The Senior Financial Planning Analyst assists in the timeliness & integrity of Financial & Management reporting, analysing variances and investigating root causes, providing an action plan to mitigate risks.

The Senior FP&A; Analyst will play a pivotal role in Annual Business Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting, collecting, analyzing, and reviewing the forecasts and drive process improvements to improve forecast accuracy.

The position requires a strong analytical mindset, financial modelling skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work collaboratively across departments and de-centralized business units.

Responsibilities
Planning, Forecasting and Reporting

Development and maintenance of comprehensive financial models for budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning. (Sales Volume, Pricing, Costs, P&L;).

Support the forecast update process cycle and annual budgeting process: coordination across all businesses finance teams on requirements, preparation of informational memos and maintenance of the overall planning calendar.

Proactively participate in all planning, budgeting, and forecasting activities of local teams to ensure timely submission of the quarterly forecasting process.

Preparation of forecast review presentations for local management teams

Continually improving reporting & forecasting processes and scale reporting to reflect evolving needs of the company

Analysis/Quarter / Month End Close

Provide comprehensive financial & business analysis and reporting support to local finance teams during the Quarter End Reporting.

Develop and maintain management reporting, dashboards and KPIs to support analysis of the business, including variances to budget, forecast, and prior periods.

Identify variances between Actual and budget, forecast and prior year periods,



providing meaningful insights to support decision-making; enable business partners to manage their budgets and recommend corrective actions as necessary.

Perform volume/price/mix sales analysis.

Assist with financial / strategic reviews with the Sales & Operations team and Develop monthly new business reporting for Sales team.

Other Responsibilities

Recommend & drive continuous process improvements and automation initiatives within the FP&A; function to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and internal controls.

Undertake ad hoc financial analysis and special projects as needed, providing decision support to various business initiatives.

Support in Exploration and implementation of financial & operations systems / ERPs.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in finance, Business or Accounting

CPA designated or near the final stages of the program

5+ years of relevant experience in FP&A;

Prior experience working in manufacturing is required

Experience with manufacturing concepts such as shrinkage, traceability and trade spend an asset

Exposure to ERP systems

Highly proficient in Microsoft Office and advanced Excel functionality (Power Pivot, Power Query, Data Modelling experience will be considered an asset)

Robust budgeting, forecasting, strategic planning, and financial modeling experience

Able to drive process improvements and efficiency in a fast-paced environment

Meticulous attention to detail & very strong organizational skills

Exceptional verbal and written communication abilities, with a proven track record of driving action and execution across cross-functional (decentralized) teams.

Flexibility to adjust workload and hours, when necessary, especially during Quarter end

This is a permanent hybrid role with an annual salary of $100,000.00-$110,000.00 plus bonus and benefits.

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📌 Senior Financial Planning Analyst (Ontario)
🏢 Onico Solutions
📍 Ontario