fgf brands Looking for Financial Analyst, Operations at Greater Toronto Area, ON Full Time

Financial Analyst – Operations

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Summary

As the Financial Analyst, you will work as a business partner in providing provide overall financial support in making informed strategic decisions & Financial / Business Analysis. In addition, this role will support the preparation of daily and monthly management reports and analysis, including Variance, Root Cause and KPI analysis. This role is a split between Operations Finance (which is daily, weekly and monthly reporting) and FP & A which is basically Customer Reporting, Freight, Trade Spend analysis (monthly and ad hoc) and sales reporting. The role is75% working with plant operations data and 25% FP & A.

What FGF Offers:

• FGF believes in Home Grown Talent, accelerated career growth with leadership training. Unleashing Your Potential
• Competitive Compensation, Health Benefits, & a generous flexible medical / Health spending account
• RRSP matching program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Discount program that covers almost everything under the sun – Restaurants, gyms, shopping etc.

Primary Responsibilities

• The role works across the management spectrum to help understand the business and support in business decisions
• Support in daily Operations variance analysis, identifying the key drivers for variances for each plant location
• Ensure timely collection, integrity of shift data in order to produce correct calculations & reconcile data between systems to determine inconsistencies and recommend/initiate process changes to improve performance
• Working closely with various managers to identify cost savings opportunities, through cost analysis
• Calculate and analyze key spending area’s (Like Trade Spend / Purchase Price) and perform a root cause analysis on key variances
• Prepare accruals and standard journal entries for month and year-end
• Create periodic reports and analyze variances against the standard for corrective action
• Assist in the preparation of annual verification of physical inventory and matching the inventory with 3rd party logistics providers
• Build analytical models to perform ad-hoc financial analysis to provide a broad perspective on financial impact and make recommendations to Management

Required Experience

• Recent Graduate from a University or College degree in Accounting / Finance or working towards Professional accounting designation
• Advanced Excel and other Microsoft Office applications including PowerPoint
• Experience with SAP is considered an asset
• Strong financial acumen and analytical skills
• Strong interpersonal and oral communication skills and is required to work with multiple cross functional business partners
• Advocate for continuous process improvement and process optimization
• Ability to work under tight deadlines with an ability manage multiple competing priorities and be flexible and resilient

What is the recipe for a great career at FGF?

Working at FGF Brands, there is never a dull moment! As a successful company that is continually growing there is always challenging yet rewarding work to be a part of. We have an entrepreneurial spirit which encourages all our team members to use their own creativity and out of the box thinking to come up with solutions and new ideas.

Disclaimer: The above describes the general responsibilities, required knowledge and skills. Please keep in mind that other duties may be added or this description may be amended at any time.

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