Senior Financial Specialist, IT Finance

Intact Financial Corporation; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Up to 5 extra vacation days per year

Employee Share Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Pension plan with guaranteed income

Job summary

Intact Financial Corporation in Toronto, ON, is seeking a Senior Financial Specialist, IT Finance, to partner with IT leadership on budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting for IT portfolios.

The ideal candidate is a CPA or MBA in Finance with 5+ years of experience, strong Excel (Macros, Pivots), PowerPoint and Oracle Cloud ERP expertise, and excellent communication skills. This hybrid role offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• CPA designation or MBA Finance is required.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in financial management or financial reporting.
• Experience with Oracle Cloud ERP and Oracle Hyperion (Essbase).
• Familiarity with project lifecycle, waterfall and agile work processes.
• Strong analytical and reporting skills with attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and presentation abilities for a variety of audiences.
• Comfortable learning other IT tools and driving process improvements.
• For candidates located in Quebec, bilingualism is required.

Responsibilities

• Be a business partner by providing recommendations to meet financial objectives and explain budget variances.
• Consolidate monthly IT executive management presentations.
• Participate in IT forecasting and budgeting for projects and portfolios.
• Run resource forecast processes and analyze staffing and contracting needs.
• Create and maintain dashboards explaining deviations (actuals vs budget vs forecast).
• Improve reporting through metrics and visualizations; automate where possible.
• Validate key budget inputs and resulting reports; follow up with stakeholders.

Skills

Project lifecycle

Waterfall

Agile

Communication

Presentation

Attention to detail

Adaptability

Financial analysis

Problem solving

Education

CPA designation or MBA Finance

Tools

Oracle Cloud ERP

Oracle Hyperion (Essbase)

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Together, we help people, businesses, and society prosper in good times and be resilient in bad times.

Our employee promise represents Intact’s commitment to you in exchange for living our Values, striving to do your best work, being open to change and investing in your career. In return, we promise to provide support, opportunities and performance-led financial rewards at a workplace where you can shape the future, win as a team and grow with us.

Pay at Intact is about much more than just salary.

• Flexible work arrangements and a hybrid work model

• Possibility to purchase up to 5 extra days off per year

• Multiple benefits offered to support physical and mental wellbeing, including telemedicine, Wellness account and much more

• Share plan & other savings: up to 12% of salary or even more (ask how you could earn guaranteed income for life)

Salary range (but not limited to):

109,900 - 134,300

Annual bonus target, based on the base salary, with a potential payout of up to double the target (subject to personal and company performance):

15%

As part of our commitment to Win As A Team, we share our success with employees through our annual bonus plan and Employee Share Purchase Plan (ESPP) – with Intact matching 50% of your net shares.

Our pension offerings provide flexibility and long-term security for our employees beyond their careers. We are one of the few companies offering the opportunity to receive guaranteed income for life via our defined benefit pension plan.

Salary for the candidate will be determined taking into consideration a number of factors including: experience, skills, qualifications, anticipated contribution to role, internal equity, etc. The salary range presented above is based on a 35-hour workweek and would represent a majority of different candidate profiles. However, we encourage candidates who may fall outside of this range to apply as well.

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Financial Specialist, IT Finance to join our IT Financial Planning & Analysis team. The ideal candidate is a CPA with strong financial acumen, exceptional attention to detail, and proven experience managing IT project budgets, forecasts, and financial reporting. This role requires a balance of advanced numerical and analytical skills, strong business partnership and relationship-building capabilities, and a solid understanding of project and operational portfolio financial management. With excellent organizational and communication skills, you will lead the preparation of monthly reports and executive presentations that provide clear, actionable insights to IT leadership.

What you’ll do here:

• Be a business partner by providing specific recommendations to meet our financial objectives and detailed explanations of budget variances.

• Consolidation of the monthly IT executive management presentation.

• Participate in IT forecasting and budgeting exercises so that the current and forecasted budget position of IT projects and portfolios are well understood and communicated.

• Run the resource forecast process. Compare budget and forecast resource budget demand against available staffing and contract resources. Provide insight through monthly resource forecasting reporting on resource budget and resourcing needed to complete IT projects.

• Provide key actionable insights to senior IT management: create and maintain dashboard that explain deviations (actuals vs budget vs forecast).

• Continuous improvement of reporting such as refining metrics and visualizations.

• Simplifying report creation by taking advantage of opportunities to automate and streamline processes.

• Validation and control of key budget inputs and resulting reports.

• Following up with project stakeholders to gain more insight into project financial status.

• Be a key team member in evolving Intact’s Total Cost of Ownership strategy and evolving our tools to achieve this.

What you bring to the table:

• CPA designation or MBA Finance is required.

• Advanced skills in Excel (Macros / Pivots / Functions), Power Point, Word is required.

• Minimum 5-years experience in financial management or financial reporting is required.

• Experience with Oracle Cloud ERP and Oracle Hyperion (Essbase)

• Familiarity with project lifecycle, waterfall and agile work processes

• Proven ability to think outside the box.

• Effective, clear, and concise communication and presentation skills and the ability to adapt to a wide audience.

• Attention to detail and quality is essential.

• Comfortable learning other various IT Tools.

• Passionate about people. You build trust through respect and authenticity.

• Customer-oriented focus and the ability to deal effectively with multiple demands.

• For candidates located in Quebec, bilingualism is required considering the necessity to interact on a regular basis with English-speaking colleagues across the country.

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Ce poste jouera un rôle essentiel au sein de notre équipe. | This position will fill an essential role in our team.

We are an equal opportunity employer

At Intact, our Value of respect is founded on seeing diversity as a strength. We strive to create an accessible workplace where employees feel valued, included and encouraged to share their unique perspectives.

We encourage applications from individuals who are members of equity-deserving groups, including but not limited to women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, Black people, and members of the 2SLGBTQI+ community.

As part of Intact’s commitment to reconciliation, we acknowledge that we work, meet and travel across the land currently called Canada, originally inhabited by First Nations, Metis and Inuit people. This history extends through many centuries and continues to evolve today.

We have policies to ensure equal access and participation for people with disabilities, including providing workplace adjustments (accommodations). A copy of applicable policies is available on request.

If we can provide a specific adjustment to make the recruitment process more accessible for you, please let us know when we reach out about a job opportunity. We’ll work with you to meet your needs.

Learn more about our recruitment process and your candidate journey here.

Please note that Intact does not provide sponsorship or other support for immigration-related matters including but not limited to employer-specific closed work permits. Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada from the anticipated start date and throughout their employment and are solely responsible for maintaining their work eligibility.