Finance Business Partner, FP&A

ALDO Group


Date: 5 hours ago
City: Montreal, QC
Contract type: Full time
Job Title: Finance Business Partner, FP&A

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Looking to unbox your full potential? Find YOUR Fit at the ALDO GROUP.

Join the ALDO Group and thrive in a culture of continuous learning and impactful social responsibility! We offer exceptional training programs and are committed to ethical practices and sustainability. Find YOUR Fit while making a positive difference - apply now!

FIND YOUR FIT

  • Recognition programs to showcase your talent!
  • Tools to support and help them to reach their Career Goals.  (Training Offers, Scholarship Programs, LinkedIn Learning and more).
  • To be part of a company that takes a stand on issues affecting people, the environment, and our partners
  • Summer Fridays (because Summer is for fun)
  • Purchase discount on merchandise sold in all our divisions.
  • Family & Friends events with discounts on our products
  • Subsidized cafeteria & daycare
  • Subsidized public transportation and free parking
  • On-campus gym with access to a trainer
  • Flex schedules and possibility to work from home
  • Sick days
  • Attractive total compensation!

YOUR ROLE

The business partner plays a key role within the organization by supporting the FP&A team with creating tools and templates to assist with the budget/forecast process. These tools help ensure the financial plan is accurately and efficiently loaded to the system. The role is also an essential link between Foundation operations and financial performance. He/she is a financial professional that collaborates with operational team members to establish financial objectives (budget, forecast, etc.), to provide visibility on the performance against those objectives and to perform analysis that supports business decisions. He/she will also be involved in the compensation analysis for the entire organization working closely with various teams to provide financial guidance.

  • Participates in the development, enhancement and implementation of financial system or processes initiatives by providing value added input with respect to FP&A and ensuring that changes in the system or business processes are integrated into ongoing activities;
  • Promotes and initiates continuous improvements in order to improve organizational processes and generate superior business results;
  • Identifies and monitors key financial indicators to gauge performance, identify trends, perform benchmarking and suggest strategies;
  • Works closely with the business leaders in identifying and developing annual targets that reflects the strategic direction of the business;
  • Builds financial reports that provide value and insight to the business on variances to budget or forecast using the SAP-BPC application;
  • Identifies and assess potential business & financial impacts or risks associated with new ideas;
  • Updates and maintains the BPC reports and books on the server during Budget/Forecast periods;
  • Actively works with Channels and Foundation Business Partners to create new templates and tools to assist with uploading the Budget/Forecast numbers to the BPC system;
  • Continuously improves the BPC system for more efficient processes and assist in resolving any system issues;
  • Assists Sr. Finance Business Partner with administration of the BPC system by maintaining the BPC dimensions;
  • Coordinates all aspect of the Budget and Forecast processes for areas within the Scope in terms of deadlines, reviews, targets, system uploads and variance analysis for Direct & OH expenses as well as Capital Investments;
  • Coordinates the reporting and analysis of financial and non-financial key performance indicators;
  • Supports other teammates during month-end processes to investigate account variances, confirm account reconciliation status with Accounting and ensure timely completion of all required Journal Entries to achieve closing deadlines;
  • Supports our Legal, People & Culture team with various compensation analysis;
  • Initiates and performs monthly business reviews on year-to-date and current month results in order to provide visibility to the teams, facilitate financial projections and provide value added financial knowledge to areas within the Scope to ultimately increase business results;
  • Supports the Corporate FP&A Director with various ad-hoc requests for data and analysis depending on the planning phase of the year;
  • Responsible for identifying, pursuing and sharing with teammates technical, professional and interpersonal training programs for his/herself;
  • Ensure alignment between the business and the Finance teams through regular and clear communication;
  • Participates in periodic staff meetings to discuss and align business opportunities and priorities.

DO YOU HAVE THE PROFILE WE'RE LOOKING FOR?

  • University degree and/or a professional designation (i.e. CPA, CFA, MBA) or degree with appropriate business experience;
  • 2 to 5 years of business experience;
  • Strong business acumen and well versed in Financial Accounting, Financial Planning and Analysis;
  • Demonstrated leadership;
  • Strong communication skills;
  • Intellectual curiosity, desire to understand and challenge our business and processes;
  • Understanding of performance variance analysis, accounting principles and financial reporting aspects;
  • Knowledge and skills using SAP BPC, SAP Financials, SAP EPM and AO; comfort and ability to query SAP by transaction code (if required) or obtain multi-source BI data for analysis;
  • Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.

