Our client in the long-term-care (LTC) / retirement industry is seeking a Financial Analyst to support the full budgeting, forecasting, and analysis for a portfolio of properties. You will work directly with senior leadership (i.e. VP Finance, Director of Accounting) in supporting a variety of analysis, reporting and strategic decisioning relating to mergers, acquisitions, disposals and continuous improvement. The ideal candidate will have a process improvement oriented mindset – being able to assist in improving reporting and develop and monitor key performance indicators.
Financial Planning and Analysis
- Development of benchmarks, dashboards, strategic planning models, and other analytical tools to facilitate forecasting and analyzing actual results against projections
- Analyzes and monitors current and past trends in key performance indicators including all areas of revenues and expenses; highlights trends and analyzes causes of unexpected variance
- Works in developing annual operating budgets for multiple entities
- Produce financial statements, managerial reports and analyses (variance against budget, various reconciliations and third-party reports)
- Obtains a thorough understanding of budgeting, tracking and reporting tools currently in use and identify improved tools where possible
- Looks for ways to continually improve systems and processes in the area of financial management
- Provides support to the operations department with ad-hoc requests
- Obtains a thorough understanding of budgeting, tracking and reporting tools currently in use and identify improved tools where possible
- Support Accounting team during periods of work overflow, including; month-end, journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, audits, etc.
Qualifications
- 3+ years of working experience in an Accounting, Financial Analyst or related role with hands on experience with financial reporting and exposure to GL reconciliations.
- Completion of, or nearing completion of CPA designation highly valued
- Experience working with large data sets, producing and analyzing a variety of reports is critical
- Experience within the hospitality, real estate, retirement or long-term care industry is highly valued
- Strong communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills required
- Analytical skills are key for success in this role – being able to review and interpret financial, operational and transform it into meaningful data for the purpose of strategic decision making.
Work environment: Hybrid, 3 days in-office. Office Location Markham (407 & Warden)
Full-Time, Permanent (40 hours/week)