Senior Financial Analyst

Dexian; Pickering; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Dexian is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to drive FP&A in a manufacturing environment. You will work with Controlling, sales, and operations to deliver high-impact insights, dashboards, and robust financial controls.

You will lead budgeting, forecasting, and automation initiatives, translating complex data into actionable guidance for senior leadership. Strong SAP and BI skills, plus exceptional communication, are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years FP&A experience in manufacturing or related sector.
• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, or related field.
• Strong communication skills and ability to translate data for non-finance audiences.
• Hands-on SAP FI/CO experience; able to run queries and extract data.
• Advanced Excel and proficiency with BI tools (Power BI/Tableau).

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasts, budgets, and long-range plans.
• Build dashboards and reporting packs for senior stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Controlling to set benchmarks, budgets, and monitoring standards.
• Support budgeting aligned with revenue projections and cost control.
• Lead automation across finance workflows and data reconciliation.
• Partner with sales on pricing decisions and customer profitability analysis.
• Develop financial models for capex, business cases, and strategic initiatives.

Skills

FP&A

Budgeting

Forecasting

Data analysis

Communication

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting or related field

CPA (part-qualified) advantageous

Tools

SAP FI/CO

Power BI

Tableau

Excel (Advanced)

Job description

As a Senior Financial Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in driving the Finance function within our manufacturing environment. Working independently and in close partnership with the Controlling team, sales, operations, and leadership, you will own high-visibility deliverables and lead process-improvement and automation initiatives that make the finance function faster, smarter, and more impactful.

Objectives of This Role

• Deliver comprehensive financial insights to senior management by evaluating, analyzing, and reporting financial data.
• Guide financial decision-making by applying company policies and procedures to current economic and commercial conditions.
• Design, implement, and maintain robust financial controls, dashboards, and reporting standards.
• Meet budgeting and forecasting objectives through effective scheduling, analysis, and corrective action.
• Lead automation and continuous improvement efforts across finance workflows.

What We Are Looking For

• A process-improvement mindset — always looking for a smarter, faster way to get things done.
• A clear communicator who can translate financial data into actionable insight for non-finance audiences.
• Strong attention to detail balanced with the ability to see the bigger picture.
• A self-starter who takes ownership of deliverables and manages their time effectively.
• A collaborative team player who builds trust with cross-functional partners in sales, operations, and leadership.

Your Tasks

• Assist in the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial forecasts, budgets, and long-range plans.
• Design, build, and maintain management dashboards and reporting packs that deliver clear performance insights to senior stakeholders.
• Collaborate with the Controlling team to establish financial and operational benchmarks, budgets, program monitoring, and reporting standards on a biweekly, monthly, and annual basis.
• Play a significant role in the formulation of company budgets, ensuring expenses align with projected revenue.

Month-End Close & Controls

• Manage the month-end close process, including creating accruals, posting journal entries, and preparing balance sheet and P&L working papers.
• Ensure internal safeguards for revenue, costs, and both team and organizational budgets and actual expenditures.
• Develop and enforce internal controls to optimize the protection of company assets, policies, procedures, and workflows.
• Assist in month-end close activities including accruals, reforecasting, and commentary preparation.

Process Improvement & Automation

• Identify and lead automation opportunities across finance workflows, including reporting, data extraction, and reconciliation tasks.
• Extract, transform, and analyze data from SAP to support month-end closing, variance reporting, and ad hoc business requests.
• Implement cost control measures and optimize financial processes to enhance overall efficiency and profitability.
• Support ad hoc financial analysis and special projects as directed by the Head of Finance.

Commercial & Business Partnering

• Partner with sales and commercial teams to support pricing decisions, deal structuring, customer profitability analysis, and revenue forecasting.
• Analyze manufacturing cost drivers, including material, labor, and overhead, and communicate findings clearly to non-finance audiences.
• Build and maintain financial models to support business cases, capex requests, and strategic initiatives.

What You Will Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, or a similar analytical role, ideally within a manufacturing environment.
• Hands-on experience with SAP (FI/CO modules preferred); ability to run queries and extract data independently.
• Advanced proficiency in MS Excel.
• Proficiency in dashboard and BI tools such as Power BI or Tableau
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with keen attention to detail.
• Demonstrated knowledge of financial regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across multiple teams and departments.
• Part-qualified or fully qualified CPA is an advantage, though not required.

Dexian stands at the forefront of Talent + Technology solutions with a presence spanning more than 70 locations worldwide and a team exceeding 10,000 professionals. As one of the largest technology and professional staffing companies and one of the largest minority-owned staffing companies in the United States, Dexian combines over 30 years of industry expertise with cutting-edge technologies to deliver comprehensive global services and support.

Dexian connects the right talent and the right technology with the right organizations to deliver trajectory‑changing results that help everyone achieve their ambitions and goals. To learn more, please visit https://dexian.com/.

Dexian is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.