Senior Financial Analyst

Canadian Tire Corporation; Toronto; On-site; CAD 64,000 - 106,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits and retirement

Performance incentives

Continuing Education Programs

Career growth opportunities

Product discounts

Job summary

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (CTC) is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst for its Corporate Planning Group in Toronto. You will support IFRS consolidation, profitability analysis, and executive reporting, delivering clear narratives to leadership.

This role emphasizes data integrity, storytelling, and cross‑functional collaboration with FP&A, Treasury, HR, and Corporate Accounting. The ideal candidate has 3–5 years of finance experience, strong Excel skills, and proficiency with Hyperion

Qualifications

• University degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Professional accounting designation (CPA, CA, CMA, CGA, CFA) either obtained or pursuing.
• 3–5 years of progressive finance experience with solid understanding of P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow statements; Big 4 audit asset.

Responsibilities

• Lead monthly/quarterly performance reports for senior management and the Board.
• Craft narratives that translate financial data into actionable insights.

Skills

Accounting knowledge

IFRS consolidation

Advanced Excel

Power BI

Intercompany eliminations

Data modeling

Process improvement

Executive storytelling

Attention to detail

Collaboration

Problem solving

Self-starter

Team player

Education

University degree in Accounting or Finance

CPA/CA/CMA/CGA/CFA designation

Tools

Hyperion Financial Management

PeopleSoft

AI tools

Power BI

Job description

What you’ll do

Our Finance team plays a critical role in helping Canadian Tire Corporation stay competitive in a dynamic retail environment by delivering accurate, timely, and high‑quality financial planning, reporting, and insights. As a Senior Financial Analyst in the Corporate Planning Group, you will be at the heart of our financial decision‑making process, providing critical insights that shape the direction of Canadian Tire Corporation. You will play a key role in reporting and analyzing the Company’s performance, delivering actionable insights to senior management, the CFO, and the Board. This is a highly visible, customer‑facing role that requires strong storytelling skills to communicate complex financial data in a clear, compelling way that influences strategic decision‑making. We are seeking a detail‑oriented and technically strong professional to support enterprise financial consolidation and executive performance reporting. This role works closely with Corporate FP&A peers and focuses on collecting and consolidating inputs from multiple FP&A teams, maintaining complex Excel‑based models, and integrating outputs in Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) and PPT. Success in this role requires strong analytical judgment, the ability to translate complex financial information into meaningful narratives, and the capacity to partner effectively across the organization.

Drive Strategic Insights through the Performance Management Cycle

Lead the preparation and presentation of monthly and quarterly performance reports to Senior Management and the Board, delivering key variance analyses and insights that help drive business strategy and decisions.

Storytelling with Impact

You’ll use your financial expertise to "connect the dots" and craft narratives that make financial data come alive. Your analysis will provide meaningful, actionable insights that inform key decisions at the highest levels of the company, including the CFO and Board of Directors.

Lead Forecasting of Consolidated Enterprise Results under IFRS

Consolidate financial data across FP&A teams, ensuring that forecasts are aligned with performance outcomes and strategic objectives. Perform rigorous data validation and reconciliations to ensure accuracy, integrity, and completeness. Analyze intercompany transactions and ensure accuracy of segment and consolidated elimination adjustments. Ensure consolidated forecasts adhere to existing and upcoming IFRS standards, guiding forecasting teams on the impact of changes (eg. IFRS 18).

HFM Transformation, Projects & Ad Hoc Analysis

Support a long‑term, multi‑phase project to improve the availability and effectiveness of monthly consolidated forecast data in the financial system. Ad hoc analytical requests may also come up to help leadership evaluate complex scenarios, assess trade‑offs, and make informed decisions.

Cross‑Functional Finance Partner

Work closely with FP&A, Treasury, HR, Corporate Accounting, Investor Relations, and other partners to gather insights and provide in-depth analysis on key financial variances, as well as ensure consistent assumptions, alignment, and accuracy across the business.

