Summary of Duties
The Finance department of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre has an immediate opening for a permanent Senior Financial Analyst. The Senior Financial Analyst will play a key role in providing evidence based-analysis for effective decision-making. Activities include development of the annual operating budget, forecasting and multi-year planning process and supporting the programs and the Senior Leadership team. The successful candidate must have demonstrated success working independently as a self-starter in a fast paced environment along with excellent inter-personal skills.
Applicants must include a cover letter and specify salary expectations. Only applicants specifying salary expectations in a cover letter will be considered.
Reporting to the Manager – Financial Planning & Analysis, this position will provide ongoing leadership and financial support to an assigned portfolio of programs from a forecasting and financial planning perspective including:
- Working with Managers, Directors and VPs to lead the development of the annual budget and forecast processes, including identifying and presenting key risks and opportunities as part of Multi-Year Operating Plan process
- Preparing and presenting monthly management reports to evaluate and recommend solutions to financial and operational issues
- Providing financial support and expertise in evaluating various business initiatives and reinvestment strategies
- Assisting in the development of briefing notes and reports for presentation to senior management, standing committees, and to the ministry
- Financial Modeling including sensitivity analysis, contribution margin, scenario analysis, costing, rate/volume analysis, budget modeling, and any other financial analysis required by senior management
- Representing Financial Planning & Analysis on operation and program sub-committees
- Ad-hoc analysis, projects and other assignments as required
Qualifications/Skills
- 5+ years of financial analysis experience including budgeting and planning experience in a hospital or industry setting
- Mandatory Accounting Designation - CPA-CA, CPA-CMA, CPA-CGA
- Excellent analytical skills, with attention to explaining key variances
- Expert in modeling business cases and