What are the responsibilities and job description for the Financial Analyst - FP & A position at Busy Bees North America Career Center?
Location: Etobicoke Corporate Office
Job Type: Full-Time
BrightPath Kids, part of the Busy Bees Global Childcare Community, is growing our team of Early Childhood Educators! BrightPath Kids is a world-class, award winning, innovative provider of early childhood daycare that aims to foster a culture of diversity and open-mindedness for all.
What will you be doing?
As a Financial Analyst, you will work alongside all our departments to prepare and analyze management reporting, annual budgets and forecasts. Responsibilities include:
- Actively participating in the annual budget process and working closely with key stakeholders to ensure alignment with strategic goals and objectives.
- Performing month-end variance analysis to budget and provide commentary, monitor key performance indicators and present key findings.
- Working with senior leadership team to obtain monthly business commentary and prepare presentations to communicate monthly financial results to Board of Directors.
- Leading process improvement projects to automate financial reporting.
- Effectively using our ERP systems, NetSuite and Day Care Works, to extract and analyze data.
- All other duties as assigned.
Top Reasons to join BrightPath Kids:
• We offer a 40% child care discount to employees so that your family can take advantage of our great learning environment!
• We will support your long-term career goals by offering opportunities for professional development and tuition reimbursement for courses related to your field.
• Full-time staff receive 6 days sick time per year.
• Full-time staff are given 10 paid holidays off.
• Full-time staff are offered health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance and life insurance.
Requirements:
- 1-2 years of work experience as a Financial Analyst in Financial Planning & Analysis
- University degree in Finance or Accounting
- Interest in or actively pursuing a CPA designation
- Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills
- Highly organized and focused; works well under pressure
- Excellent communication skills; a clear and concise writer
- Some knowledge/interest in Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), particularly in data extraction and report creation
If this sounds like a good fit, we want to meet you! Please submit your application today.