Mitacs Looking for Financial Planning Analyst at Toronto, ON Full Time

*This position can be fully remote or hybrid near Mitacs offices in Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto or Vancouver*

Do you want to be part of our innovative and entrepreneurial team?

Do you thrive in an entrepreneurial environment and enjoy working in a team atmosphere? Are you an “outside the box” thinker who strives to implement continuous improvements? Do you take a strategic approach to your work? Do you enjoy in a fast-paced culture where your opinions are valued and respected? Do you enjoy building partnerships to solve mutually beneficial challenges?

Mitacs is a national not-for-profit organization that helps industry and not-for-profit partners solve strategic challenges by leveraging Canada’s world-class post-secondary talent and a global network of industry, academic, and government partnerships. Through these collaborations, Mitacs helps business and community partners succeed, improves students’ on-the-job skills development, and strengthens Canada’s world-class innovation ecosystem. At Mitacs, we strive to develop the next generation of innovators with vital research and business skills. In partnership with domestic and international companies, governments, and academia, we support a new economy using Canada’s most valuable resource — its people.

To get a better understanding of Mitacs and read more about our values, please visit our website.

Financial Planning Analyst

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic financial planning

• Assist the Manager, Financial Planning with the development of the annual budget with focus on assumption quality and risk assessment
• Ensure the accurate and timely collection of operational plans. Assist in the analysis of consolidated operational plans and the evaluation of alignment and sufficiency to complete the corporate business plan from a cost-benefit lens
• Prepare financial schedules and documentation in support of the consolidated budget
• Proactively improve existing and develop new Operational and Financial Planning support material for various levels of leaders such as management, directors and executives
• Assist in the education and support of operational leadership in areas such as developing operating and capital budgets, monitoring, and interpreting financial information, and analyzing deviations from plan and investigating causes
• Assist in the operationalization of funding contract management from a budgeting and analysis perspective

Performance monitoring & forecasting

• Ensure the timely collection of corporate operational performance data. Analyze and interpret performance information
• Prepare, analyze, and interpret the budgetary results on a monthly basis
• Conduct monthly financial forecast, scenario, and sensitivity analyses; improve assumptions using business acumen and collected data from stakeholders
• Assist in the development of a monthly Forecasting Report to highlight areas of risk and recommended mitigations to Senior Leadership Team
• Work with Human Resource team to manage the payroll analysis and enhance resource planning and forecasting
• Liaise with a variety of internal and external stakeholders, such as operational managers and data custodians, to collaborate and obtain feedback to deliver performance measurement solutions

Other

• Establish strong collaborative relationships with Operational Leads to ensure symbiotic relationship
• Comfortable in taking on tasks beyond formal job responsibilities
• Other duties as assigned

TRAINING

• CFA and/or CPA designation or equivalent recognized accounting designation completed or close to completion required
• Bachelor’s degree in business (accounting or finance) or related area

EXPERIENCE

• 3 + years of progressive accountancy experience
• 1-2 years relevant experience working with budgets; specifically modelling analysis and contract management
• Have excellent technical accounting skills and detailed understanding of GAAP standards
• Have excellent analysis and modelling skills and a detailed understanding of the tools which can support this
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics Finance & Operations considered an asset

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

• Self-motivated with the ability to motivate others
• Strong communication skills – both written and oral – with all levels of stakeholders
• Advanced problem-solving abilities and advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to prioritize, multi-task and meet deadlines in a fast paced, rapidly changing, and dynamic work environment
• Attention to detail and accuracy are essential
• High level of business acumen and strong analytical and decision-making skills
• Ability to make recommendations and communicate with senior management
• Ability to build and maintain strong cross-functional working relationships
• Solid knowledge of current accounting practices and technologies
• A proven ability for developing multi-faceted models and budgets
• Maintain accuracy and confidentiality in managing and reporting salary, budget, and other financial information

At Mitacs, we believe a diverse workforce comprised of individuals with different ideas, strengths, interests, and backgrounds is crucial to our success. We encourage candidates to connect with us and share ways we may accommodate their needs during the recruitment process.

Mitacs has a COVID-19 policy in place that requires all employees to be fully vaccinated to protect our team and our stakeholders, subject to any accommodations required under applicable human rights legislation. More information about getting vaccinated can be found here.