Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

Contract Pharmaceuticals Limited; Mississauga; Hybrid; CAD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Contract Pharmaceuticals Limited, based in Mississauga, is seeking a senior FP&A leader to drive finance and IT alignment. You will lead forecasting, budgeting, cost analysis, and stakeholder partnerships to enhance profitability and performance.

You will mentor the FP&A team, collaborate across operations, supply chain, and commercial teams, and provide insights for disciplined growth and margin optimization in a manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field required.
• MBA or CPA preferred for advanced roles.
• 7+ years of FP&A or corporate finance experience in manufacturing advised.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain rolling forecast models with labor, materials, overhead absorption, and capacity.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to forecast volume, yield, waste, and efficiency variances and translate to financial impact.
• Perform cost and margin analysis with standard cost vs actual profitability for customer programs.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Financial modeling

Cross-functional communication

Leadership/mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field

MBA or CPA preferred

Tools

SAP ERP

Job description

Full Time Finance & IT Mississauga, ON, CA

Salary Range: $150,000.00 To $170,000.00 Annually

JOB TYPE

Current Vacancy

JOB SUMMARY

Responsible for providing and communicating insightful analysis that supports improved decision making and fuels the drive to achieve business objectives. Lead financial forecasting, budgeting, and cost analysis. Partner with cross functional teams to provide enhanced product profitability visibility to support disciplined growth and margin enhancement.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Build and maintain rolling forecast models, incorporating labor, materials, overhead absorption, and capacity utilization. Provide reports and insights to senior management and board.
• Partner with Cross functional teams to forecast volume, yield, waste, and efficiency variances and translate them into financial impact.
• Perform cost and margin analysis. Deep dive into Vol/Mix variances and report to board weekly and monthly.
• Analyze standard cost vs actual profitability on customer programs and provide guidance to Sales/Commercial teams on pricing and contract terms.
• Monitor capacity utilization, throughput, and fixed cost absorption; flag underutilization or bottleneck risk.
• Lead operational results review with Operations and Supply chain teams.
• Provide business insights to guide strategy toward enhanced profitability.
• Serve as finance business partner to Operations and Supply Chain teams, providing financial guidance on labor optimization and process improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with the Commercial team through pricing/quote negotiations.
• Partner with Supply Chain on raw material cost trends, inventory levels, and their impact on working capital and margins.
• Evaluate capital expenditure requests (equipment, tooling, automation) with ROI/payback analysis and post-investment reviews.
• Assist with due diligence and integration analysis for M&A activity, where applicable.
• Prepare monthly/quarterly financial performance packages, including variance analysis and KPI dashboards for senior leadership and ownership/board.
• Work closely with Senior Director of Finance to support and monitor internal controls.
• Manage, mentor, and develop the team.
• Drive standardization of reporting and modeling practices

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field.
• MBA or CPA Preferred

Experience:

• 7+ years of progressive FP&A or corporate finance experience, with significant exposure to a manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of standard costing, cost accounting, variance analysis, and overhead absorption
• 2+ years managing or mentoring a team

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Advanced Excel/financial modeling skills
• Experience with ERP systems common in manufacturing (e.g., SAP).
• Ability to translate operational metrics (labor hours, yield, scrap, capacity) into financial outcomes
• Strong communication skills, with ability to work cross-functionally with plant operations, supply chain, and commercial teams