Senior Financial Accountant, FP&A
- Toronto, ON
- 90.990-106.155 $ par an
- Permanent
- Temps-plein
- Support the development and ongoing maintenance of global expense planning and Western Protection business planning processes, including annual budgets, forecasts, and long-range plans.
- Partner with business and finance stakeholders to gather, validate, and challenge financial assumptions, with particular focus on expense drivers and cost center structures.
- Analyze actual results versus plan and forecast, identify key variances, trends, and underlying drivers, and clearly articulate explanations.
- Prepare and deliver planning and forecasting outputs that provide transparency into performance, risks, and opportunities for senior FP&A leaders and business stakeholders.
- Conduct in-depth financial analysis, including variance analysis, profitability analysis, and scenario modelling, to support operational and strategic decision-making.
- Provide in-depth expense and cost analysis, highlighting key drivers, emerging trends, and areas for efficiency or optimization.
- Identify risks and opportunities within financial results and forecasts, escalating material items with well-supported analysis and recommendations.
- Develop and maintain financial models, dashboards, and KPIs to track business and expense performance, communicating insights effectively to stakeholders.
- Ensuring analysis is timely, accurate, and decision-focused, enabling stakeholders to understand both financial outcomes and forward-looking implications.
- Improve planning, forecasting, and reporting processes to increase automation, scalability, and data integrity, including transitions away from manual or spreadsheet-heavy workflows.
- Apply strong data discipline to ensure consistency, governance, and control across FP&A outputs, particularly in relation to expense management and cost reporting.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives by identifying inefficiencies, recommending process enhancements, and sharing best practices across the global FP&A function.
- Support and contribute to enhancements of FP&A systems, tools, and data processes in partnership with BAU and project teams.
- Professional accounting designation (CPA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent) is preferred.
- Typically, 3+ years of relevant post-qualification experience in FP&A, financial analysis, or related finance role.
- Ability to communicate complex financial information clearly to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (Power query) and Power BI report development preferred.
- Experience within insurance or reinsurance is strongly preferred.
- Strong experience working with planning systems and analysis tools, including hands-on data extraction and management.
- Accounting knowledge combined with advanced financial analysis and modelling skills.
- Strong attention to detail, analytical rigor, and ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.