership.
• Developing strong relationships with business partners and key stakeholders across Oxford.
• Participating in ad hoc initiatives and special projects as needed.

Required Skills & Experience

• Demonstrated experience in roles with increasing levels of responsibility.
• University degree and professional accounting designation (CPA, CFA).
• Experience with Anaplan and/or Yardi finance systems.
• Financial Planning & Analysis – Forecasting, budgeting, reporting, variance analysis, and financial insights.
• Stakeholder Communication & Partnership – Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with a proven ability to build trusted partnerships and translate complex financial information into clear, actionable business recommendations.
• Process Improvement & Automation – Driving efficiencies through process optimization, technology, and automation.
• Organization & Problem-Solving – Highly organized and adaptable professional with strong problem-solving skills, initiative, and a collaborative approach to work, with the ability to effectively manage competing priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical ability; able to clearly link financial results to strategic and operational activities.
• Ability to work with large data sets, glean insights, and present findings in a clear, simple, and concise manner.
• High standards of business and ethical values, including the responsibility to work with confidential information.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Proficiency using Microsoft Copilot and AI tools to support financial analysis, data summarization, presentation development, workflow automation, and effective business communication.
• Expert-level technical skills using Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Real estate knowledge is highly valued.
• A people-first focus with a desire to develop meaningful, positive relationships across all levels of the organization.
• A sense of urgency, optimism, and a desire to deliver excellence.
• A desire to drive debate, speak candidly, and listen empathetically; and
• Strong orientation toward strategy, change, and results.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

The expected salary range for this position is $72,000.00 - $108,000.00 per year.

You may also be eligible to receive an annual Incentive Award pursuant to our Short-term Incentive plan and our Long-Term Incentive plan (if applicable), and to participate in our group benefits and retirement plans – details on these elements of compensation are included within OMERS & Oxford offer letters.

Oxford's purpose is to strengthen economies and communities through real estate.

Our people-first culture is at its best when our workforce reflects the communities where we live and work - and the customers we proudly serve.

From hire to retire, we are an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process that extends all the way through your employee experience. This sense of belonging and connection is cultivated up, down and across our global organization thanks to our vast network of Employee Resource Groups with executive leader sponsorship, our Purpose@Work committee and employee recognition programs.

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are used to support certain stages of the OMERS recruitment process. While AI assists us in our process, human judgment and decision-making remain central to our candidate experience.