Job Description

Job Summary

Porter Airlines set a new standard with a flying refined brand promise bringing dignity and ease to travel, with an elevated, high-value experience. Recently, Porter announced an expansion of its network across North America acquiring up to 80 new Embraer E195 \xe2\x80\x93 E2. This growth plan will make Porter a national airline and create incredible opportunities for team members to expand skill sets, work on new projects, and experience our vast network of destinations.

The Senior Analyst, Financial Systems will work collaboratively with IT to support the finance team in various initiatives ensuring current systems are managed, ensure data integrity, lead and implement new cloud-based tools and be passionate about automation and process improvements to reduce waste. This position reports to the Vice President, Finance.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead new systems projects impacting financial reporting, accounting and treasury
• Work collaboratively with IT to define business requirements, review initial process and program designs; and support system implementations and upgrades
• System administration such as user administration and configuration of the system to meet business needs
• Managing the vendor for support of financial systems
• Managing the upgrades and patches to the system, working with the system vendor
• Coordinating and executing tests when systems change, either the system itself when upgrades and patches are performed, but also changes to integrations with the system
• Provide on-going support on Finance based systems
• Identifying inefficiencies and developing strategies to automate existing manual finance processes
• Ensure data integrity of all airline stats and reporting
• Lead implementation on cloud based standalone financial tools (not integrated into other Porter systems

Behavioural Competencies

Concern for Safety: Identifying hazardous or potentially hazardous situations and taking appropriate action to maintain a safe environment for self and others

Teamwork: Working collaboratively with others to achieve organizational goals

Passenger/Customer Service: Providing service excellence to internal and/or external customers (passengers)

Initiative: Dealing with situations and issues proactively and persistently, seizing opportunities that arise

Results Focus: Focusing efforts on achieving high quality results consistent with the organization\xe2\x80\x99s standards

Fostering Communication: Listening and communicating openly, honestly, and respectfully with different audiences, promoting dialogue and building consensus

Qualifications

• 5+ years of financial systems management, including implementation or upgrade of existing ERP or other cloud based solutions to improve processes
• Technical - strong understanding of computing fundamentals and technical systems, including network, hardware, systems administration and development
• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree in computer science or accounting information systems
• CPA or CMA an asset;
• Thorough knowledge of business processes and systems impacting financial statements and underlying accounting entries
• Strong experience with Great Plains Microsoft Dynamics, Prophix or similar planning and reporting software, and Tableau or similar BI data
• Highly developed analytical skills with exceptional ability with Microsoft Excel
• Strong ability to build trust and influence others
• Teamwork mindset \xe2\x80\x93 ability to successfully interact with individuals within and outside of the organization
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Self-Starter \xe2\x80\x93 Possess initiative and able to prioritize and meet deadlines
• Travel/Aviation experience an asset.
• Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination

Company Description

Since 2006, Porter Airlines has been elevating the experience of economy air travel for every passenger, providing genuine hospitality with style, care and charm. Porter\xe2\x80\x99s fleet of Embraer E195-E2 and De Havilland Dash 8-400 aircraft serves a North American network from Eastern Canada. Headquartered in Toronto, Porter is an Official 4 Star Airline\xc2\xae in the World Airline Star Rating\xc2\xae. Visit or follow @porterairlines on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

Porter Airlines