Specialist, Enterprise Platforms - Finance

Porter Airlines Inc.; Old Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled professional to enhance their financial systems. This role involves collaborating with finance and IT teams to deliver tailored technology solutions while managing multiple projects. You will be pivotal in ensuring system performance and supporting project lifecycles. Join a dynamic team that values safety, innovation, and customer service excellence, and contribute to the modernization of financial operations in a supportive environment. If you have a passion for technology and a drive for results, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience with Finance software in an airline or similar organization.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or engineering preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Finance and IT teams to define and prioritize requirements.
• Support implementation of multiple projects, ensuring quality delivery.

Skills

Finance software suite

Project management

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Problem-solving

Office productivity tools (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Job Summary

This position will play a critical role throughout the full software development lifecycle for the modernization of our Financial systems —from concept to delivery—within the IT Systems and Delivery team. As part of a growing and dynamic team, you will help evolve Porter’s key operational, while enhancing the functionality and capabilities of our technology solutions.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with Finance and IT teams to define, document, and prioritize requirements, ensuring alignment with business objectives and timelines.
• Translate business needs into detailed technical requirements and work with the IT development team to deliver customized technology solutions.
• Partner with external vendors to gain expertise on financial systems, ensure system setup, configuration, and optimal performance.
• Support the successful implementation of multiple projects, managing deadlines and ensuring quality delivery within the IT project lifecycle.
• Maintain and support multiple projects and deadlines.
• Serve as a primary liaison for all system-related requirements, working closely with IT, Finance, and external vendors.
• Participate in all phases of Porter Systems deployment, including requirements gathering, solution design, documentation, testing, and user training.
• Proactively analyze current processes, identifying areas for improvement and implementing tech-driven solutions to enhance operational efficiency.
• Continuously analyze the competition to identify opportunities for Porter and its systems.
• Collaborate with IT team leads to ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget, while meeting quality standards.
• Contribute to the overall success of projects by offering process improvement suggestions and technical solutions.
• Actively participate in Porter’s Safety Management System (SMS) including reporting hazards and incidents encountered in daily operations; understand, comply and promote the Company Safety Policy.
• Any other duties as requested by the Managing Director, IT Systems and Delivery.

Behavioural Competencies

• Concern for Safety: Identifying hazardous or potentially hazardous situations and taking appropriate action to maintain a safe environment for self and others.
• Teamwork: Working collaboratively with others to achieve organizational goals.
• Passenger/Customer Service: Providing service excellence to internal and/or external customers (passengers).
• Initiative: Dealing with situations and issues proactively and persistently, seizing opportunities that arise.
• Results Focus: Focusing efforts on achieving high quality results consistent with the organization’s standards.
• Fostering Communication: Listening and communicating openly, honestly, and respectfully with different audiences, promoting dialogue and building consensus.

Qualifications

• Experience (3+ years) using, implementing, supporting and enhancing a Finance software suite, in an airline or similar organization, and its different functions.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering (or similar) preferred.
• Experience integrating Finance applications to a variety of other applications.
• Ability and experience setting up multiple environments for testing and development purposes.
• Ability to work on multiple projects with multiple deadlines.
• Ability to communicate clearly with business users and project management.
• Ability to innovate and provide functional applications with intuitive interfaces.
• Ability to construct user guides and documentation.
• Listens to others and is open to input from team members.
• Clearly articulate ideas and thoughts verbally.
• Accurately prepares written business correspondence that is coherent, grammatically correct, effective and professional.
• Proposes solutions to problems and considers timeliness, effectiveness, and practicality in addressing client needs.
• Experience with office productivity tools, such as Excel, PowerPoint, Word.
• Excellent organizational skills & attention to detail.
• Ability to work effectively within a team environment and accept direction.

Location

Toronto Downtown Office (250 Yonge Street) #LI-Hybrid

Company Description

Since 2006, Porter Airlines has been elevating the experience of economy air travel for every passenger, providing genuine hospitality with style, care and charm. Porter’s fleet of Embraer E195-E2 and De Havilland Dash 8-400 aircraft serves a North American network from Eastern Canada. Headquartered in Toronto, Porter is an Official 4 Star Airline in the World Airline Star Rating. Visit www.flyporter.com or follow @porterairlines on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.