Hybrid Financial Specialist – IT Finance

at Intact

• Job title: Financial Specialist – IT Finance
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: CA$94,200 - CA$115,200 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cloud, ERP, Oracle
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Toronto, Canada

About the role

• Financial Specialist joining the IT Finance team, managing budgets and forecasts for IT projects. Collaborating with stakeholders to enhance financial reporting and insights.

Responsibilities

• Be a business partner by providing specific recommendations to meet our financial objectives and detailed explanations of budget variances
• Consolidation of the monthly IT executive management presentation
• Participate in IT forecasting and budgeting exercises so that the current and forecasted budget position of IT projects and portfolios are well understood and communicate.
• Run the resource forecast process.
• Compare budget and forecast resource budget demand against available staffing and contract resources.
• Provide insight through monthly resource forecasting reporting on resource budget and resourcing needed to complete IT projects
• Provide key actionable insights to senior IT management: create and maintain dashboard that explain deviations (actuals vs budget vs forecast)
• Continuous improvement of reporting such as refining metrics and visualizations. Simplifying report creation by taking advantage of opportunities to automate and streamline processes
• Validation and control of key budget inputs and resulting reports
• Following up with project stakeholders to gain more insight into project financial status
• Partner with key IT project stakeholders and become a trusted business partner
• Be a key team member in evolving Intact’s Total Cost of Ownership strategy and evolving our tools to achieve this

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance or relevant experience required.
• Minimum 3-5 years of demonstrated experience in financial management or financial reporting.
• Advanced Excel (Macros / Pivots / Functions), Power Point, Word.
• CPA designation or MBA is considered a strong asset.
• Familiarity with project lifecycle, waterfall and agile work processes is an asset.
• Experience with Oracle Cloud ERP and Oracle Hyperion (Essbase) considered an asset.
• For candidates located in Quebec, bilingualism is required considering the necessity to interact on a regular basis with English-speaking colleagues across the country.

Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements and a hybrid work model
• Possibility to purchase up to 5 extra days off per year
• Multiple benefits offered to support physical and mental wellbeing, including telemedicine, Wellness account and much more
• Share plan & other savings: up to 12% of salary or even more (ask how you could earn guaranteed income for life)
• Annual bonus target, based on the base salary, with a potential payout of up to double the target (subject to personal and company performance): 12%