Senior Financial Analyst - Financial Planning and Analysis - Express Scripts Canada

Cigna; Mississauga; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health benefits manager in Mississauga is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to provide critical support in financial closing, reporting, and budgeting. This hybrid role requires advanced Excel skills and at least 5 years of experience in financial analysis. The candidate will prepare financial reports and develop data models, ensuring alignment with budget owners. A competitive salary and benefits package is offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Benefits package

Positive work environment

Qualifications

• 5 years of Financial Analyst experience, with solid technical and analytical skills.
• Knowledge of Healthcare/Pharma industry is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepare Budget, Forecast and long-term projections.
• Generate monthly financial analysis and reports.
• Conduct financial and trend analysis for Budget owners.

Skills

Financial analysis

Reporting

KPI analysis

Advanced Excel skills

Education

College Diploma or Undergrad Degree in Finance or Accounting

Accounting designation (CPA, CMA/CPA, CGA) or actively pursuing one

Tools

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

Essbase / Hyperion

ERP (D365 preferred)

Job description

The Senior Financial Analyst is to provide support to Finance in the areas of closing and reporting, Budgeting and Forecasting including month-end analysis, P&L reporting to Business Unit (BU) leaders, KPI reporting, preparation of financial data for ELT. Additional responsibilities include developing and maintaining moderate to complex financial data models using advanced Excel skills, creation of reports to assist in ongoing analysis and dissemination of information.

Work Location: Mississauga Head Office

Working Environment: Hybrid, 2 days/week on-site

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare Budget, Forecast and long-term projections to ensure the organization meets its financial targets
• Generate monthly financial analysis, KPI, scorecard and reports for BU and Cost centers
• Participate in month end closing process and prepare variance analysis in consultation with Budget owners
• Conduct financial analysis, trend analysis, gathering & maintaining of data for dissemination to the Budget owners as required
• Supports BU leader and Budget owners with Forecasting and facilitating alignment between cross functional areas
• Develop and maintain moderately-complex modeling and data analysis for corporate and departmental use. Responsibilities include testing, validation of data assumptions & approach and pricing to customers
• Supports Budget owners or Executive sponsors in creating required financial analysis
• Collect feedback from the users of the Forecasting & make recommendations accordingly
• Supports stakeholders and performs financial models’ sensitivity analysis for BU leaders or Budget owners
• Conduct special projects as assigned by Senior Management

Qualifications

• College Diploma or Undergrad Degree in Finance or Accounting
• Have an accounting designation (CPA, CMA/CPA, CGA) or actively pursuing one
• 5 years of Financial Analyst experience, with solid technical and analytical skills

Computer or Other Skills

• Advanced Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, WebEx etc.)
• Essbase / Hyperion
• ERP experience (D365 preferred)

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of Healthcare/Pharma industry is strongly preferred
• Demonstrated initiative with commitment and ability to work under tight deadlines – takes ownership
• Able to work in a fast paced, rapidly changing environment
• Superior communication skills and interpersonal skills
• Flexible and adaptable to handle diverse responsibilities
• Able to work independently and within a team
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite of tools (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Auditing, proofreading, focused listening, extended period of monitoring a visual display

About Express Scripts Canada

Express Scripts Canada is a leading health benefits manager and has been recognized as one of the most innovative. Our clients include Canada's leading insurers, third party administrators and governments. We work with these clients to develop industry-leading solutions to deliver superior healthcare in a cost-controlled environment. We provide Active Pharmacy services to more than 7 million Canadian patients and adjudicate more than 100 million pharmacy, dental, and extended health claims annually. Through our proprietary consumer intelligence, clinical expertise, and patients-first approach, we promote better health decisions for plan members, while managing and reducing drug benefit costs for plan sponsors.

It will be a condition of employment that the successful candidate obtains an Enhanced Reliability Clearance from the Federal Government. The candidate will be required to provide supporting documentation to receive clearance if required.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, along with a positive work environment built on solid corporate values, integrity, mutual respect, collaboration, passion, service and alignment.

We are an equal opportunity employer that promotes a diverse, inclusive and accessible workplace. By embracing diversity, we build a more effective organization that empowers our employees to be the best that they can be.

We are committed to creating a working environment that is barrier-free and we are prepared to provide accommodation for people with disabilities.

If you require accommodation in completing the online application process, please email: [e-mail]. Do not email [e-mail] for an update on your application or to provide your resume as you will not receive a response.