Manager Finance, Loyalty

Requisition ID: 185669

Career Group: Corporate Office Careers

Job Category: Finance Marketing Loyalty Support

Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%

Job Type: Full-Time

Country: Canada (CA)

Province: Ontario

City: Mississauga

Location: Tahoe Office

Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada’s Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.

Our family of 128,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better – great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.

A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1,600 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.

Ready to Make an impact?

Sobeys is full of exciting opportunities and we are always looking for bright new talent to join our team! We currently have a full-time opportunity for a Manager Finance, Loyalty to join our National Finance team providing Finance support to our Loyalty Marketing department.

Here’s Where You’ll Be Focusing

• Financial Planning and Analysis: Prepare detailed monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports with variance analysis to budgets and forecasts. Identify opportunities for cost management, margin improvement, and operational efficiency.Budgeting and Forecasting: Lead the annual budgeting and monthly forecasting process (including capital planning for Scene+ projects) with Loyalty & Customer Analytics team to gather and consolidate inputs, monitor to targets and recommend corrective actions as necessary. Prepare and present plans to senior leadership.
• Period-close process: Oversee the period close process for timely and accurate financial records, ensuring compliance with accounting principles, company policies, and regulatory requirements. Manage the working papers for Scene+ balance sheet accounts.
• Partner settlements: Oversee the reconciliation of Scene+ points and other Scene LP partner commitments, managing the invoicing and payments to partners.
• Business partnership and financial strategy: Collaborate with and support the business teams to develop and implement financial strategies aligned with business goals- including financial modeling for capital investments and financial return metrics (IRR/NPV).
• Team Leadership: Lead and mentor finance team member, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment. Conduct performance evaluations and provide professional development opportunities for teammate.
  
  

What You Have To Offer

• Undergraduate or graduate degree in business/accounting/finance and an accounting designation (CPA or equivalent)
• Minimum 8 years of relevant work experience
• Advanced Excel and data analytics
• Proficient in financial modeling, financial planning, reporting and variance analysis
• Strong technical accounting background with knowledge of IFRS
• Working knowledge of SAP is an asset
• A continuous improvement mindset, energized by new opportunities and challenges
• Detail-oriented with the ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a deadline driven environment
• Advanced problem-solving skills with ability to take complex inputs and generate practical outcomes
• Excellent written and oral interpersonal and communication skills
• Can build and deliver effective content and recommendation up to a VP/SVP/EVP+ level
• Ability to drive and engage a team to success
• Proven time management, organization, and multi-tasking skills
  
  

At Sobeys we require our teammates to have the ability to adhere to a hybrid work model that requires your presence at one of our office locations at least three days per week. This requirement is integral to our commitment to team collaboration and the overall success of our office culture.

We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better – physically, financially and emotionally.

Some websites share our job opportunities and may provide salary estimates without our knowledge. These estimates are based on similar jobs and postings for general comparison, but these numbers are not provided by our organization nor monitored for accuracy.

We will consider factors such as your working location, work experience and skills as well as internal equity, and market conditions to ensure the selected candidate is paid fairly and competitively. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.

Our Total Rewards programs, for full-time teammates, goes well beyond your paycheque:

• Competitive Benefits Package, tailored to meet your needs, including health and dental coverage, life, short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Access to Virtual Health Care Platform and Employee and Family Assistance Program.
• A Retirement and Savings Plan that provides you with the opportunity to build and add value to your savings.
• A 10% in-store discount at our participating banners and access to a wide range of other discount programs, making your purchases more affordable.
• Learning and Development Resources to fuel your professional growth.
• Parental leave top-up
• Paid Vacation and Days-off
  
  

We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.