Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A
Employment Status:
RegularTime Type:
Full timeBUILDING A WORLD CLASS TEAM STARTS WITH YOU
At the heart of CSA Group is a vision: making the world a better, safer, more sustainable place. It's been part of our mission for nearly one hundred years: from the first engineering standard for railway bridges developed in 1919, to more than 3,500 standards, codes & related products today.
Headquartered in Canada, with a global footprint of more than 30 labs and offices across Europe, Asia and North America, CSA Group tests, inspects and certifies a wide range of products - from every day househould items to leading edge technology-to meet exacting requirements for safety, performance and environmental impact.
Our employees take pride in making a difference in people's lives through the work that we do. We're looking for people like you to help make it happen.
Job Summary:
Responsibilities:
Understanding the Business
Meets regularly with managers and leaders across the organization to maintain current knowledge of KPIs, cost structure, etc. of the specific area, in order to obtain information required to analyze results accurately.
Interacts also with Global Finance Team members as well as global management to obtain current information on operations in these regions/countries, where required
Will be knowledgeable of CSA's banking agreements and reporting requirements for the Audit, Risk and Finance Committee, to aid in completion of reporting requirements
Supports senior team members in developing actionable recommendations, particularly around CSA's financial performance, operating costs, and other financial metrics
Working Well with Others
Collaborates with senior members of the Corporate Finance team to deliver financial results with accuracy and efficiency
Advises, influences, and communicates key insights to other Finance team members across the globe
Works in a confidential and collaborative fashion across all business functions
Manages the tracking of intercompany loan and management agreements
Delivering Results
Responsible for managing tasks required to deliver impactful analyses for the monthly, quarterly, and yearly reporting requirements that are due to the senior leadership team, Audit, Risk and Finance Committee, Board of Directors, financial auditors, and financial institutions
Responsible for preparing, reconciling, and analyzing the consolidated financial results on a consolidated basis (i.e. consolidated P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow Statement)
Leads the coordination and consolidation of the monthly financial reports from the regions and in the production of the monthly management report, including co-ordination of incoming information from reporting offices for consolidation and for use in detailed variance analyses prepared for the monthly reporting package
Develops, interprets, and implements financial and accounting techniques for financial planning and control. Implements these concepts and techniques across global subsidiaries during the monthly close
Conducts follow-up and investigation of significant discrepancies/variances noted in the information provided by the regions, to resolve these on a timely basis
Supports special initiatives as requested by senior leaders
Establishes and maintains a database of pertinent information or use in analyzing monthly results, budgets and re-forecasting
Concerns for Safety
Helps build a model of positive safety culture that recognizes and values the participation and contribution of all workers
Immediately reports hazards, near misses, incidents, observed unsafe acts and conditions and encourages team to do the same
Participates in corrective action process and resolves audit related actions
Participates and engages in the HSSE program in a positive and proactive manner, including workplace inspections and internal/external audits
Education and Experience:
University degree, preferably in Accounting
A designation is desirable (CMA, CGA or CA, CPA)
Minimum of 3-5 years of business experience in an accounting and financial environment and in analytical/financial analysis
Be very familiar with ERP systems (preferably in Workday and Adaptive Insights) and procedures in an accounting environment and be proficient in the use of Windows.
Skills:
Self-motivated, client service oriented and comfortable working to performance commitments with a minimum amount of supervision
Possess strong financial analytical and problem-solving skills experience
High degree of self-motivation and ownership
Aptitude for learning quickly
Positive and personable; enjoys working with different levels of an organization
Ability to work with multiple stakeholders and set priorities
Strong leadership, organizational, time management, and planning skills
Strong oral & written communication and interpersonal skills
Extremely strong MS Excel and PowerPoint skills