Job Description

If you want to work at a fast-growing Real Estate Development and Management company and consider yourself an outstanding candidate, you might be right for Robert Half\'s new Financial Analyst position. This Financial Analyst position includes tasks like measuring, analyzing, and forecasting performance in conjunction with operating plans and conducting financial modeling on a variety of financial products. You will also be responsible for advising management on the distribution of resources to best complete objectives and preparing reports for management. You will be a part of a dynamic team being a key business partner in areas such as forecasting, performance reporting, and expense management. In this Financial Analyst position, you will be responsible for supporting world class strategic and financial planning methods, building long-range operating plans to support business imperatives and developing rolling forecast processes to ensure resources every quarter are consumed at maximum effectiveness. Additionally, you will assist with operationalizing and cultivating a more data-driven planning process and improved monthly and quarterly reporting. In this role, you will be directly involved in the coordination of various planning cycles (annual planning, quarterly forecasts and monthly outlooks), while providing strategic analyses and recommendations. You will provide variance analysis of bookings, revenues and expenses, clearly explaining the business reasons for variances and adjusting the outlook models to reflect operational adjustments. This Financial Analyst role is located in the Toronto, Ontario, and it is a permanent employment opportunity.

What you get to do every single day

- Have a thorough understanding of internal and external drivers and be able to explain how they are impacting performance and trending

- Work with Accounting on the monthly and quarterly financial close process

- Drive P& L forecasting and Area/Segment-level Bookings on a weekly, quarterly and annual basis

- Keep track of monthly and quarterly performance by comparing actuals versus expectations and enabling business partners to handle their resources

- Ensure plans are properly executed by working with cross-functional partners in Accounting and Operations

- Look over performance to date while assessing potential opportunities and risks

- Execute and monitor forecasting reports

- Collaborate with senior executives on strategic deep dives on creating financial models and insights on topics such as: Retention forecasts, event tracking and execution, Campaign Planning & Tracking, return on investment of strategic investments, and strategic resource allocation, and prioritization

- Deliver effective Business Intelligence (BI) to provide valuable foresight and decision support

- This position requires a flexible individual who is adept at managing expectations and comfortable with handling large amounts of information

- Propel monthly reporting to business partners on financial results and actions necessary

Requirements

- Business Degree in finance or a related field

- Minimum of one year of analytical work experience in Commercial or Residential Real Estate is a strong asset.

- Experience in problem solving through statistical analysis or with large data sets highly preferable (such as in derivatives, structured finance, or business analytics or in a similarly demanding and analytical role)

- Strong communication and social skills and able to receive criticism well

- Background in financial analysis and planning

- Able to build and deliver effective presentations to audiences with wide-ranging backgrounds

- Real Estate Acquisitions experience is an asset

- Active problem-solver who listens for customer cues and actively resolves problems with grace and integrity

Robert Half