Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A

Compass-Group; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Compass-Group in Mississauga, Ontario is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A to deliver financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting and reporting. You will partner with cross-functional teams to drive performance, quantify risks and opportunities, and build dynamic models using Excel and Power BI.

Qualifications include a university degree in Finance and Accounting, 5–7 years of FP&A experience, and proficiency with Power BI, Power Query, Excel and PowerPoint.

Qualifications

• University degree in Finance and Accounting.
• 5–7 years of FP&A experience preferred.
• Professional accounting designation or progress toward one preferred.
• Strong attention to detail and analytical skills.
• Proficiency with Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI and Power Query.

Responsibilities

• Support weekly flash, month-end close, rolling outlook and annual budgets.
• Quantify financial impact of share erosion and identify revenue leakage.
• Deliver insights using rate, volume and mix explanations; create dynamic models.
• Summarize insights and prepare speaker notes for senior leadership.
• Collaborate with Account Management, Operations and Data Intelligence teams.

Skills

Financial analysis

Communication

Team player

Attention to detail

Education

University degree in Finance and Accounting

Tools

Power BI

Power Query

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

90174-Foodbuy Finance | 90174
1 Prologis Blvd.
Suite 400
Mississauga, ON L5W 0B3, CAN

Description

Thesalaryrange for this position is $75,000 to $90,000. Final compensation will be determined based on relevant skills, experience, qualifications, and internal equity. In addition to base salary, eligible employees may be entitled to other elements of total compensation, which may include group benefits, employer RRSP contributions, and discretionary bonus or incentive programs, where applicable to the role. We are committed to offering competitive compensation and comply with all applicable pay transparency legislation. Further details regarding our total rewards program will be shared by the Talent Acquisition team during the hiring process. Canadian work experience is not a requirement for this role. Please note that artificial intelligence-based tools may be used at certain stages of the recruitment and applicant screening process.

This is a posting for an existing vacancy.

The Senior Financial Analyst will provide financial analysis, insights and decision support to the Member Development business, partnering with cross-functional teams to drive financial performance and identify risks and opportunities. The role will support forecasting, budgeting, reporting and financial modeling while translating complex data into actionable insights for senior leadership and business partners.

Now, if you were to come on board as our Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A, we would ask you to do the following for us:

• Support financial analysis contributing to our weekly flash, month-end close, period-end insights, rolling outlook and annual budgets
• Quantify financial impact of share erosion (as a result of deviated split offers to members)
• Deliver actionable, value-added insights on key performance metrics (using rate, volume, mix explanations)
• Create dynamic models (with use of Pivot tables, SUMIFS, XLOOKUP etc.) and navigate through multiple Power BI dashboards to perform necessary data mining activities
• Summarize insights using various approaches (tabular and graphical)
• Contribute to the completion of senior leadership financial preparations (including ability to summarize insights succinctly and have supporting speaker notes)
• Collaborate with the Account Management and Operations teams to validate conversions won and identify revenue leakage resulting from supplier program erosion
• Analyze financial trends (anticipate seasonality of business operations), normalize outliers, foresee risks (near, mid and long term) and identify opportunities not yet realized
• Support channel account managers prepare financial data necessary for external client-facing financial presentations
• Assist the account management team with cheque backup investigations and other necessary reconciliations
• Work alongside the commercial finance team to identify performance of base business and new onboarded business (as necessary)
• Support ad hoc tasks for the Controller / Accounting team, Operations and Marketing team
• Work with the Data Intelligence team with respect to system generated reporting needed for external member communications

Think you have what it takes to be our Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A? We are committed to hiring the best talent for the role. Here is how we'll know you are the best fit:

• University degree in Finance and Accounting
• Preferably 5-7 years of relevant FP&A field experience. Preference given to those with Foodservice and Group Procurement knowledge
• Professional accounting designation, or progress toward one, is preferred
• Strong attention to detail as well as critical thinking and analytical skills
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience using AI tools / prompts to support financial analysis
• Knowledge of Power BI and Power Query
• Solid written and verbal communication skills
• Must be able to demonstrate accountability, initiative, collaboration, be a team player, and have a willingness to learn
• Able to manage timelines to deliver within stakeholder expectations allowing adequate time for leadership review