Senior Manager Finance

at  Rogers Communications

We are committed to connecting Canadians through unique partnerships, our world-class network and content Canadians love—and our innovative team is growing. We are looking for dedicated team members to join our Corporate team who have a genuine passion for making positive impacts on customers and the communities where we live and work. We have a variety of business units with exciting and meaningful work waiting for you, including Communications, HR, Legal and Corporate Affairs, Supply Chain, Finance, and Real Estate. If you are considering your next step, we have exciting opportunities waiting for you. Come build a rewarding career at Rogers and be a driving force behind our success story!
The Senior Finance Leader will lead and guide wireless service revenue growth initiatives and be responsible for revenue reporting and consolidation to support Month End, as well as the forecast and budgeting planning cycles. A thought leader, the Senior Finance Manager will contribute to set/lead the tactical direction based on thorough understanding of business issues, financial goals and competitive environment.
This position will work very closely with various teams to provide value-added analysis on Wireless Revenue and act as a contact for all Wireless initiatives that require data support. The ideal candidate must be a strategic thinker that looks at Financial and Business issues with a different perspective to highlight risks and opportunities.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Accounting Designation & University degree in Accounting, Finance or related discipline from a reputable institution
• Strong technical accounting skills with an accounting designation (CA, CMA or CGA) or MBA
• 8-10 years of progressive financial experience
• Sharp and polished communicator
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization
• Excellent Excel skills that can independently lead the team to create robust but agile financial models and analyze large amount of data
• Deep and sharp analytic skills that can quickly identify the root of business performance issue
• Proactive communication and collaboration skills that leads to influence and impact
• Excellent communicator and ability to be a strong business partner
• Excellent software skills in MS Office, billing systems, Oracle Financial System, Discoverer and ADI
• Experience working on large revenue related projects

• Lead the team to optimize the PxQ (rate vs. volume) revenue model-framework to analyze and present financial performance related to Subscription revenue lines through all financial processes (close, forecast and planning)
• Bring insights to business and finance leaders in unpacking Subscription Revenue by demonstrating contributing ARPU drivers against the plan of record and different periods
• Have a thorough understanding of the levers, KPIs, and IFRS Revenue Recognition policy and Hardware Discount that drive subscription revenue performance
• Analyze performance using a balance of quantitative and qualitative measures, provide leadership in building models and analyses to measure performance against multiple dimensions, e.g. variances, year over year and subscriber trends
• Create ways to monitor revenue performance to ensure forecast accuracy, signaling and communicating variances to plan to leadership
• Partner with business and finance stakeholders to assess profitability of various Support offerings and understand implications for overall Support business
• Partner and collaborate with stakeholders across finance teams and business partner teams
• Responsible for complete, accurate and timely reporting for revenue in accordance with IFRS
• Act as revenue SME for projects within the portfolio ensuring accounting entries and reporting are developed
• Responsible for all external, internal and any other audit requirements and maintenance of relationship the Controllers team
• Responsible for effectiveness, efficiency and accuracy of financial controls including SOX compliance
• Develop and implement process improvements to create efficiencies and ensure adequate documentation is maintained
• Ability to manage ad-hoc analytical asks from leadership partnering with others in finance and business
• Effectively manage, coach and develop a team Senior Financial Analysts and Finance Managers