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Financial Analyst, Volunteer
About the Pet Cancer Foundation
The Pet Cancer Foundation’s vision is to increase the life expectancy and improve the quality of life of pets diagnosed with cancer. Estimates suggest that 12M dogs and cats are developing cancer every year, roughly 6x the number of humans getting cancer yearly within North America. We need to do more for our furry friends, and we’re building a large team of distributed, animal-loving passionate volunteers to help them and their families.
Over the past 24 months, the organization has grown from the Founder’s vision to a team of over 250 volunteers working virtually across Canada, the United States, and another half dozen countries worldwide. As we work to become the leading organization in the field of animal cancers, we plan to more than double in size over the next 12 months. To continue on this trajectory, we’re searching for highly qualified accounting professionals to provide critical analysis across the organization’s many projects. That’s where and how you can help us.
About the Position
To help the Foundation realize its large vision, the volunteer, Financial Analysis, will use their extensive experience while thinking ‘out of the box’ to find solutions and deliver results. The will work closely with senior management to increase the organization’s efficiency and profitability by leading and managing the financial analysis team. The role requires the leader to provides analysis, reports and recommendations with respect to PCF operational and financial requirements. The will be comfortable analyzing data to understand, solving business problems and presenting the results, and leading a high functioning team. The will play an important role in the month end process, and raise critical insights and recommendations to enable our VP’s, C-suite leadership, and other senior leaders’ evaluation of business initiatives, projects, and decisions.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Manage projects for the development of new programs and projects by coordinating with others
- Assess the financial feasibility, definition and scope of various projects, and allocate the projects to team members, which includes analysis, direction, mentoring, guidance and assessment
- Preparation of annual budgets, objectives and targets for different departments
- Perform macro- and micro-analytical activities relevant to PCF business activities
- Produce reports and presentations outlining the research and analysis and results
- Provide insight and recommendations to management
- Build standard work process for the financial analysis team
- Communicate to senior management the reasons behind the product/department performance and results.
- Maintain and implement measurable performance indicators, analyze them and take action in collaboration with the manager
- Ensure that the activities under the supervisor’s responsibility comply with the organization’s policies and procedures
- Special projects and other related duties, as required
About You
This role requires an experienced Analyst who has a strong track record of leading company initiatives. The ideal candidate is a relationship builder, has strong EQ, and has executives and business stakeholders’ trust. This role requires a well-rounded professional with solid technical finance skills and an intuitive analytical mind. PCF is a rapidly growing and changing organization, and the , Financial Analysis, has experience in both large and complex organizations and entrepreneurially run start-ups. You have:
- A University degree, majoring in business, finance, accounting, or similar. You hold or are working toward an MBA, CFA, CPA, or another relevant professional designation is considered an asset.
- Experienced Manager with a minimum of 2 years of related experience in the financial planning and analysis field
- Advanced Excel and Outlook skills, with a working knowledge of other Microsoft Office programs;
- A solid understanding of accounting and finance concepts
- A logical thinker who can successfully problem solve effectively; attention to detail and the ability to anticipate issues are essential
- Strong desire to learn and understand with a continuous improvement attitude
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Ability to work and manage effectively and efficiently in a remote working environment
- Excellent critical thinking and time-management skills to complete deliverables accurately and according to established deadlines
- In-depth expertise with “what if” scenario mapping and in-depth financial analysis.
- Has demonstrated ability to draw insights from complex information and deliver complex concepts to non-financial leaders straightforwardly.
- A natural leader and proactive; you don’t wait for projects to hit your desk. You actively seek opportunities to support individual, team, and organizational success
What we provide you with
Volunteering with PCF in this critical role is a generational opportunity to contribute to building a best-in-class organization that will make a difference in millions of animals’ lives in the decades to come. The challenges of building an umbrella cancer agency from the inception will provide learnings while expanding your network of contacts.
Footnotes
- This position is virtual and can be completed from anywhere in Canada or the United States.
- This is a volunteer position, and the time commitment is approximately 6-8 hours per week
- Flexibility in hours of availability will be necessary during strategic planning periods for significant initiatives
- This is a volunteer position that could potentially lead to other roles within the organization.
- Please visit our new website in beta-release at www.petcancerfdn.orgto learn more regarding the organization.
Job Type: Part-time
Part-time hours: 4-6 per week
Application question(s):
- We are experiencing higher than 70% of applicants who state they missed seeing the volunteer nature of the role in the posting above. Please leave us a short acknowledgement that you are aware of the volunteer nature of the role to allow us to properly consider your application. Thank you!
Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree (preferred)
Experience:
- Corporate finance and non-profit: 2 years (preferred)
- financial analysis: 2 years (preferred)
