Senior Financial Analyst

Job Title: Senior Financial AnalystJob DescriptionThis Senior Financial Analyst role leads key financial planning, forecasting, and reporting activities while serving as a strategic business partner to leadership. You will own monthly reporting, manage weekly forecasts, and drive semi-annual planning, providing clear insights that influence business decisions. The position combines advanced financial analysis, strong business acumen, and excellent communication skills to support strategic planning, cost control, and continuous process improvement across the organization.Responsibilities

• Lead the semi-annual financial planning process, typically conducted in May and November, ensuring accurate, well-supported plans aligned with business objectives.
• Own the monthly financial reporting cycle, including preparing reports, reviewing results against expectations, and highlighting key variances and trends.
• Manage weekly forecasting activities from Monday to Tuesday, including building and updating forecast models, coordinating with vendors, and presenting leadership with an outlook on overall payments.
• Oversee expense management and cost control initiatives, identifying opportunities to optimize spending and improve financial performance.
• Develop a deep understanding of the full breadth of the business to provide relevant, insightful financial guidance and analysis.
• Meet weekly with Senior leadership to present financial results, forecasts, and insights, including regular presentations to the CFO on a weekly and monthly basis.
• Act as a key financial business partner to management and internal stakeholders, providing financial recommendations and developing reports that support data-driven decision-making.
• Serve as an integral member of the monthly financial forecasting process, ensuring timely, accurate, and realistic forecasts.
• Work closely with other finance groups to conduct financial studies, build forecast outlooks, and align assumptions across teams.
• Lead semi-annual planning activities in collaboration with other finance teams and internal business stakeholders, ensuring cohesive and coordinated plans.
• Partner with US-based finance groups to build accurate financial projections and ensure consistency across regions.
• Apply creative problem-solving skills to design and implement new or supplemental reporting methods that enhance financial visibility and insight.
• Prepare and present complex financial analyses in a meaningful, concise, and user-friendly manner for Senior management.
• Use strong business acumen to deliver value-added financial analysis and advisory support that helps develop and execute strategic plans.
• Provide thought leadership and recommendations to identify and implement process improvements within financial planning, forecasting, and reporting.
• Lead special projects and ad-hoc assignments as required, often involving cross-functional collaboration and analytical support.
• Share and implement best practices within the team and across the broader finance group to drive continuous improvement and consistency.

Essential Skills

• Proven experience as a Senior Financial Analyst or in a similar advanced financial analysis role.
• Strong background as a financial business partner, working closely with management and internal stakeholders.
• Solid understanding of accounting principles and financial statements.
• Hands-on experience in business analysis, including translating data into actionable insights.
• Advanced financial modeling skills for forecasting, scenario analysis, and strategic planning.
• Demonstrated expertise in financial analysis, including variance analysis and trend identification.
• Experience in financial reporting, including preparing and presenting reports for Senior leadership.
• Strong Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) experience, including budgeting, forecasting, and performance management.
• Professional accounting designation (CPA) or equivalent qualification.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to explain complex financial concepts clearly.
• Experience presenting to high-level stakeholders and executive teams, including preparing and delivering formal presentations.
• Advanced Excel skills, including proficiency with pivot tables, formulas, and lookup functions.
• Ability to prepare concise, user-friendly financial analysis for Senior management.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience collaborating with multiple finance groups and cross-functional teams across different regions, including US-based finance partners.
• Proven ability to design and improve financial reporting processes and tools.
• Strong problem-solving mindset with a focus on continuous improvement and innovation in reporting and forecasting.
• Comfort working closely with Senior leadership, including regular interaction with the CFO.
• Ability to build strong relationships across the organization and act as a trusted advisor to business stakeholders.
• Experience leading special projects and ad-hoc analyses in support of strategic initiatives.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, ensuring accuracy in all financial outputs.
• Ability to thrive in a culture that emphasizes internal growth, development, and promotion from within.

Work EnvironmentThis role is based fully on-site, with a schedule of five days per week in the office. Standard working hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with flexibility to work 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., for a total of approximately 40 hours per week. Overtime is not typically required. You will work in a collaborative finance environment that emphasizes partnership with other finance groups and business stakeholders, including US-based teams. The analytics team provides strong support and mentorship, particularly in Excel, to help you continue to grow and refine your technical skills. The culture encourages building connections through committees and social events such as barbecues and holiday parties. The organization promotes a healthy work–life balance and offers an average associate tenure of 8–10 years, reflecting a strong promote-from-within culture and ongoing growth opportunities with high exposure to leadership. A comprehensive benefits package is available from day one, including health and dental coverage, as well as success sharing paid out twice a year based on financial performance. Annual RSU grants are awarded based on performance, with a vesting schedule of 50% after year two and 50% after year three. A deferred profit-sharing plan provides up to 4% of base pay after the first year of employment. Paid time off includes three weeks of vacation to start, which resets annually on the hire date, and five personal days each calendar year.

Job Type & LocationThis is a Permanent position based out of North York, ON.

Pay and BenefitsThe pay range for this position is $75000.00 - $105000.00/yr. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Workplace TypeThis is a fully onsite position in North York,ON.

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Aston Carter fournit des solutions de talent de classe mondiale à des milliers de clients à travers le monde. Spécialisés dans la comptabilité, la finance, les ressources humaines, l’acquisition de talents, les achats, la chaine d’approvisionnement, et certaines professions administratives, nous étendons les capacités des entreprises à la pointe de l’industrie. Nous nous appuyons sur notre profonde expertise en matière de recrutement et sur notre vaste réseau pour répondre aux besoins évolutifs de nos clients et de notre communauté de talents avec agilité et excellence. Avec des bureaux aux États-Unis, au Canada, en Asie et en Europe, Aston Carter est au service d’un grand nombre d’entreprises du classement Fortune 500. Nous sommes fiers d’avoir remporté la désignation « Prix Platine » dans le cadre des prix Best of Staffing® Client et Talent décernés par ClearlyRated.

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About Aston Carter

Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® Platinum Award winner for both client and talent service.

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