Senior Analyst, FP&A

Recruiting In Motion - Eastern Ontario; Vaughan; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Recruiting In Motion - Eastern Ontario is seeking a Senior Analyst, FP&A to modernize budgeting, forecasting, reporting and insights. This role blends financial planning with automation, systems thinking and AI tools to deliver actionable business intelligence. It is not a traditional accounting role focused on journal entries.

The successful candidate will build models, create dashboards, and partner with Finance, BI, Operations and IT to implement analytics solutions across the organization.

Qualifications

• University degree in finance, accounting, business or related quantitative discipline.
• 3–5 years FP&A or hybrid finance/systems experience.
• Strong financial modelling, budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Proficiency with Power BI, including dashboards, reports and data models.
• Working experience with SQL.
• Experience contributing to finance automation, reporting or transformation projects.
• Practical exposure to AI or LLM-based tools applied to finance, reporting or analytics.
• Genuine interest in learning and applying new technologies.
• CPA designation is an asset but not required.

Responsibilities

• Develop financial models for budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis and long-term planning
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and ad hoc financial and operational reports
• Analyze revenue, expenses, profitability, cash flow and working capital trends
• Replace manual Excel-based reporting with dashboards, applications and automated workflows
• Improve multi-entity consolidation and reporting processes
• Apply AI tools to financial analysis, variance commentary and management reporting
• Support pricing, contract evaluations and strategic business initiatives
• Partner with Finance, BI, Operations and IT to develop analytical and reporting solutions
• Evaluate new systems and tools that support the Finance automation roadmap
• Document new processes and train Finance team members on new tools

Skills

FP&A experience

Financial modelling

Budgeting

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Willingness to learn

AI tools exposure

CPA asset (not required)

Education

University degree in finance or related

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Power Automate

Power Query

Python

Databricks

Dynamics GP

AI tools

Job description

About Our Client

Our client is looking for a Senior Analyst, FP&A to help modernize how its Finance team plans, reports and delivers business insights. This position combines financial planning and analysis with automation, systems thinking and the practical use of AI tools. It is best suited to someone with a strong finance foundation who enjoys improving processes, building reporting solutions and finding better ways to work. This is not a traditional accounting role focused primarily on journal entries and month-end activities.

Responsibilities

• Develop financial models for budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis and long-term planning
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and ad hoc financial and operational reports
• Analyze revenue, expenses, profitability, cash flow and working capital trends
• Replace manual Excel-based reporting with dashboards, applications and automated workflows
• Improve multi-entity consolidation and reporting processes
• Apply AI tools to financial analysis, variance commentary and management reporting
• Support pricing, contract evaluations and strategic business initiatives
• Partner with Finance, BI, Operations and IT to develop analytical and reporting solutions
• Evaluate new systems and tools that support the Finance automation roadmap
• Document new processes and train Finance team members on new tools

Qualifications

• University degree in finance, accounting, business or a related quantitative discipline
• 3 - 5 years of FP&A, financial analysis or hybrid finance/systems experience
• Strong financial modelling, budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis skills
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Proficiency with Power BI, including dashboards, reports and data models
• Working experience with SQL
• Experience contributing to finance automation, reporting or transformation projects
• Practical exposure to AI or LLM-based tools applied to finance, reporting or analytics
• Genuine interest in learning and applying new technologies
• CPA designation is an asset but not required
• Power Automate, Power Query, Python, Databricks or Dynamics GP experience is an asset

AI may be used to support certain administrative aspects of our recruitment process. However, all applications and resumes are reviewed by qualified human reviewers, and all screening and hiring decisions are made solely by the hiring team. The posted salary range reflects expected compensation for this role in accordance with Ontario pay transparency requirements. Actual compensation will be determined based on the successful candidate’s experience, skills, and qualifications and may fall anywhere within the range.