Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

Kinaxis; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Kinaxis is looking for a Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis to lead and mentor a dynamic team while driving financial insights and operational efficiency. This hybrid position requires a deep understanding of FP&A processes and the ability to partner with senior leadership for strategic decision-making. The role emphasizes analytical skills and a strong financial background, aiming to support Kinaxis's mission for supply chain excellence.

Benefits

Flexible vacation and Kinaxis Days

Flexible work options

Physical and mental well-being programs

Regularly scheduled virtual fitness classes

Mentorship and career development programs

Recognition programs and referral rewards

Hackathons

Qualifications

• 7 to 10 years experience in FP&A, accounting in high-tech firms.
• Experience in business partnering with senior leaders.
• Proficient in financial analysis and modeling.

Responsibilities

• Drive FP&A strategy for profitable growth and decision support.
• Lead and develop a high-performing FP&A team.
• Provide monthly performance analysis and insights.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Communication

Leadership

Financial acumen

Education

Post-secondary education in Finance, Accounting, Business

Designated accountant (CA, CMA, CGA) or MBA

Tools

Excel

Salesforce

Power BI

Job description

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About Kinaxis

Elevate your career journey by embracing a new challenge with Kinaxis. We are experts in tech, but it’s really our people who give us passion to always seek ways to do things better. As such, we’re serious about your career growth and professional development, because People matter at Kinaxis.

About Kinaxis

Elevate your career journey by embracing a new challenge with Kinaxis. We are experts in tech, but it’s really our people who give us passion to always seek ways to do things better. As such, we’re serious about your career growth and professional development, because People matter at Kinaxis.

In 1984, we started out as a team of three engineers. Today, we have grown to become a global organization with over 2000 employees around the world, with a brand-new HQ based in Kanata North in Ottawa. As one of Canada’s Top Employers, we are proud to work with our customers and employees towards solving some of the biggest challenges facing supply chains today.

At Kinaxis, we power the world’s supply chains to help preserve the planet’s resources and enrich the human experience. As a global leader in end-to-end supply chain management, we enable supply chain excellence for all industries, with more than 40,000 users in over 100 countries. We are expanding our team as we continue to innovate and revolutionize how we support our customers.

Location

This is a hybrid position. You will be in the Ottawa or Toronto, Canada office, at least three days a week.

About The Team

The Senior Manager, FP&A is a strategic advisor to senior GTM leaders, responsible for driving the FP&A GTM strategy to support profitable growth. Reporting to the Senior Director of FP&A, this role leads a team in delivering high-quality financial insights, performance measurement, and decision support. In addition to managing a high-performing team, the Senior Manager plays a key role in shaping best

practices across the broader FP&A function. This includes strengthening financial governance, improving the quality and speed of insights, and mentoring team members through direct and indirect leadership.

The ideal candidate brings deep GTM knowledge and strong financial acumen to influence key business outcomes and drive operational efficiency and will develop a deep understanding of their business unit, including people, process flow, tools and data to support insights to enable strategic and impactful decisions.

What you will do

Be a trusted strategic advisor and sought after partner to executives; provide valuable

performance analysis and reporting to drive effective strategic decision making

Build and evolve the business partnering structure to ensure strategic alignment and effective and efficient support to the business

Lead, coach, and develop a team of direct and indirect reports who are responsible for providing deep analysis and insights to the business

Key member in managing the annual Investment Planning and quarterly forecast process and related tools

Provide monthly analysis and insights on operating results and comparison to forecasts; proactively and expertly adjust as required

Develop and maintain ongoing performance metrics and reporting leveraged by the FP&A team

Prepare of materials to be used in reports to the board of directors and senior leadership

Develop a consolidated view of major initiatives, and provide ongoing decision support and results analysis to business unit managers

Analyze business drivers, identify areas of opportunity and risk, drive improvements, and strengthen Kinaxis long term vision of success

Communicate business unit’s objectives, priorities, and relevant project information to key stakeholders to ensure successful integration with cross functional initiatives

Continuously improve & define new business processes and evolve our ability to provide answers to recurring and ad-hoc requests, including self-serve reporting

Support external reporting requirements and annual/quarterly audit activities

Guide business units to build scalable, maintainable, and efficient solutions that meet strategic corporate objectives

What we are looking for

Post-secondary education in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field

Designated accountant (CA, CMA, CGA) or MBA

7 to 10 years progressive experience in accounting and finance in a high-tech, global, publicly traded organization; seasoned experience leading a team of direct and indirect reports in a FP&A partnering capacity

Experience in a business partnering function partnering with senior leaders to meet business objectives

Industry SME experience in forecasting, budgeting, and financial analysis

Exceptional analytical and problem solving skills; Ability to solve complex problems using critical and design thinking, and creativity

Highly adaptable and able to pivot based on prioritization and needs of the business; proactively solicits and delivers feedback to ensure alignment.

An articulate and professionally industry skilled communicator with the ability to provide clear,nconcise messaging to multiple audiences and platforms and deliver strategic updates to senior leadership.

Role Specific Skills And Experience

Strong technical skills in area of specialty (IFRS accounting standards, business management, finance, etc)

Highly proficient in Excel and modeling; experience with Salesforce and/or Power BI is an asset

Demonstrated experience providing exceptional partnership to all Kinaxis levels. including creating and delivering executive level presentations

Significant experience creating business cases backed by financial analysis and modeling, while working cross functionality across Kinaxis

An entrepreneurial, enthusiastic, and customer service attitude

Demonstrated experience leading process and system improvement initiatives and providing change management expertise

#Intermediate

Work With Impact: Our platform directly helps companies power the world’s supply chains. We see the results of what we do out in the world every day—when we see store shelves stocked, when medications are available for our loved ones, and so much more.

Work with Fortune 500 Brands: Companies across industries trust us to help them take control of their integrated business planning and digital supply chain. Some of our customers include Lockheed Martin, Yamaha, P&G, Honda, and more.

Social Responsibility at Kinaxis: Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee weighs in on hiring practices, talent assessment training materials, and mandatory training on unconscious bias and inclusion fundamentals. Sustainability is key to what we do and we’re committed to net-zero operations strategy for the long term. We are involved in our communities and support causes where we can make the most impact.

People matter at Kinaxis and these are some of the perks and benefits we created for our team:

• Flexible vacation and Kinaxis Days (company-wide day off on the last Friday of every month)
• Flexible work options
• Physical and mental well-being programs
• Regularly scheduled virtual fitness classes
• Mentorship programs and training and career development
• Recognition programs and referral rewards
• Hackathons
  
  

Kinaxis welcomes candidates to apply to our inclusive community. We provide accommodations upon request to ensure fairness and accessibility throughout our recruitment process for all candidates, including those with specific needs or disabilities. If you require an accommodation, please reach out to us at [e-mail]. Please note that this contact information is strictly for accessibility requests and cannot be used to inquire about application statuses.

Kinaxis is committed to ensuring a fair and transparent recruitment process. We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the initial step of the recruitment process to compare submitted resumes against the job description, to identify candidates whose education, experience and skills most closely match the requirements of the role. After the initial screening, all subsequent decisions regarding your application, including final selection, are made by our human recruitment team. AI does not make any final hiring decisions.

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