Senior Financial Analyst

Moving2Canada.com; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Metro Vancouver is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst for their Global FP&A team. The role involves traditional and strategic financial analysis, partnering with product management, and presenting insights to diverse stakeholders. Candidates should have substantial experience, relevant credentials, and a strong ability to communicate financial narratives.

Benefits

Performance-based bonus

RRSP match

Health, dental, and vision benefits

Qualifications

• At least 4 years of progressive FP&A work experience.
• Experience in tech sector beneficial but not required.
• Ability to communicate financial insights effectively.

Responsibilities

• Conduct traditional FP&A tasks like variance analysis and budget tracking.
• Partner with product management for strategic initiatives.
• Present findings and recommendations to stakeholders.

Skills

Advanced proficiency in Excel

Financial modeling

Presentation skills

Business partnership

Education

Relevant Finance or Accounting designation (CA, CPA, CMA, CFA)

Tools

ERP systems (Oracle, SAP, JD Edwards)

Job description

Fantastic career opportunity with a global public company with operations in over a dozen countries. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who wants to work for a complex and interesting technology company. Seeking an experienced FP&A professional who enjoys partnering with the business, doing ad hoc financial analysis, supporting non-finance stakeholders, and “telling the story behind the numbers”.

Who — the company:Our client is a highly successful and innovative technology company headquartered in the BC lower mainland with over 20 years of history, approximately 1000 employees, and exciting projects on the go. The company has a fun-loving yet hard-working corporate culture with friendly and down to earth employees. If you are an Accountant with 5+ years relevant accounting work experience who is looking for a successful and exciting global company to work for, this could be the place for you!

What — the role: Our client is seeking a new Senior Financial Analyst for their Global FP&A team and specifically for their product team. The FP&A function at this company has two teams — one on the corporate side and one on the product side. This role is for the product team, and specifically providing FP&A on hardware products. Reporting into a fantastic Manager (who is very happy to mentor someone with high potential!) who in turns reports into the Senior Director, Global FP&A.

This is a very well-rounded Sr FA role and involves a blend of two key components: “traditional FP&A” AND “strategic, ad hoc FP&A”. The traditional FP&A component of the role includes work at period-end such as analysis of actuals vs forecasts, variance analysis on revenues, costs, and gross margins, and tracking budgets to plans. The ad hoc component involves strategic business partnership on such initiatives as a new product launch (how, when, where to launch), product discontinuation or changes, product performance analysis, revenue projections, business cases, etc. For both components, the Sr. FA will be involved in giving presentations of FP&A findings and business recommendations to a variety of stakeholders, including the FP&A team as well as to non-finance decision makers in product management and sales. The Sr FA will also participate in various process improvements projects such as system optimization and workforce planning. The recruitment agency will provide interested candidates with a detailed job description.

Who — the candidate: We are looking for an individual with at least 4 years of progressive financial planning & analysis work experience. Relevant Finance or Accounting designation such as CA, CPA, CMA or CFA is highly preferred. Experience working in the tech sector and specifically partnering with product management is beneficial, but this is NOT required for a quick learner who is eager to face challenges in an exciting and fast-paced industry.

The recruitment agency will be considering candidates who have corporate and/or operational FP&A experience. Candidates must have advanced proficiency in Excel with the ability to create financial models from scratch. Candidates will have a friendly, clear, and professional communication style and will be confident presenting FP&A findings to both finance and non-finance audiences. The ability to “tell the story behind the numbers” is crucial in this role!

Bonus points…

• Experience working for a global company and/or public company.
• Experience using an ERP such as Oracle, SAP, or JD Edwards.
• Experience working in the fast-paced technology sector is an asset.
• Multi-lingual — this company has operations in over a dozen countries, so there are quite a few languages that would be beneficial!

How much: Very competitive base salary commensurate with level of skills, experience, and education. The company will provide their new Senior Financial Analyst with a solid overall compensation package, including a performance-based bonus, an RRSP match, and excellent health, dental, & vision benefits.

Where: The company’s global headquarters is in Greater Vancouver. The Senior FA can choose to work from the office full-time or can do a mix of work from home and work from office, even after the pandemic has ended. Please discuss with the recruitment agency.