Senior Financial Modeling Analyst

What you'll do

Reporting to the Manager, Dealer Contract, the senior financial analyst is expected to investigate and produce insightful financial analysis and forecasts related to various areas of Canadian Tire Retail. The Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team contributes to supporting the business by being held accountable for providing proactive and meaningful financial analysis to Dealer Relations senior management while helping other key stakeholders thoroughly understand the financial impacts of potential arrangements. In addition, the FP&A team assists in highlighting risks and opportunities to senior management.

• Provide reporting on the Enterprise's Financial Framework for Senior Executives in support of any required financial settlements

• Perform analysis and financial modelling that assesses the impact of differing financial arrangements on profitability

• Incorporate input from all business units' key stakeholders into complete financial models as required

• Use subject matter expertise to facilitate the resolution of new deals and disputes that arise at business partner meetings

• Understand, identify, and solve for data requirements

• Manage multiple requests in a fast paced and ever-changing environment

• Collaborate with other analytical departments across the organization

• Clearly communicate findings to senior management; summarizing complex models in a way that can be easily understood by less technical stakeholders

What you bring

• University degree in Business, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, or related field

• Accounting Designation CPA (CA, CGA, CMA) or MBA considered an asset

• Minimum of 5+ years in a business or financial analytical role

• Extensive experience extracting and manipulating large data sets from relational databases (SQL)

• Extensive experience building and improving financial models

• Ability to quickly visualize and clearly communicate findings/recommendations to key stakeholders (Excel, PowerPoint, PowerPivot)

• Working knowledge of Knime (or equivalent) considered an asset

• Canadian Tire experience is an asset with an in-depth knowledge of Canadian Tire's financial systems

• Superior problem solving, analytical, and strategic thinking skills; can see the "big picture" in a complex business environment to drive decision making

• Proven ability to translate and communicate complex information to non-technical business partners in a manner that can derive actionable insights

• Action oriented with the ability to prioritize tasks and responsibilities

• Proactive individual that can build effective relationships with business managers and staff

• Creative and courageous, with the ability to manage in an environment of change and ambiguity to help us take bold, strategic moves in this rapidly evolving retail environment

• Action oriented, and comfortable taking calculated risks to better serve our customers and business

• Outcome focused, critical thinkers with the ability to analyze and visualize, to ensure continuous improvement across our entire business

• Collaborative team players with superior influencing skills, who build relationships easily across various stakeholder groups to move initiatives forward

Hybrid

We value flexibility. We have adopted a hybrid work model whereby employees use a combination of working in office and virtually in service of outcomes. Each leader is empowered to decide what work is best achieved in person based on the unique needs of their team.

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About Us

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited ("CTC") is one of Canada's most admired and trusted companies. With more than 90 Owned Brands, 1,700 retail locations, financial services, exemplary e-commerce capabilities, and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies. We dream big and work as one to innovate with purpose for our customers at every level of our business, investing in new technologies and products, and doubling down on top talent to drive the company forward. We offer competitive salaries and wages to CTC employees, as well as store discounts, supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy, Canadian Tire Profit Sharing, and retirement and savings programs for eligible employees. As part of our enhanced flex benefits program, we offer mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families, including total well-being, and mental health tools and resources for all employees. Join us in helping to make life in Canada better through living and working our Core Values: we are innovators and entrepreneurs at our core, outcomes drive us, inclusion is a must, we are stronger together and we take personal responsibility. It is an especially exciting time to join CTC and its family of companies where career opportunities are wide-ranging! Join us, where there's a place for you here.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

We are committed to fostering an environment where belonging thrives, and diversity, inclusion and equity are infused into everything we do. We believe in building an organizational culture where people are consistently treated with dignity while respecting individual religion, nationality, gender, race, age, perceived ability, spoken language, sexual orientation, and identification. We are united in our purpose of being here to help make life in Canada better.

Accommodations

We stand firm in our Core Value that inclusion is a must. We welcome and encourage candidates from equity-seeking groups such as people who identify as racialized, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, people with disabilities, and beyond. Should you require any accommodation in applying for this role, or throughout the interview process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to help meet your needs.