Senior Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis (12-month contract)

OMERS; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pension plan in Canada is looking for a Senior Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis to join their Corporate Financial Planning team. This role emphasizes financial analytical support and responsibilities like preparing management reports and analyzing financial results. Candidates should have a recognized accounting designation and strong communication skills. The position involves a collaborative environment with a minimum of 4 days in the office, reflecting the organization’s commitment to its employees and members.

Benefits

Employee Resource Groups

Diversity and Inclusion initiatives

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of related working experience.
• Experience in a role with financial responsibilities.
• Self-starter able to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial advisory and support to Senior Management.
• Prepare management reports and perform variance analysis.
• Analyze expense data and coordinate reporting processes.

Skills

Communication skills

Analytical ability

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Team player attitude

Education

University degree plus accounting designation (CPA, CA, or CMA)

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

PowerBI

Anaplan

Oracle finance systems

Job description

Choose a workplace that empowers your impact.

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

We are a purpose-driven, dynamic and sustainable pension plan. An industry leading global investor with teams in Toronto to London, New York, Singapore, Sydney and other major cities across North America and Europe. We embody the values of our 600,000+ members, placing their best interests at the heart of everything we do.

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.

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The Senior Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis position will be a key member of the Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis team, taking a lead role in preparation and analysis of information for the annual operating plan, monthly analysis of business partner financial results, and support for quarterly/annual financial analysis to the Audit and Actuarial Committee of the OMERS Board.

We believe that time together in the office is important for OMERS and Oxford, the strength of our employees, and the work we do for our pension members. Our hybrid work guideline requires teams to come to the office a minimum of 4 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Senior Management and provide financial advisory and support to help achieve financial targets, identify risks & opportunities, and provide high quality performance measurement analysis
• Provide financial analysis including operational performance trends, variance analysis against operating plan and historical results, identify operational and strategic implications, and help to provide meaningful, actionable insights, advice, recommendations and key actions to business stakeholders
• Prepare a variety of management reports including reports to support Board subcommittee presentations, trend analysis, financial analysis & modeling to OMERS Senior Management
• Analyze expense data for technology and investment programs pertaining to short and long-term forecasts. This includes performing a review function of expenses recorded to ensure they are accurate, properly accounted for and authorized, and adhere to policy guidelines
• Coordinate the monthly, quarterly and annual reporting process with other employees in Financial Services and business units
• Work closely with business partners to finalize plan requests, analyze plan submissions for trends and communicate findings back to Management
• Complete sensitive assignments at the direction of the Director or Vice President within tight time frames and with minimal supervision
• Participate in ad hoc assignments and special projects as required

To succeed in this role, you have

• Minimum 2-3 years of related working experience in progressively responsible positions
• University degree plus an accounting designation (CPA, CA, or CMA)
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal), excellent interpersonal skills and proven ability to build trusting relationships
• Ability to create as well as deliver effective and high-quality presentations
• Strong analytical ability; able to clearly link financial results to strategic and operational activities
• Expert level skills using Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Demonstrated technical accounting skills and business acumen
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment with numerous competing priorities and reporting deadlines
• Self-starter able to work independently with minimal supervision
• Strong team player with a positive attitude, willingness to help colleagues and “go the extra mile”
• Experience with PowerBI, Anaplan and/or Oracle finance systems is an asset

As one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, our people-first culture is at its best when our workforce reflects the communities where we live and work — and the members 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.