Senior Financial Analyst, Corporate Planning & Forecasting

We are always looking for amazing talent who can contribute to our growth and deliver results! Geotab is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst, Corporate Planning & Forecasting who will provide financial analysis and assist leaders to make data informed decisions, mitigate financial risk and stay on budget. If you love technology, and are keen to join an industry leader — we would love to hear from you!

As a Senior Financial Analyst, your key area of responsibility will be planning, forecasting and developing departmental budgets across the organization, developing and maintaining financial models to support close collaboration with senior leaders of cross functional teams. and coordinating long-term planning accordingly to meet organizational requirements. You will need to work closely with data analytics FDA / DNA teams to develop dashboards, reporting mechanisms and financial analytics to provide timely and insightful financial information to senior management and board members.

To be successful in this role you will seek to understand business needs, deliver high quality service, and apply different communication strategies. In addition, the successful candidate will have excellent conceptual, analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Lead the financial planning and forecasting processes for the organization, ensuring accurate and comprehensive financial models are developed to support strategic decision-making. 

• Manage the departmental budgeting process, collaborating with key stakeholders to establish realistic financial targets and tracking performance against budgets throughout the fiscal year.

• Collaborate with the data analytics FDA / DNA teams to develop dashboards,  reporting mechanisms and financial analytics to provide timely and insightful financial information to senior management and board members.

• Lead financial analysis and risk assessments, identifying potential opportunities and challenges  to recommend appropriate actions to optimize financial performance and mitigate risk.

• As the subject matter expert (SME), provide mentorship and guidance to other financial team members fostering a collaborative environment,  based on best practices in budgeting, forecasting and financial planning. 

• Monitor, forecast, analyze and report on in-year variances to budget; advising  on accruals, and year-end adjustments; provide data and analysis to internal and external auditors.

• Responsible for the Delivery of long-term (6 months – 2 years out+) Forecasting Analysis across all divisions for Senior Leadership, Project Owners and Financial Budget review.