- Lead annual operating and capital budgeting processes
- Own forecasting cycles, delivering accurate projections and variance analysis
- Build dynamic financial models for scenario planning and decision-making
- Analyze manufacturing performance, including COGS, overhead absorption, and inventory impacts
- Provide visibility into cost drivers and identify optimization opportunities
- Partner with operations to improve cost transparency and financial discipline
- Develop and track KPIs across cost, efficiency, throughput, and quality
- Build and maintain Power BI / Tableau dashboards
- Identify risks and opportunities and articulate financial impact
- Serve as primary finance partner to manufacturing and supply chain leaders
- Develop ROI, payback, and NPV models for capital investments and process improvements
- Present data-driven recommendations to senior leadership
- Enhance forecasting accuracy and reporting efficiency
- Streamline financial processes and strengthen governance across operations
- Drive data-informed decision-making

Requirements

- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Engineering, or related field
- 5+ years of FP&A; or operations finance experience (manufacturing strongly preferred)
- Robust foundation in cost accounting (standard costing, inventory, variance analysis)




- Advanced Excel and financial modeling capabilities
- ERP experience (SAP or Oracle preferred)
- Experience with Power BI or Tableau for data visualization
- Ability to translate complex financial data into clear, actionable insights
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive outcomes

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in financial planning and analysis, with a strong focus on cost accounting, financial modeling, and data visualization. Proven ability to partner with operations to enhance financial discipline and drive data-informed decision-making.

Highest-signal resume keywords

- Financial Planning And Analysis (FP&A;)
- Cost Accounting
- Financial Modeling
- Power BI
- Stakeholder Management

Hard Skills

- Budgeting
- Variance Analysis
- KPI Development
- ROI Modeling
- NPV Modeling
- Advanced Excel
- Scenario Planning
- Data Analysis
- Cost Optimization
- Manufacturing Performance Analysis

Soft Skills

- Communication
- Influencing
- Cross-Functional Collaboration

Industry Keywords

- Manufacturing Finance
- Cost Transparency
- Financial Governance
- Data-Driven Decision-Making

Tools & Technologies

- ERP (SAP or Oracle)
- Tableau

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📌 Senior Operations FP&A Analyst (Mississauga)
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📍 Mississauga