The Financial Analyst / Senior Accountant, Planning and Forecasting strengthens organizational decision‑making by delivering accurate financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and analytical insights that will support key business initiatives and operational priorities. This position is ideal for a hands‑on accounting / financial professional who thrives in a fast‑paced environment and is passionate about driving accuracy, efficiency, and continuous improvement. The role also involves handling the accounting for smaller business entities in the Group and their related payments, sales tax filing and other ad‑hoc reporting as required.

Duties and Responsibilities

Contributes to period‑end, monthly, quarterly, and annual planning and reporting cycles

Supports with budgeting cycles, coordinate input from business units, and ensure alignment with corporate strategy

Collaborates with multiple stakeholders to prepare and distribute the company’s financial/KPI reporting/dashboards, financial results, budgets/forecasts, and variance analyses

Proposes and develops forecasts using historical data, market trends, and scenario analysis

Assists with data analytics utilizing various tools to analyze trends, identify risks/opportunities, and support operational improvements

Collaborates with leadership on budgeting, forecasting financial analysis and other accounting activities

Provides insights into business cases, pricing decisions, and support senior leadership with long‑term planning

Ensures compliance with financial processes, follows Canadian GAAP/IFRS and other regulatory requirements.





Assists internal stakeholders by providing accurate financial analysis, reporting, and variance explanations and other key data to support with informed decision

Helps the team understand financial results and provides explicit, data‑supported insights

Contributes to finance process improvements, reporting enhancements, and analytical process

Prepares ad hoc financial analysis, business case support, and other reporting models as required

Assesses financial data and preparing documents for income tax purposes in compliance with relevant regulations

Supports month‑end close processes, including journal entries, financial schedules, and reporting

Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Must be legally eligible to work in Canada without restrictions

Bachelor’s degree in business, accounting, finance, statistics, or a related field

Professional accounting designation (CPA/CFA or working towards) will be considered a strong asset

Experience working with financial and operating systems such as NetSuite (Oracle), Microsoft Office Products (e.g. Excel, Access), SQL, Power BI, Tableau

3–5 years of experience in FP&A;, corporate finance, or financial modelling

Solid understanding of Canadian GAAP/IFRS and Ontario business regulations

Excellent oral and writing communication skills for presenting insights to senior leadership or to explain financial concepts to non‑financial stakeholders

Experience analyzing large volumes of data

Progressive experience in FP&A;, financial analysis, or accounting within a manufacturing environment or grocery industry is not a must but will be considered an asset

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📌 Financial Analyst/Senior Accountant (Planning and Forecasting) (Mississauga)
🏢 Instore Group of Companies
📍 Mississauga