Financial Analyst

Job Title: Financial Analyst

Job Description

The Financial Analyst supports Halifax Operations through a balanced mix of financial management, business partnering, and operational analytics. The role is approximately 50% Finance-focused, including month-end activities, budgeting, and financial analysis, and 50% Business Operations support, including costing, quality investigations, planning, logistics, and the development of tools and reports. The Financial Analyst works closely with cross-functional teams in Finance, Operations, Quality, Planning, Logistics, and Taxation, using strong analytical skills and hands-on experience with SAP and Excel-based reporting to improve financial visibility and operational performance.

Responsibilities

• Perform monthly financial reviews, including recoveries analysis, and support the preparation of month-end financial reporting packages.
• Complete budget preparation, long-range plan (LRP) updates, and depreciation simulations to support financial planning and decision-making.
• Maintain, extract, and analyze financial data using SAP, BPS, and related reporting tools to ensure accurate and timely financial information.
• Create and close internal orders (IOs) for project-based financial activities and ensure proper tracking of project costs.
• Prepare journal entries for various categories, including operational, capital, and other financial transactions.
• Generate financial reporting packages and respond to ad hoc financial analysis requests from stakeholders.
• Support reconciliations for financial shared services, internal reporting, and government grant invoices using SAP and P2P tools.
• Drive continuous improvements in financial reporting packages, processes, and data visibility to enhance efficiency and transparency.
• Manage assets under construction (AUC), fixed asset forms (FAFs), reclasses, and capital tooling and asset counts to support capital management and compliance.
• Support methods of evaluation (MOEs) through ECAR and assist in preparing documentation for capital and tax-related processes.
• Facilitate tax-related submissions and prepare backup packages for government grants, ensuring accurate and complete documentation.
• Reconcile grant-related invoicing using SAP, P2P, and related systems to ensure accurate funding recognition.
• Evaluate and investigate quality and cost issues, supporting monthly forecasting and providing variance explanations for operations and quality teams.
• Provide detailed cost breakdowns, including by part number and accrual type, to support operational and financial decision-making.
• Support the development and maintenance of dashboards and reporting tools, including contributions to Power BI initiatives.
• Collaborate with data analytics teams to enhance Power BI dashboards and operational reporting for improved forecasting and KPI visibility.
• Support the development of reports and methods to improve forecasting accuracy, operational visibility, and key performance indicators.
• Resolve costing issues and support reviews of labor and shop rates, routings, and work centers to ensure accurate cost structures.
• Provide work center reporting and shop hours analysis using SAP and related tools to support operational efficiency.
• Assist in automation projects related to machine and labor hours, helping to streamline data capture and reporting.
• Support logistics and inventory activities, including inventory reconciliations, split assistance, and recharge processes for returns, scrap, and provisions.
• Participate in scrap evaluation activities and communicate findings and recommendations to business partners.
• Analyze work-in-progress (WIP) movement reports and cost variances, and incorporate operational data into relevant financial models and tools.
• Provide frequent ad hoc analytical support to manufacturing leadership, finance, and quality teams within Halifax Operations.
• Collaborate effectively across Finance, Operations, Quality, Planning, Logistics, and Taxation to support both financial and operational objectives.
• Present financial and operational analysis in a clear and understandable way to non-financial stakeholders.

Essential Skills

• Minimum 2 years of experience in financial analysis, operational finance, cost analysis, or a closely related field.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related discipline.
• Strong hands-on working knowledge of SAP, including Finance and Operations modules, for data extraction, analysis, and reporting.
• Advanced Excel skills, including PivotTables, VLOOKUP, and other Excel-based reporting and analysis functions.
• Proven experience supporting financial month-end closing activities, including journal entries, reconciliations, and reporting.
• Experience with budgeting cycles and cost analysis in a corporate or operational environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret and work with large data sets.
• Ability to develop, maintain, and improve financial and operational reporting packages and methodologies.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across Finance, Operations, and other business units.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present analysis and insights to non-financial stakeholders.
• Experience performing variance analysis and financial reconciliations.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced operations environment while maintaining attention to detail.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing, operations, aerospace, or industrial environments.
• Familiarity with operational and financial tools such as NIP, ECAR, Ariba, BPS, P2P, and operational dashboards.
• Exposure to Power BI, including dashboard development, enhancements, and data visualization.
• Experience supporting automation initiatives, particularly related to machine and labor hour data.
• Experience with government tax programs or government grant reconciliations and reporting.
• Experience in general ledger activities, audit support, forecasting, internal controls, and budgeting processes.
• Experience with government grant reporting and the associated backup documentation and reconciliations.
• Demonstrated capability to develop or improve reporting methodologies, tools, and processes.
• Experience in the aerospace industry is an asset.
• Strong communication and partnership skills, with the ability to build effective relationships across cross-functional teams.

Work Environment

This role is part of a Canadian manufacturing organization that designs and produces components used in advanced aircraft engines. The Financial Analyst supports engineering and manufacturing departments across multiple locations, including Longueuil, Mirabel, Lethbridge, Mississauga, and Halifax, with a primary focus on Halifax Operations. The finance and accounting team consists of approximately nine professionals, including team members based in Poland, fostering a collaborative and international team environment. The position follows a hybrid work model, with a standard 40-hour work week and an expectation to work in the office four days per week and remotely one day per week, with flexibility to choose the remote day. The environment is highly collaborative and cross-functional, working closely with Operations, Quality, Planning, Logistics, and Taxation. The role uses a range of technologies and systems, including SAP (Finance and Operations modules), Excel, Power BI, BPS, Ariba, P2P, and various operational dashboards. The work setting is professional and operations-focused, supporting manufacturing and engineering teams that produce complex components for aircraft engines, with a culture that values continuous improvement, innovation, and the pursuit of operational and financial excellence.

This is a Permanent position based out of Hardwood Lands, NS.

The pay range for this position is $75000.00 - $90000.00/yr.

This is a hybrid position in Hardwood Lands,NS.

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