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About the Role
The Senior Financial Analyst (SFA), Strategic Finance, will play a key role in driving financial performance and supporting strategic decision-making across the organization. This position will be responsible for providing high-quality financial analysis, insights, and decision support to the Strategic Finance team and key business partners. The ideal candidate is high analytical, detail-oriented, and proactive, with the ability to translate data into clear, actionable insights in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Responsibilities
- Support Strategic Finance Managers in the development and execution of the company's long-term strategic plan through financial modeling, market analysis, and performance assessment across revenue and cost drivers.
- Conduct analytical deep dives to support Sales, marketing, Logistics, and Operations initiatives.
- Support with building, maintaining, and enhancing financial models to evaluate business initiatives, assess risks and returns, and support decision-making.
- Assist in identifying trends, risks, and opportunities across revenue growth, gross margin, and operating expenses to inform strategic decision-making.
- Support the annual budgeting process and rolling forecasts by preparing detailed analyses and assumptions in partnership with the Strategic Finance team and cross-functional teams.
- Track, analyze, and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor business performance.
- Perform variance analysis versus budget and forecast, identifying drivers and providing clear, actionable insights to be presented to Management.
- Prepare recurring and ad hoc financial reports and presentations for management, highlighting trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Act as a key analytical partner to the Strategic Finance Managers, & Sr Director & supporting their day-to-day engagement with Sales, eCommerce, Marketing, and Operations stakeholders.
- Collaborate closely with the Accounting team during month end-end and quarter-end close processes, including reviewing financial results, creating accruals, and ensuring accuracy and consistency between actuals, forecasts, and budget.
- Support management reporting by helping translate accounting results into meaningful business insights and explaining key drivers of performance.
- Support cross-functional initiatives by evaluating financial impacts, challenging assumptions, and enabling data-driven decision-making.
- Prepare materials, analyses, and talking points that enable Strategic Finance Managers to confidently communicate insights and recommendations to leadership.
- Help identify opportunities to improve financial models, reporting processes, and data accuracy.
- Support with automating and standardizing recurring analysis and reports and improving analytical efficiency.
- Contribute to documentation of assumptions, methodologies, and best practices to support consistency across Strategic Finance workstreams.
- Provide informal guidance and analytical support to junior team members as needed.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting or a related field
- 3-4 years of experience in Strategic Finance, FP&A, or related roles, ideally in a fast-paced or growth-oriented environment within the CPG industry.
- Experience working closely with Accounting during month-end close and understanding of financial statements and accrual-based accounting.
- Advanced Excel skills; experience with ERP systems.
- Strong financial modeling and analytical skills, with the ability to synthesize complex data into clear, actionable insights
- Highly detail-oriented and organized, with the ability to manage multiple deadlines effectively.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally with internal teams.
Skills
- Financial modeling
- Analytical skills
- Excel
- ERP systems
- Communication skills
- Collaboration skills
Location
- Toronto
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
Salary/Compensations
- $85,000–$95,000 CAD annually
Benefits
- Performance-based bonuses
- Other incentives
- Comprehensive benefits and perks package
About the Company
- At Open Farm we are transforming the way people feed their pets, with a focus on producing premium, healthy food and treats, all ethically sourced from farm-to-bowl.
- Headquartered in Toronto and with team members across the US, Open Farm is one of the fastest growing CPG companies in North America.
- We believe that the best foods are made with consciously sourced, top-quality ingredients from farmers and fisheries who believe in doing good for all animals and the environment.
Equal Opportunity
- Open Farm values diversity in its workforce and encourages applications from all qualified individuals.
- Applicants requiring a disability-related accommodation at any stage of Open Farm's recruitment process should contact hr@openfarmpet.com.
- As required by legislation, Open Farm will consult with applications requesting such an accommodation to ensure that Open Farm's recruitment process takes into account their accessibility needs.