Senior Financial Analyst- Finance Business Partner

Professional Staffing; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is on the lookout for a dynamic Senior Financial Analyst to join their high-impact finance team. In this pivotal role, you will collaborate with senior leaders to drive financial performance and optimize operational efficiencies. Your analytical skills will be crucial in developing insightful reports and financial models that support strategic decision-making. This position offers a unique blend of strategic involvement and hands-on analytics, ensuring your contributions are both visible and impactful. If you are passionate about finance and eager to make a difference, this opportunity is tailored for you.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in financial analytics within fast-paced environments.
• Strong proficiency in Excel and Business Intelligence tools.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with teams to develop KPIs and dashboards for performance evaluation.
• Deliver business intelligence and lead financial modeling for strategic planning.

Skills

Communication Skills

Financial Analytics

Advanced Excel

Business Intelligence Tools

SQL Coding

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting

CPA designation

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Automation Tools

Job description

Senior Financial Analyst - Finance Business Partner

Professional Staffing provided pay range

This range is provided by Professional Staffing. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

CA$100,000.00/yr - CA$115,000.00/yr

My client is seeking a dynamic and experienced Finance Business Partner to join our high-impact finance team. As a key member of our organization, you will have the unique opportunity to work alongside senior leaders, directly contributing to strategies that shape our business. Your insights will be essential in driving financial performance, optimizing operational efficiencies, and supporting our value creation initiatives.

This role offers a blend of strategic involvement and hands-on analytics, giving you exposure to both high-level business initiatives and tactical decision support. You’ll work in a collaborative environment, where your contributions will be highly visible and impactful.

This on-site role is based at our head office in Downtown Toronto.

Responsibilities and Duties:

Strategic Analytics & Insights

• Collaborate closely with operational teams to develop KPIs, metrics, and dashboards to monitor and evaluate performance against targets. Identify opportunities for operational improvement and cost optimization.
• Deliver forward-looking business intelligence, identifying key drivers of success and areas of risk.
• Synthesize large datasets into compelling narratives, equipping stakeholders with the ability to make informed decisions.
• Lead the development of scenario analyses and financial models to assess potential outcomes and support long-term planning.
• Identify opportunities to streamline existing processes using automation tools, advanced modeling, and modern analytical techniques.
• Support the development of presentations for board meetings, quarterly reviews, and strategic planning sessions, showcasing key performance trends and insights.
• Provide insightful variance analysis for different business partners, including detailed understanding on variances to budget, forecast, prior year, and root causes of financial performance.
• Integrate financial insights with operational objectives, ensuring alignment across all business units for cohesive performance management.

Collaboration & Cross-Functional Leadership

• Provide analytical support to corporate departments, e.g., marketing, procurement, HR, etc.
• Champion data governance principles, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and integrity in all reporting activities.
• Develop models and scenario analyses to support strategic planning and decision-making at the corporate level.

Process Optimization & Innovation

• Continually improve processes, drive change, and elevate reporting for the overall organization.
• Identify and eliminate inefficiencies by implementing streamlined workflows, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.
• Introduce dynamic, interactive reporting tools that empower stakeholders to access near real-time insights and make data-driven decisions.

Performance & Value Creation

• Quantify the impact of value-creation initiatives, including operational efficiencies and market-driven opportunities.
• Identify potential risks and opportunities affecting financial goals and advise on action plans to address gaps.
• Assist in analyzing non-financial KPIs, assessing trends and variances.
• Define how the business can create additional value by taking multiple data points and transferring those into actionable insights/analysis for the team.

Education, Credentials, Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field; CPA designation strongly preferred.
• Minimum 4 years of progressive experience in financial analytics, planning, or strategy roles within fast-paced, data-driven environments.

Required Skills & Abilities:

• A strong communicator, a natural business partner, and someone who demonstrates big-picture thinking with a strong grasp of details and a can-do attitude.
• Advanced Excel skills, including but not limited to VLOOKUPs, pivot tables, and building complex models.
• Strong proficiency with Business Intelligence tools (Power BI, Tableau, etc.) to develop reports and analytical insights.
• Moderate experience with automation tools and SQL coding to streamline data extraction, enhance reporting efficiency, and support process automation initiatives.
• Ability to navigate a continually expanding client base and become a trusted business partner to the Operations team (VPs, Directors, and Regional Managers).
• Multi-site experience is preferred.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Accounting/Auditing and Finance

Industries

Health and Human Services