Drive Continuous Improvement

Identify and implement opportunities to enhance models, reporting, and processes by leveraging Excel, Power BI, AI, and automation tools to improve efficiency, control, and insight generation.

What you bring

• University degree in Accounting or Finance
• Professional accounting designation (CPA, CA, CMA, CGA, CFA), either obtained or currently pursuing one
• 3-5 years of progressive experience in finance roles, including a solid understanding of the financial statements (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow statements); Big 4 Audit experience considered an asset
• Strong accounting and financial modelling skills; experience with financial consolidation under IFRS for enterprises with multiple business units, including intercompany transactions and eliminations, considered an asset
• Advanced Excel skills, including complex formulas and automations; working knowledge of Hyperion Financial Management, PeopleSoft, AI tools, and Power BI are considered an asset
• Experience developing or improving processes for a variety of stakeholders, thinking through both upstream and downstream implications of changes
• Ability to communicate complex financial data in a clear, compelling way that influences strategic decision‑making; experience with storytelling and “connecting the dots” for executive stakeholders is an asset
• Exceptional attention to detail, accuracy and a keen eye for formatting; the ideal candidate will have a strong ability to transform complex data into visually appealing and easily understandable reports that effectively communicate key insights to stakeholders at all levels
• Creative and courageous, with the ability to see the “big picture”, translate business activity into financial results, and problem solve in an environment of change and ambiguity
• Organized and detail‑oriented with high quality standards; you like to “dot the i’s and cross the t’s” and incorporate multiple control checks in your work to ensure accuracy and professionalism
• Action‑oriented and process‑oriented critical thinker who isn’t afraid to challenge the status quo, and who implements continual process improvements
• Independent self‑starter who is able to prioritize key tasks to achieve desired outcomes within tight turnaround times and proactive raise any potential barriers to completion
• Collaborative team player who builds relationships easily across various stakeholder groups to get buy‑in and move initiatives forward

Benefits and Perks

• Comprehensive benefits and retirement programs
• Performance incentives, Continuing Education Programs
• Other perks to support your well‑being
• Career growth opportunities and product discounts
• Broadband

Salary Range: $64,000 – $106,000 CAD. Our typical hiring range is between $80,000 and $95,000 CAD.

About Us

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (“CTC”) is one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With more than 90 Owned Brands, over 1,600 retail locations, financial services, exemplary e‑commerce capabilities, and exciting market‑leading merchandising strategies. We dream big and work as one to innovate with purpose for our customers at every level of our business, investing in new technologies and products, and doubling down on top talent to drive the company forward. We offer competitive salaries and wages to CTC employees, as well as store discounts, supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy, Canadian Tire Profit Sharing, and retirement and savings programs for eligible employees. As part of our enhanced flex benefits program, we offer mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits‑eligible employees and their families, including total well‑being, and mental health tools and resources for all employees.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

We are committed to fostering an environment where belonging thrives, and diversity, inclusion and equity are infused into everything we do. We believe in building an organizational culture where people are consistently treated with dignity while respecting individual religion, nationality, gender, race, age, perceived ability, spoken language, sexual orientation, and identification. We are united in our purpose of being here to help make life in Canada better.

Accommodations We stand firm in our Core Value that inclusion is a must. We welcome and encourage candidates from equity‑seeking groups such as people who identify as racialized, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, people with disabilities, and beyond. Should you require any accommodation in applying for this role, or throughout the interview process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to help meet your needs.

We are one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With world‑class owned brands and exciting market‑leading merchandising strategies, we are continually innovating with purpose: to excite and serve Canadian customers from coast‑to‑coast. We are connected to communities, big and small, from coast‑to‑coast, offering products and services that reflect the diverse nature of every one of them. From sports to outdoors, automobiles to homes, we know and understand life in Canada like no other retailer can. We are always on the lookout for curious, creative people who are able to navigate and excel in a rapidly evolving retail environment.

If you’re ready to take on new challenges – be it in digital, IT, marketing, data & analytics, merchandising, or one of the many other roles we have – there is a place for you here, so