Senior Financial Analyst

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Description/Purpose:

Reporting to the Director, Finance the Senior Financial Analyst plays a key role in supporting financial business planning, performance measurement, and accounting processes within the Secure Communications FP&A team, including accruals, budgets, forecasts, variance analysis, and other management reporting. The successful candidate will interact with many other financial and business teams within BlackBerry giving them exposure to a wide breadth of business functions.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate inputs to quarterly budgeting and regular forecasting processes
• Address pre-budget and ongoing planning system requirements, including set-up and data extracts
• Prepare documentation (Excel summary tables, PowerPoint slides, etc.) for budget review presentations
• Maintain an aligned cost centre hierarchy
• Maintain the FP&A planning timeline template
• Support headcount reconciliation/alignment process from a financial systems and management reporting standpoint
• Coordinate inputs to and distribution of performance measurement reports such as KPIs, scorecard metrics, quarterly business review, etc.
• Analyze and explain variances to budget, forecast, and prior periods
• Continually assess and identify process improvements
• Support financial reporting, month end close, and other related processes as needed
• Prepare evidence to satisfy internal SOX and Audit controls
• Prepare and communicate reports for ISV reseller program
• Ownership of AOP process for your client group
• Provide ad hoc financial analysis and reporting
• All other duties as assigned

Education and Experience

• Undergraduate degree or diploma in Business or Finance
• 3-5 years of budgeting, financial analysis, and accounting experience
• CPA or enrolment in CPA program an asset
• Strong sense of accountability and ownership to meet deliverables on time as committed
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to effectively collaborate across all levels of the organization
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task effectively and prioritize tasks to manage fluctuating timelines and workload with minimal supervision
• Excellent analytical and quantitative skills with a high focus on quality and detail
• Ability to learn quickly and high level of learning agility required
• Strong Excel skills required
• Experience with PowerPoint, Adaptive, and NetSuite or equivalent financial ERP/planning systems preferred

Location

• Waterloo, Ontario - hybrid in office 3 days per week

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