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Senior Financial Analyst - 16589 (Closed)

DO YOU THRIVE ON PROVIDING ANALYTICAL SUPPORT TO MANAGEMENT? Our client is looking for a Senior Financial Analyst to join their growing organization.

Senior Financial Analyst

About the Company

The Senior Financial Analyst is responsible for leveraging his/her exceptional analytical skills to utilize data and available systems to support financial analysis, reporting and recommendations. The individual will also play an important role in the forecasting and budgeting process to support key management decisions.

About the Opportunity  

• Develop and implement models appropriate for reporting, forecasting and budgeting
• Build strategic models to support analysis of gross margin, customer rebates, wages and freight results
• Consolidate forecasting information and analyze for consistency and reasonableness
• Communicate and liaise with management across the business to support analysis and reporting of financial metrics
• Clarity report management – design, develop and implement new reporting to support the business as well as manage current monthly reporting
• Identify and analyze key variances to forecast and budget and provide explanations of financial results to management
• Support the accounting month-end: journal entries, reporting, reviewing results etc. as required
• Assist in the preparation of key components of the Annual Financial Budget
• Develop and create reporting packages for management
• Make recommendations based on analysis
• Create and evolve analysis tools utilizing available systems – Clarity or AS400 to facilitate financial analysis and new reporting requirements
• Mine existing data to understand the relationships between data elements
• Support any implementation of new financial systems and tools
• Other analysis and projects as required of the position 

About You

• University degree in Commerce (i.e. BBA, BCom,) and/or MBA
• Accounting designation desired
• Five years of experience in finance, preferably in a wholesale/distribution or manufacturing environment
• A self-starter who thrives on preparing analysis to understand business performance
• Demonstrate a very high interest level and aptitude for systems applications to facilitate analysis or improve efficiencies and controls over data
• Exceptional analytical skills and high level of attention to detail
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills to deal with other functions and senior management
• Excellent follow-up skills and proactively takes initiative
• Excellent Excel and MS Access skills
• Worked with reporting tools such a Clarity, Cognos or Hyperion desirable
• Strong accounting knowledge and high degree of technical aptitude

Salary Range
$70,000-$75,000/year

How to Apply
Click the “Apply Now” button and follow the instructions to submit your resume. Please note that we only accept documents in MS Word or Rich Text formats. When referencing this job, quote #16589.

You must currently reside within the Greater Toronto Area and be permitted to work in Canada to be considered for this opportunity. A recruiter will be in touch with you if your profile meets our client’s requirements for this role.

About Lannick

Lannick is the premier professional recruitment and staffing firm in the Greater Toronto Area. Founded in 1985, Lannick provides best-in-class finance, accounting and technology professionals at all roles and levels through its three divisions: Lannick Finance & Accounting, Pro Count Staffing and Lannick Technology. Lannick places more than 1,000 candidates annually and is a preferred vendor for Canada’s most successful organizations. Learn more at www.lannick.com.

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