Senior Financial Planning Analyst – North Americas

Geoscience Ireland; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Financial Planning Analyst to join their dynamic team. This role is pivotal in supporting budget preparation, variance analysis, and cash flow forecasting across North America. You will collaborate with regional finance directors, providing insights and analytical reports that drive strategic decisions. The company values career growth and offers a competitive compensation package along with comprehensive benefits. If you are passionate about finance and eager to contribute to sustainability initiatives, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits

Vacation

Wellness initiatives

Professional growth opportunities

Qualifications

• 4-6 years of experience in Financial Planning & Analysis required.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance with CPA or MBA is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Support budget preparation and variance analysis for North Americas.
• Prepare analytical reports and cash forecasts for Treasury.

Skills

Financial Planning & Analysis

Budgeting

Variance Analysis

Process Improvement

Communication Skills

Microsoft Excel

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance

CPA or MBA

Tools

Power BI

Budgeting Tools

Job description

Full details of the job.

Job Title

Vacancy No VN4838

Employment Type

Permanent

Contract Type

Full-Time

Advert

We are SLR Consulting (Canada), a 600+ team of advisory, environmental/engineering, and regulatory professionals across 18 office locations in Canada. We deliver environmental and sustainability services to our clients through the integration of over 30 advisory, technical environmental, and engineering disciplines to help clients address some of their most complex challenges around sustainability. We are Making Sustainability Happen.

As our new Senior Financial Planning Analyst – North Americas, you will play an important role on a team whose work is essential to achieving this goal.

Job Description

Reporting to the Global Head of FP&A, you will focus on budget, variance analysis & cashflow forecasting for the North Americas while also gaining exciting career growth opportunities in overall support of the global team. SLR is a global environmental consulting firm with regional business units in Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, United States, Canada, Middle East & Africa. We’re looking for someone passionate about process improvement and efficiency creation. If you’re ambitious and looking for real challenges and opportunities this could be a great fit for you.

Key Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

1. Support the Regional Finance Directors for US and Canada, in preparing the annual budget by entering inputs from Regional Management Team/senior managers in the budget tool and tracking the status of open items that need to be submitted. Be proficient at preparing a three-statement budget (P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow).
2. Serve as the Regional Finance Directors Business Partner offering valuable insights into what the numbers represent in group templates and how their overall strategy contributes to final inputs.
3. Prepare reforecasts throughout the year, analyzing YTD budget variances and changing assumptions. Collaborate with technical discipline and Service line managers to complete periodic reforecasts.
4. Prepare detailed variance comments on budget comparisons including budget vs. reforecast and year-over-year comparisons.
5. Prepare analytical reports for internal review as companion appendices to the final budget. This could be on a weekly, monthly, quarterly or annual basis and as needed.
6. Prepare Weekly Cash Forecasts for Treasury for both US and Canada and support the global team in analytics between the budgeted indirect Cashflow presentation and the direct Cashflow presentation. Understand how they relate to one another.
7. Support the Global team in final budget confirmations and aid in version control and data analysis.
8. Support the Global team in the development of automated reports in Power BI and other tools as part of the Global finance transformation initiative.

Working @ SLR

With us, there is no doubt you’ll grow your subject-matter expertise and industry knowledge. We care about investing in our employees for the long-run, and if you ask our team, they’ll tell you that’s just one of the many benefits of working here. We want to be a place where you can experience career growth and satisfaction for many years.

Here’s what else you’ll enjoy as part of our team:

1. Competitive total compensation package including comprehensive benefits, vacation, and a suite of wellness initiatives.
2. The salary range for this position is $90,000 - $120,000. Final agreed upon compensation will be commensurate with individual education, professional designation, experience, internal parity, and location.
3. Full-time, permanent role with opportunities for professional growth and advancement.

Qualifications/Education/Memberships:

1. Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance with CPA & or MBA required.
2. Proven finance operations process improvement project experience required.
3. 4-6 years of relevant experience in Financial Planning & Analysis with budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis responsibilities.
4. Startup experience – plus.
5. Understanding of IFRS or US or Canadian GAAP with Lease accounting knowledge.
6. Strong written and verbal communication skills.
7. Strong background in Microsoft Excel including multiple if statements, vlookups, Power Query, Power Pivot, sumifs.
8. Startup and budget tool implementation experience is an asset.
9. Years of experience are a suggested range; if less and have all other experience please apply.

SLR strives to build diverse teams that reflect the communities we work in, and encourages applications from traditionally underrepresented groups including women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people identifying as 2SLGBTQI+, veterans, and people with disabilities.