24 Oct
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Weareams
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Toronto
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At AMS, we look for people who bring more than experience, and we welcome different perspectives and ways of thinking.
We are seeking a highly analytical and strategic Senior FP&A; Qualified to drive our corporate financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and business performance analysis. In this role, you will act as a key financial advisor to executive leadership, translating complex operational data into actionable business insights. You will own the integrated financial model (P&L;, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow), lead the annual budgeting cycle, and partner with department leaders to optimize capital allocation and operational efficiency.
Key Accountabilities
What you’ll do:
Forecasting & Budget:
- Support the end-to-end monthly forecasting process, including gathering inputs, validating assumptions, analyzing trends, and preparing forecast updates.
- Partner with business stakeholders to collect key forecast drivers, including revenue, costs, headcount, project activity, volumes, pricing, and other operational assumptions.
- Analyze monthly trends and determine whether forecast assumptions require updates based on actual performance.
- Work closely with Finance Business Partners and business leaders to challenge assumptions and ensure forecasts are realistic and supported by business activity.
- Track material changes to forecast assumptions and clearly explain the financial impact on revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, EBITDA, and other key metrics.
- Support forecast review meetings by preparing financial analysis, commentary, risks and opportunities, and presentation materials.
- Support the annual budgeting process, including preparing budget templates, consolidating submissions, reviewing assumptions, and coordinating with business stakeholders.
- Analyze budget assumptions and identify gaps, inconsistencies, risks, opportunities, and areas requiring further clarification.
Financial Analysis and Reporting:
- Prepare, review and support month end journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations
- Prepare and review monthly P&L; results, including detailed variance analysis versus forecast, budget, and prior year.
- Provide clear commentary on financial performance, key business drivers, risks, and opportunities.
- Analyze revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, headcount costs, and other key financial metrics.
- Identify unusual trends, one-time items, timing differences, and recurring business impacts.
- Support monthly financial reviews with Finance leadership and business stakeholders.
Ad-Hoc & Process Improvement:
- Identify opportunities to enhance financial planning and analysis processes.
- Implement best practices and automation to improve efficiency.
- Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of financial systems and tools.
- Support ad-hoc financial analysis and business requests from Finance leadership, business partners, and senior management.
- Identify opportunities to automate recurring reports, templates, reconciliations, and manual finance processes.
Skills & Requirements
- Experience in financial planning and analysis, accounting, corporate finance, or a related finance role.
- Apply strong forecasting, budgeting, P&L; analysis, variance analysis, and month-end reporting capabilities to support business performance and decision-making
- Leverage experience preparing journal entries and supporting financial close activities, ensuring accuracy and compliance
- Utilize advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills to analyze data, develop financial models, and present insights effectively
- Develop executive-level reporting materials and financial commentary, translating complex financial information into actionable business insights
- Bring advanced finance or accounting expertise, supported by an MBA, CPA, or progress toward a CPA designation
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related field.
Skills and Competencies:
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to explain financial results clearly to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
- Stro
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🏢 Weareams
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