We are currently seeking candidates for the position of Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis.
Reporting to the Vice President of FP&A, the Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), will play a pivotal role in establishing the company’s short and long-term corporate objectives, with a particular focus on leading the annual planning and quarterly forecasting processes, evaluating business performance, providing meaningful insights, identifying and remediating risks, and working collaboratively with business partners to ultimately drive growth and business profitability.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage the monthly reporting process by analyzing financial results; coordinating with sites/departments to gather intel related to key business/industry trends, product profitability, production performance, spend, in addition to cash flow activity; reporting and presenting meaningful insights to the leadership team;
- Manage the company's strategic annual and long-range financial planning process supported by financial modeling of the P&L, balance sheet and cash flow projections;
- Manage the quarterly financial forecasting process, highlighting key strategic changes, risks and opportunities;
- Manage the preparation of key deliverables to the Board of Directors including business plans, financial outlooks, business performance, risks and mitigation plans, consumer/market intelligence and other meaningful insights;
- Manage process change initiatives to further improve the measurement of business performance and drive further efficiencies via implementation of enterprise planning, data management and reporting solutions;
- Manage preparation of financial models/analyses for external audit requirements, M&A, financing requirements, rationalization of product portfolio, business cases for major capital expenditures and/or other ad hoc strategic business initiatives;
- Perform additional responsibilities, as required.
Qualifications:
- Undergraduate degree in Accounting or Finance;
- Professional accounting designation (CPA, CA, CMA);
- 10+ years of progressive accounting, finance and FP&A experience, with 5+ years of relevant FP&A experience preparing budgets, forecasts, analyzing and reporting on business performance;
- Related industry experience in consumer-packaged goods and/or manufacturing (preferably in the Cannabis sector), with a strong understanding of inventory costing and measuring production performance;
- Proficient knowledge of ERPs, planning systems, and other enterprise data management solutions, including Power BI, Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint;
- Strong knowledge of IFRS accounting and reporting principles, including asset impairment tests;
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to synthesize large quantities of complex data into clear and actionable insights for various stakeholders;
- Proven analytical and creative problem-solving skills, with strong financial modeling experience;
- Proven ability to build and motivate teams, influence and drive change, own deliverables and evolve them through continuous process improvement, ability to work collaboratively with diverse cross-functional teams, ability to work on multiple projects with competing deadlines.