ABOUT KINAXIS

Elevate your career journey by embracing a new challenge with Kinaxis. We are experts in tech, but it’s really our people who give us passion to always seek ways to do things better. As such, we’re serious about your career growth and professional development, because People matter at Kinaxis.
In 1984, we started out as a team of three engineers. Today, we have grown to become a global organization with over 2000 employees around the world, with a brand-new HQ based in Kanata North in Ottawa. As one of Canada’s Top Employers, we are proud to work with our customers and employees towards solving some of the biggest challenges facing supply chains today.
At Kinaxis, we power the world’s supply chains to help preserve the planet’s resources and enrich the human experience. As a global leader in end-to-end supply chain management, we enable supply chain excellence for all industries, with more than 40,000 users in over 100 countries. We are expanding our team as we continue to innovate and revolutionize how we support our customers.

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Work With Impact: Our platform directly helps companies power the world’s supply chains. We see the results of what we do out in the world every day—when we see store shelves stocked, when medications are available for our loved ones, and so much more.
Work with Fortune 500 Brands: Companies across industries trust us to help them take control of their integrated business planning and digital supply chain. Some of our customers include Lockheed Martin, Yamaha, P&G, Honda, and more.
Social Responsibility at Kinaxis: Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee weighs in on hiring practices, talent assessment training materials, and mandatory training on unconscious bias and inclusion fundamentals. Sustainability is key to what we do and we’re committed to net-zero operations strategy for the long term. We are involved in our communities and support causes where we can make the most impact.

People matter at Kinaxis and these are some of the perks and benefits we created for our team:

• Flexible vacation and Kinaxis Days (company-wide day off on the last Friday of every month)
• Flexible work options
• Physical and mental well-being programs
• Regularly scheduled virtual fitness classes
• Mentorship programs and training and career development
• Recognition programs and referral rewards
• Hackathons

Kinaxis welcomes candidates to apply to our inclusive community. We provide accommodations upon request to ensure fairness and accessibility throughout our recruitment process for all candidates, including those with specific needs or disabilities. If you require an accommodation, please reach out to us at recruitmentprograms@kinaxis.com. Please note that this contact information is strictly for accessibility requests and cannot be used to inquire about application statuses.
Kinaxis is committed to ensuring a fair and transparent recruitment process. We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the initial step of the recruitment process to compare submitted resumes against the job description, to identify candidates whose education, experience and skills most closely match the requirements of the role. After the initial screening, all subsequent decisions regarding your application, including final selection, are made by our human recruitment team. AI does not make any final hiring decisions.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

Be a trusted strategic advisor and sought after partner to executives; provide valuable
performance analysis and reporting to drive effective strategic decision making
Build and evolve the business partnering structure to ensure strategic alignment and effective and efficient support to the business
Lead, coach, and develop a team of direct and indirect reports who are responsible for providing deep analysis and insights to the business
Key member in managing the annual Investment Planning and quarterly forecast process and related tools
Provide monthly analysis and insights on operating results and comparison to forecasts; proactively and expertly adjust as required
Develop and maintain ongoing performance metrics and reporting leveraged by the FP&A team
Prepare of materials to be used in reports to the board of directors and senior leadership
Develop a consolidated view of major initiatives, and provide ongoing decision support and results analysis to business unit managers
Analyze business drivers, identify areas of opportunity and risk, drive improvements, and strengthen Kinaxis long term vision of success
Communicate business unit’s objectives, priorities, and relevant project information to key stakeholders to ensure successful integration with cross functional initiatives
Continuously improve & define new business processes and evolve our ability to provide answers to recurring and ad-hoc requests, including self-serve reporting
Support external reporting requirements and annual/quarterly audit activities
Guide business units to build scalable, maintainable, and efficient solutions that meet strategic corporate objectives

ROLE SPECIFIC SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Strong technical skills in area of specialty (IFRS accounting standards, business management, finance, etc)
Highly proficient in Excel and modeling; experience with Salesforce and/or Power BI is an asset
Demonstrated experience providing exceptional partnership to all Kinaxis levels. including creating and delivering executive level presentations
Significant experience creating business cases backed by financial analysis and modeling, while working cross functionality across Kinaxis
An entrepreneurial, enthusiastic, and customer service attitude
Demonstrated experience leading process and system improvement initiatives and providing change management expertise