Senior Financial Analyst, Commercial Finance

McCain Foods; Toronto; On-site; CAD 81,000 - 109,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food company in Toronto is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to partner with their Commercial Team. You will be responsible for financial analysis, budgeting, and supporting marketing expenditures. The candidate should have a Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting, along with strong analytical and communication skills. The role offers a salary range of CAD 81,600 to CAD 108,900 annually.

Benefits

Health coverage

Retirement savings benefits

Vacation and holidays

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting; CPA or MBA is a plus.
• 3 years of progressive and related experience.
• Strong financial analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver accurate insightful and timely analysis of financial results.
• Assist in the monthly reporting process for Pricing and Trade Strategy.
• Support the Sales and Marketing Teams in their forecast for the balance of the year.

Skills

Financial analysis

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Communication skills

Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting

Tools

SAP

Power BI

Advanced Excel

Job description

Position Title : Senior Financial Analyst Commercial Finance

Position Type : Regular - Full-Time

Position Location : Toronto HQ

Requisition ID : 37095

In every role McCainers are ambitious curious and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset we make doing business with McCain easy.

About the role

The Senior Financial Analyst Commercial Finance is responsible for partnering with McCains Commercial Team to achieve the organizations business objectives. This highly collaborative and analytical role will be a key player in monitoring and influencing business performance providing insightful and actionable intelligence to Commercial Partners. A passion for process improvement and data analytics this individual will assist the organization in its digital transformation journey working cross-functionally.

What youll be doing

• Commercial performance review and forecasting
  • Deliver accurate insightful and timely analysis of financial results. Perform investigation of commercial variances highlighting financial issues with strategic and operational impacts and recommend options to resolve or address gaps.
  • Assist in the monthly reporting process for Pricing and Trade Strategy producing value added reporting and analysis on contract negotiation status variance to budget and contract postmortems.
  • Develop and maintain price forecasting model to support planning and analyze monthly / quarterly vs. appropriate benchmarks make value-added recommendations and prepare ad hoc analyses as requested to facilitate the formation of business plans.
  • Support the finance digital transformation developing and enhancing reports in Power BI.
  • Leads embraces and has a passion for process improvement capacity creation standardization and implements in collaboration with the Finance Manager Commercial Finance
• Innovation stage-gate business case development
  • Provide financial analysis on cross-functional project teams inclusive of product launches helping to build the financial business case P&Ls challenging assumptions providing insights and strategic direction for commercial activities
  • Serve as a key financial resource in new product development teams in defining customer pricing requirements. Model pricing strategy and margin expectations on new product launches.
• Budgeting and planning
  • Integral member of the S&OP process by providing Sales and Marketing support from demand forecasting to financial modeling.
  • Support the Sales and Marketing Teams in their forecast for the balance of the year as well as looking to continuously improve on departmental forecast submissions
  • Partner with Marketing to lead the financial modeling of potential promotional activities analyze the impact of new business proposals and manage overall margins as it relates to product pricing and promotions.
• Marketing Support
  • Support financial analysis for business decisions impacting marketing expenditures including preparing reports with supporting documentation for monthly review of marketing expenditures
  • Produce postmortem financial analysis on investment profitability and effectiveness vs. ROI / Business case

What youll need to be successful

• Bachelors degree in Finance or Accounting. CPA or MBA a plus
• 3 years of progressive and related experience
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written).
• Natural collaboration skills
• Influencing and leadership skills
• Results driven and action oriented (initiative)
• Strong financial analytical and problem-solving skills
• Good business acumen
• Knowledge of SAP or similar ERP Advanced Excel skills and Power BI

About McCain

Click Here to learn more about McCain and how we provide you with opportunities to make an impact that matters.

Leadership principles

At McCain our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers collaborate as a team and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs driving innovation empowering people and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.

The McCain experience

We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here youll find opportunities to learn grow and thrive. Join us and experience why were better together.

Compensation Package : $81600.00 - $108900.00CAD annual bonus eligibility

The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience skill set education / training and other organizational needs.

Benefits

At McCain were on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and wellbeing at the heart of what we do every day. We understand and appreciate that each persons needs are unique and ensure our benefits & wellbeing programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits : health coverage (medical dental vision prescription drug) retirement savings benefits and leave support including medical family and bereavement. Wellbeing programs include vacation and holidays company-supported volunteering time and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned to country provincial and state governing plans and can vary by work level location and nature of the benefit details available during the application process.

Your well-being matters to us and were here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work and at home.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity resilience and success and makes our business qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color national origin sex age veteran status disability or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms) please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.

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Job Family : Finance

Division : NA Finance

Department : NA Finance Appetizers

Location(s) : CA - Canada : Ontario : Toronto

CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Florenceville-Bristol

Company : McCain Foods (Canada)

Required Experience :

Senior IC

Key Skills

Cognos,Forecasting,Hyperion,Financial Concepts,Pivot tables,Accounting,Analysis Skills,Microsoft Excel,Financial Analysis,Financial Modeling,Budgeting,Financial Planning

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 81600 - 108900