Senior Analyst, Finance

Job title: Senior Analyst, Finance

Job description: All referred applicants must first be submitted through Workday by a current Loblaw Colleague.
Location:
1 Presidents Choice Circle, Brampton, Ontario, L6Y 5S5
The decision to join a company is a big one. We have opportunities for hard working, energetic and reliable people just like you.

Why is this role important?
In this position, the SFA works directly with the Senior Finance Manager for LCL Pharmacy. The team works closely with the LCL Pharmacy Operations team and partners with finance teams throughout the business. This is a dynamic role that requires multi-tasking, comfort with changing priorities, and solid analytical and technical skills with focus on accuracy and details.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the preparation of weekly & periodic reports and reconciliations
• Review and analyze business unit P&L results compared to budgets/forecasts and prior years
• Develop reporting templates and tools for planning
• Assist with preparation of period end senior management presentations
• Prepare period-end journal entries for accruals and Ad hoc entries as required
• Liaise with Pharmacy operation’s directors to provide insights and understand business changes to anticipate impacts on planning & reporting
• Summarize vast amounts of complex information from multiple data sources to develop reports and models to solve business problems
• Write SQL to efficiently retrieve information from business data sources to support different reporting needs
• Evaluate new data sources and help define more effective ways to communicate data with our business users
• Design BI technical components based on business and user requirements
• Lead on-going process improvements/enhancements to ensure data integrity and accuracy
• Ad-hoc analysis & reporting as required

Job Qualifications

• University degree in Business, Finance or a related field
• Possess or pursuing a CPA designation
• Proficient in SQL – query optimization and syntax knowledge
• Ability to independently deal with relevant tools (Excel, SAP, BI tools like MicroStrategy)
• Minimum of 2 years business experience within a Finance and/or Retail environment
• Ability to successfully communicate complex problems verbally, written or via decks/presentations
• An analytical & creative thinker, comfortable working in ambiguity with a record of delivering results
• Notable problem-solving skills with a strong attention to detail

How You’ll Succeed:
At Loblaw, we seek great people to continually strengthen our culture. We believe great people model our values, are authentic, build trust and make connections.

If that sounds like you, and you are open-minded, responsive to change and up to the challenges provided in a fast-paced retail environment, apply today.

In addition, we believe that compliance with laws is about doing the right thing. Upholding the law is part of our Code of Conduct – it reinforces what our customers and stakeholders expect of us.

Employment Type:
Full time
Type of Role:
Regular
Loblaw recognizes Canada’s diversity as a source of national pride and strength. We have made it a priority to reflect our nation’s evolving diversity in the products we sell, the people we hire, and the culture we create in our organization. Accommodation is available upon request for applicants with disabilities in the recruitment and assessment process and when hired.

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