Senior Analyst FP&A

Reporting to the Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis, this role is a key member of the Supply and Trading Team. The Senior Financial Analyst will be responsible for supporting and improving financial planning, budgeting and forecasting activities, coordinating with other Finance and Operations Teams to prepare robust plans, supporting analysis, while ensuring all key timelines are met and continually driving for improved forecast accuracy.

They will also work closely with the various divisional teams, to gain a deep understanding of their business and information needs to provide more insightful management reporting and financial analysis to support their decision-making.

• Develop and prepare enhanced management reporting, analysis and key metrics to provide more transparency and insight into divisional performance for our various stakeholder groups (Supply & Trading Leadership Team, Operations teams, Corporate FP&A), with a focus on interpreting and explaining the numbers and metrics from a business perspective
• Collaborate with Controllership and Front Office teams to developing their respective forecasts and scenario analysis
• Support reporting package(s) with executive-level explanations of operational results, business/market trends and recommendation(s) to manage material variances
• Prepare/support with business reviews
• Prepare consolidated monthly reporting and associated commentary
• Develop and prepare supplemental reporting to track progress of key initiatives

• Collaborate with Controllership and Front Office teams to developing their annual budget
• Assist in developing a detailed presentation of budget assumptions, key business drivers and variances to relevant periods for the Senior Leadership Team

• Support consolidation and presentation of financial plans.
• Prepare/Support all financial planning activities for the Supply and Trading teams, working closely with the Finance, Operations and Corporate teams to manage timelines, gather and review inputs, the annual budget and the rolling monthly forecast, including EBITDA, Net Earnings, and Working Capital.
• Pro-actively work with the Controlling and Operations teams to better understand their business and key performance drivers to develop more robust planning processes.
• Prepare lookbacks to measure forecast accuracy and understand all variances from plan (both controllable and uncontrollable) to improve predictability.
• Identify opportunities to revamp and streamline processes to support effective, efficient, and consistent methodologies across teams.
• Develop/update various forward-looking reports and analysis to improve ease of review for various stakeholders, provide more insight and ensure consistency across the division.

• Model business and "what if" scenarios and prepare other analyses to support the business in evaluating and recommending alternatives and action plans to improve and optimize business performance (e.g. capital investments, inventory optimization).
• Collaborate with the Controlling and Operations teams in solving adhoc issues that arise by providing financial analysis and insights to support decision-making.
• Support business development activities and the integration of acquisitions.

• Development of standardized models / templates to be used across divisions when preparing monthly reviews, capital expenditure requests, and providing guidance on various presentations.
• Assist in special project analysis to be presented to various levels of leadership.
• Proactively identify Continuous Improvement opportunities to optimize reporting, resolve finance defects and improve, scale, or simplify finance tools across teams and divisions.
• Performing external benchmarking analysis.

• Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting or Economics.
• Professional accounting designation (CPA, FPAC, CFA) strongly preferred.

• 7+ years of relevant, progressive experience in a financial or business analyst role.
• Strong knowledge of Oracle EPM, Power…