WE'RE ON A JOURNEY TO CREATE A WORLD OF LOVE, CONFIDENCE AND BELONGING

The ALDO Group has been on this journey for over 50 years. We believe that our passionate associates are at the heart of our success, and that with them we will lead into our future with kindness.

The ALDO Group is committed to diversity and inclusion, not only now, but for the long term. We strongly encourage people who are Aboriginal, racialized, have disabilities, come from gender and sexually diverse communities and/or have intersectional identities to apply for employment with us. At ALDO Group, we will always strive to take steps to create a diverse and inclusive work environment that promotes equal opportunity and accountability.#FindYourFit

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The business partner plays a key role within the organization by supporting the FP&A team with creating tools and templates to assist with the budget/forecast process. These tools help ensure the financial plan is accurately and efficiently loaded to the system. The role is also an essential link between Foundation operations and financial performance. He/she is a financial professional that collaborates with operational team members to establish financial objectives (budget, forecast, etc.), to provide visibility on the performance against those objectives and to perform analysis that supports business decisions. He/she will also be involved in the compensation analysis for the entire organization working closely with various teams to provide financial guidance.

  • Participates in the development, enhancement and implementation of financial system or processes initiatives by providing value added input with respect to FP&A and ensuring that changes in the system or business processes are integrated into ongoing activities;
  • Promotes and initiates continuous improvements in order to improve organizational processes and generate superior business results;
  • Identifies and monitors key financial indicators to gauge performance, identify trends, perform benchmarking and suggest strategies;
  • Works closely with the business leaders in identifying and developing annual targets that reflects the strategic direction of the business;
  • Builds financial reports that provide value and insight to the business on variances to budget or forecast using the SAP-BPC application;
  • Identifies and assess potential business & financial impacts or risks associated with new ideas;
  • Updates and maintains the BPC reports and books on the server during Budget/Forecast periods;
  • Actively works with Channels and Foundation Business Partners to create new templates and tools to assist with uploading the Budget/Forecast numbers to the BPC system;
  • Continuously improves the BPC system for more efficient processes and assist in resolving any system issues;
  • Assists Sr. Finance Business Partner with administration of the BPC system by maintaining the BPC dimensions;
  • Coordinates all aspect of the Budget and Forecast processes for areas within the Scope in terms of deadlines, reviews, targets, system uploads and variance analysis for Direct & OH expenses as well as Capital Investments;
  • Coordinates the reporting and analysis of financial and non-financial key performance indicators;
  • Supports other teammates during month-end processes to investigate account variances, confirm account reconciliation status with Accounting and ensure timely completion of all required Journal Entries to achieve closing deadlines;
  • Supports our Legal, People & Culture team with various compensation analysis;
  • Initiates and performs monthly business reviews on year-to-date and current month results in order to provide visibility to the teams, facilitate financial projections and provide value added financial knowledge to areas within the Scope to ultimately increase business results;
  • Supports the Corporate FP&A Director with various ad-hoc requests for data and analysis depending on the planning phase of the year;
  • Responsible for identifying, pursuing and sharing with teammates technical, professional and interpersonal training programs for his/herself;
  • Ensure alignment between the business and the Finance teams through regular and clear communication;
  • Participates in periodic staff meetings to discuss and align business opportunities and priorities.

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  • University degree and/or a professional designation (i.e. CPA, CFA, MBA) or degree with appropriate business experience;
  • 2 to 5 years of business experience;
  • Strong business acumen and well versed in Financial Accounting, Financial Planning and Analysis;
  • Demonstrated leadership;
  • Strong communication skills;
  • Intellectual curiosity, desire to understand and challenge our business and processes;
  • Understanding of performance variance analysis, accounting principles and financial reporting aspects;
  • Knowledge and skills using SAP BPC, SAP Financials, SAP EPM and AO; comfort and ability to query SAP by transaction code (if required) or obtain multi-source BI data for analysis;
  • Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.

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