Centricity Research

Financial Analyst, FP&A

Centricity Research Canada

Biotechnology Research · 201-500 employees

2 h ago
Remote financial-analyst Mid (2-5 yrs) Full-time Canada
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About the role

The Financial Analyst will support budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis while serving as a finance partner to operational and site leaders. Responsibilities include building financial models, automating recurring reporting, and developing dashboards to provide actionable insights.

What they look for

Financial analysis Budgeting Forecasting Variance analysis Cash-flow management Financial modeling KPI tracking Excel Power BI Data integrity Accounting principles Business partnership Reporting automation Scenario modeling Unit economics

Requirements

Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or Economics and relevant experience in FP&A or corporate finance. Strong Excel skills and a solid understanding of core accounting principles are required, with preference given to those with a CPA designation.

Benefits

Comprehensive health insurance Dental insurance Vision insurance Mental health support Flexible PTO Paid holidays Continuing education reimbursement 401(k) with company match RRSP with company match

Full description

About the Role 

We're looking for a Financial Analyst, FP&A to support budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis across corporate and site-level cost centers. This remote Canada role will focus on recurring reporting, variance analysis, cash-flow management, and rolling forecasts while helping strengthen our growing FP&A function.

 

Over time, you'll grow into a trusted finance partner to operational, clinical, and site leaders. You'll help maintain shared models, automate recurring reporting, and create useful dashboards. This role is a great fit for someone analytical, curious, adaptable, and eager to learn and collaborate.

 

What You’ll Do 

  • Budgeting & Forecasting: Support the annual budgeting process and periodic re-forecasts, build and maintain rolling forecasts, and track variances to flag risks and opportunities early. 
  • Financial Modeling: Build and continuously improve financial models supporting site performance, study/trial economics, and new business cases, and develop KPI and unit-economics tracking (cost per site, trial margin, revenue per therapeutic area). 
  • Business Partnership: Serve as a trusted finance partner to operational, clinical, and site leaders, preparing monthly and quarterly business reviews with variance commentary and recommendations. 
  • Dashboards & Reporting: Build dashboards and reporting packages in Excel, Power BI, or similar tools that give stakeholders self-service visibility into their numbers. 
  • Team Collaboration: Work closely with other FP&A analysts on the shared financial model, helping maintain data integrity and building repeatable analytics processes rather than one-off analyses. 
  • FP&A Function Buildout: Help establish core recurring tasks and best practices as the function matures, including resource optimization analysis and integrated P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow modeling. 

 

You Might Be a Great Fit If You: 

  • Have a Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field is preferred; equivalent education or relevant experience will also be considered.
  • Bring relevant experience or demonstrated capability in FP&A, corporate finance, accounting, or a similarly analytical role. Early-career through experienced candidates are welcome.
  • Have strong Excel skills for your career stage, including lookups, pivot tables, SUMIFS, and sensitivity or scenario modeling, along with sound financial-modeling fundamentals.
  • Are curious, coachable, and comfortable learning new financial systems and tools, with an interest in automating or streamlining manual processes.
  • Have a solid grasp of core accounting and finance principles (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, unit economics).
  • Communicate financial information clearly to non-finance audiences and build strong, collaborative working relationships.
  • Are proactive, adaptable, and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and contribute wherever help is needed.
  • Experience in healthcare, life sciences, biotech, pharma, or a clinical research organization (CRO/IRO/site network) is a plus, not a requirement.
  • Familiarity with planning or BI tools such as Workday Adaptive Planning, Anaplan, NetSuite Planning and Budgeting, Power BI, or Tableau is an asset.
  • Exposure to ERP systems such as NetSuite, Sage Intacct, or Microsoft Dynamics, or working knowledge of SQL, is an asset.
  • A CPA designation, or active pursuit of one, is preferred but not required.

Why Centricity Research? 

Our Mission 

We connect people to scientific advancements through groundbreaking research within a deeply human experience. 

 

Our Core Values 

  • Quality: We aim for excellence and integrity in everything we do - because lives depend on it. 
  • Care: We show up for each other, our customers, and our mission - always going the extra mile. 
  • Be the Change You Seek: We're adaptable, forward-thinking, and constantly improving - for the betterment of all. 
  • One Team: We collaborate, support one another, and succeed together. 
  • Grow for Good: We grow with purpose - to expand access to research and improve global health. 
  • Own It: We take initiative, deliver results, and follow through - with passion and accountability. 

 

Benefits 

  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance 
  • Enhanced EAP – mental health support 
  • Flexible PTO + paid holidays 
  • Continuing education reimbursement 
  • 401(k) / RRSP with company match and immediate vesting 

 

Ready to Apply? 

We’d love to hear from you – apply now! 

 

We’re an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and will provide accommodations during the hiring process upon request.

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