Senior Financial Analyst - Financial Planning and Analysis - Express Scripts Canada

The Senior Financial Analyst is to provide support to Finance in the areas of closing and reporting, Budgeting and Forecasting including month-end analysis, P&L reporting to Business Unit (BU) leaders, KPI reporting, preparation of financial data for ELT. Additional responsibilities include developing and maintaining moderate to complex financial data models using advanced Excel skills, creation of reports to assist in ongoing analysis and dissemination of information.

Work Location: Mississauga Head Office

Working Environment: Hybrid, 2 days/week on-site

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare Budget, Forecast and long-term projections to ensure the organization meets its financial targets

• Generate monthly financial analysis, KPI, scorecard and reports for BU and Cost centers

• Participate in month end closing process and prepare variance analysis in consultation with Budget owners

• Conduct financial analysis, trend analysis, gathering & maintaining of data for dissemination to the Budget owners as required

• Supports BU leader and Budget owners with Forecasting and facilitating alignment between cross functional areas

• Develop and maintain moderately-complex modeling and data analysis for corporate and departmental use.  Responsibilities include testing, validation of data assumptions & approach and pricing to customers

• Supports Budget owners or Executive sponsors in creating required financial analysis 

• Collect feedback from the users of the Forecasting & make recommendations accordingly

• Supports stakeholders and performs financial models’ sensitivity analysis for BU leaders or Budget owners

• Conduct special projects as assigned by Senior Management

Qualifications:

• College Diploma or Undergrad Degree in Finance or Accounting

• Have an accounting designation (CPA, CMA/CPA, CGA) or actively pursuing one

• 5 years of Financial Analyst experience, with solid technical and analytical skills

Computer or Other Skills:

• Advanced Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, WebEx etc.)

• Essbase / Hyperion

• ERP experience (D365 preferred)

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Knowledge of Healthcare/Pharma industry is strongly preferred

• Demonstrated initiative with commitment and ability to work under tight deadlines – takes ownership

• Able to work in a fast paced, rapidly changing environment

• Superior communication skills and interpersonal skills

• Flexible and adaptable to handle diverse responsibilities

• Able to work independently and within a team

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite of tools (Word, Excel, Outlook)

• Auditing, proofreading, focused listening, extended period of monitoring a visual display