Senior Analyst, Financial Control

at  Honda Canada

Job Description:
The incumbent works within the Sales and Marketing department as a member of the Financial Control team supporting the Division in all financial related activities. The incumbent acts as a liaison between the “Business” and “Finance” as well as between the “Executive” and “Divisional Management” (Brand Leads – AVP’s, Dept Managers). The incumbent will prepare reports, reconciliations, analysis, and provide financial management support to various internal and external affiliates to ensure all budgets and objectives are aligned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• College and/or University education; accounting degree preferred;
• Professional accounting designation (CPA) required or actively pursuing;
• 5 years of working experience; preference for experience in accounting or financial role;
• Professional financial expertise, ethics and judgment;
• Solid foundation in Excel & MS Office is required; SAP experience is an asset;
• Strong communication, organization & presentation skills to simplify complex work;
• High level of interpersonal & teamwork skill to foster productive relationships with customers;
• Proven standard of initiative, accuracy and work ethic to achieve difficult deliverables;
• Detailed oriented and highly organized;
• Develops and maintains good working relationships with all members of the team;
• Ability to build collaborative relationships with internal departments and affiliated subsidiaries
• Enjoys team building approach of management and department - shares results.
  Honda Canada Inc. is committed to providing accommodation in its recruitment processes to applicants with disabilities, upon request. The accommodation will take into account the applicant’s accessibility needs.
  If you require accommodation at any time during the recruitment process, please email Human Resources at accessibility@honda.ca or call (905) 888-4331

• Prepare budgets & Monthly Financial Reporting including but not limited to : Sales Gross Profit Budget & Expense budgets, monthly working files (updated with Actuals), variance analysis and(P&L) Profit and Loss Statement;
• Executive management and decision making support, participating in Monthly program meetings, budget review meetings, and risks & opportunities document;
• Prepare simulations & analysis for various levels of management;
• Preparation of monthly executive summaries, such as financial review summaries and executive presentations;
• Provide assigned departments/groups with professional financial management support, such as Monthly expense variance analysis (Opex), identifying trends/analysis in financial performing and providing recommendations for improvement, and creating/Improving business processes and reports;
• Supporting business projects – any departmental initiatives that have financial implications requiring FC involvement to ensure accurate costing and reporting;
• Any other tasks as assigned by supervising management.