Senior Manager, Finance Advisor

RBC; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is seeking a Senior Manager, Finance Advisor to oversee insurance expense allocations and support core finance functions in Mississauga. Responsibilities include providing financial analysis, leading planning activities, and collaborating with business partners. The ideal candidate will hold a CPA or MBA, possess a strong understanding of Insurance Accounting, and have significant experience in expense analysis. This full-time position offers opportunities for professional growth and a dynamic work environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in expense analysis, reporting and forecasting.
• Business Advisory experience with the ability to communicate complex concepts.
• Strong conceptual, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Primary contact for business and finance partners on allocated expenses.
• Provides advice, analysis and reporting to improve decision making.
• Leads planning and forecasting related to expenses.

Skills

Budget Management

Communication

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Organizational Leadership

Process Management

Professional Presentation

Education

CPA or MBA

Job description

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

The Senior Manager, Finance Advisor is a key business and finance contact/expert on all Insurance (Canada and International) expenses at the entity, line of business, and product level.
The incumbent will be an expert on expense allocations, collaborating with internal and external teams to ensure allocations are reasonable and reflective of business, controls are in place, and processes are documented; and support core finance activities (planning, month end, reporting, process streamlining) as relates to entity, line of business and product level expenses.

What you will do?

• Primary contact for business and finance partners on allocated expenses
• Draws on expense expertise to provide advice, analysis and reporting to finance, business, and senior management, to improve decision making, including highlighting trends, risks and opportunities, as related to entity, line of business and product level expenses.
• Develops new, drivers based, financial metrics and insights.
• Leads the annual cost study process, collaborates with business to educate and ensure allocation assumptions reflect the underlying business, reviews results for reasonability, collaborates with GRM to ensure requirements are met and understood, and explains/presents results to finance, business and senior management.
• Provides regular reporting to finance & P&L owners to provide transparency on entity, line of business, and product level expenses, while continuously enhancing reporting to be drivers based.
• Leads planning and forecasting as relates to entity, line of business and product expenses, ensuring reasonability of results, and explains/presents results to finance, business and senior management.
• Identifies areas where processes can be improved and implement changes as necessary to streamline processes and reporting.
• Support business and finance partners in the development of business cases /PAR’s

What you need to succeed?

Must Have

• CPA, MBA or other
• A solid understanding of Insurance system Accounting
• Experience in expense analysis, reporting and forecasting
• Business Advisory experience with the proven ability to communicate complex concepts concisely to technical and non-technical audiences, in written and verbal forms, and to Senior Management
• Strong conceptual, analytical, and problem solving skills
• Comfort with delegation of tasks to individuals both inside and outside direct area of influence
• Self-initiated & self-starter with a strong work ethic
• Teamwork, collaboration, and co-operation is a requirement

Job Skills

Budget Management, Communication, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Organizational Leadership, Process Management, Professional Presentation

Additional Job Details

Address:

MEADOWVALE BUSINESS PARK, 6880 FINANCIAL DR:MISSISSAUGA

City:

Mississauga

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

OFFICE OF THE CFO

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2025-04-11

Application Deadline:

2025-08-26

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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