Senior Financial Analyst

isgSearch; Windsor; On-site; CAD 105,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Health & dental benefits

On-site role

Senior leadership exposure

Career growth

Entrepreneurial environment

Resilience in industry

Strong culture

Job summary

isgSearch seeks a Senior Finance Analyst (CPA) to join the finance team in a highly visible role. You will partner with sales, operations, and leadership to drive profitability and strategic decision-making across Canada and the U.S.

The position emphasizes FP&A, forecasting, and KPI reporting in a fast-paced environment. The role requires CPA and 5+ years in FP&A or financial analysis, with advanced Excel and Power BI skills.

Qualifications

• CPA designation required or nearing completion.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, Economics, Business, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of FP&A, financial analysis, or management reporting experience.
• Advanced Excel with modeling, forecasting, and data analysis; Power BI experience.
• Experience with large ERP systems and cross-functional collaboration.
• Strong communication and business partnering skills; independent work style.

Responsibilities

• Partner with sales, operations, and leadership to improve revenue and profitability.
• Analyze sales performance, customer profitability, product margins, and pricing.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual management reporting with variance analysis.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning with operational leaders.
• Develop financial models, scenario analyses, and business cases.
• Monitor KPIs including revenue growth, gross margin, and working capital.
• Perform product costing, labor, pricing, and inventory analysis.
• Translate data into insights for senior leadership and drive process improvements.
• Support month-end close activities and cross‑functional reconciliation.
• Build relationships across Canadian and U.S. operations as a business partner.

Skills

Financial analysis

Business partnering

Forecasting

Budgeting

Strategic insight

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Tools

Power BI

ERP systems

Excel

Job description

Permanent

Job title

Senior Finance Analyst (CPA)

Salary

$105,000 (CPA Enrolled)- $110,000 (CPA) + Bonus + Benefits

Role status

Current opening

Our client:

A growing distribution organization with operations across Canada and the United States. The company has an excellent reputation within its industry, a strong leadership team, and a collaborative culture. This is a recession-resistant and COVID-resilient business that continues to invest in its people, operations, and long-term growth.

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Our client is seeking a Senior Finance Analyst (CPA) to join their finance team in a highly visible role reporting directly to the Director of Finance. This position is focused on business partnering, financial analysis, forecasting, profitability improvement, and supporting operational and strategic decision-making across the organization.

Principal tasks and responsibilities include:

• Partner with sales, operations, and leadership teams to identify opportunities to improve revenue, gross margins, profitability, and overall business performance.
• Analyze sales performance, customer profitability, product margins, pricing strategies, and business trends to provide actionable recommendations.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual management reporting packages including variance analysis, profitability reporting, and KPI dashboards.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning activities while working closely with operational leaders.
• Develop financial models, scenario analysis, and business cases to support strategic initiatives, capital investments, pricing decisions, and growth opportunities.
• Monitor and report on key performance indicators including revenue growth, gross margin, operating efficiency, inventory performance, and working capital metrics.
• Perform product costing, labour analysis, pricing analysis, and inventory analysis to support business decision-making.
• Translate financial and operational data into meaningful insights and recommendations for senior leadership.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting, business processes, systems, and financial visibility across the organization.
• Support strategic projects focused on growth, process improvement, operational efficiency, and profitability enhancement.
• Assist with month-end reporting, reconciliations, and accounting activities as required.
• Build strong working relationships across Canadian and U.S. operations and serve as a trusted business partner to key stakeholders.

Qualifications and pre-requisites:

• CPA designation required or nearing completion.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, Economics, Business, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of progressive experience in FP&A, financial analysis, business analysis, management reporting, or commercial finance.
• Strong experience supporting operational and commercial decision-making through financial analysis and business insights.
• Advanced Excel skills including financial modeling, forecasting, scenario analysis, and data analysis.
• Experience using Power BI and large ERP systems.
• Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting, profitability analysis, KPI reporting, and business performance measurement.
• Experience presenting financial information and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Experience within distribution, manufacturing, wholesale, consumer products, or other product-based environments is highly preferred.
• Strong communication, analytical, problem-solving, and business partnering skills.
• Ability to operate independently within an entrepreneurial and fast-paced environment.

Additional information or perks:

• Annual bonus program.
• Comprehensive health and dental benefits.
• On-site role with direct exposure to senior leadership and operations.
• Highly visible position with significant influence on business decisions.
• Growing organization with strong long‑term career growth opportunities.
• Entrepreneurial environment with autonomy and ownership.
• Recession-resistant and COVID‑resilient industry.
• Excellent company culture with strong employee retention and tenure.

isgSearch does not use artificial intelligence throughout the hiring process.