Location: Downtown Toronto (On-site)
Our Client
Our client is a rapidly growing e-commerce brand, expanding internationally and gaining market share at an impressive pace. They are launching a brand-new role on their Accounting Team: Senior Financial Analyst - FP&A. This is a unique opportunity to shape a newly created position and make a tangible impact on the organization by driving strategic planning, revenue optimization, and profitability initiatives.
The Role
Reporting directly to the Senior Leadership team, you will play a central role in maximizing financial performance across sales, merchandising, planning, operations, and supply chain. The successful candidate will lead profitability analytics, support pricing and sales strategy, and act as a key business partner providing insights and recommendations to senior leadership.
This role requires strong analytical skills, a commercial mindset, and the ability to translate financial data into actionable insights that drive growth, operational efficiency, and improved margins. The position will also play a critical role in forecasting, budgeting, financial modelling, inventory profitability analysis, and ongoing performance management.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive revenue growth and margin optimization by partnering with Sales, Product, and Merchandise Planning on pricing, forecasting, and inventory strategies
- Deliver actionable insights through analysis of sales, gross margin, and channel performance to support growth and profitability goals
- Lead annual and monthly revenue, margin, and budgeting processes, including forecasting and variance analysis across the business
- Ensure accurate inventory valuation and minimize losses from aged or slow-moving stock through strategic recommendations
- Build and maintain financial models and KPIs to track performance, assess P&L impact, and identify improvement opportunities
- Champion process improvements, automation, and workflow enhancements to increase reporting accuracy and efficiency
- Provide ad hoc financial analysis and strategic support to drive business decisions and maintain strong financial controls
The Ideal Candidate
- University degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business.
- CPA designation or active enrollment in the program.
- 4+ years of FP&A experience, in a product-based environment. Retail, CPG, Manufacturing and/or E-Commerce environment.
- Strong financial modelling, analytical, and business partnering skills; ability to simplify complex information for non-financial audience
- Curious, proactive, and comfortable challenging assumptions to drive better business outcomes.
- Team-oriented; must assert a collaborative approach with the ability to foster positive cross-functional relationships
- Organized & adaptable. Proven ability to master competing priorities in a fast-paced, evolving environment
- ERP Experience + Advanced Excel proficiency (VLOOKUP's, pivot tables, data analysis)
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