Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis – Finance Jobs in Toronto, Canada at Scotiabank
Title: Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis – Finance
Company: Scotiabank
Location: Toronto, Canada
Category:
Position: Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis – Finance (6-mo Contract)
Is this role right for you?
In this role you will:
Reporting – Preparation of monthly and quarterly business line results for the business
Lead and be responsible for the monthly, quarterly and annual financial management reporting, maintaining effective controls and ensuring that timely and accurate information is reported to Senior Management
Closing Journal Entries and Trial Balance Process Assist in the preparation of monthly journal entries and supporting entries for business line allocations, as needed Oversight and review of monthly journal entries/ results
Prepare monthly / quarterly reporting and analysis package and report on monthly & YTD actual business results relative to plan/forecast/previous year activity.
Prepare monthly / quarterly dashboard for senior management, and monthly departmental expense report for department heads.
Complete quarterly Blue Book, Business Line, Quarterly Overview, Revenue & Expense Variance analysis and commentary for submission to Senior Management.
Ownership of timely collection of financial and non-financial data from business and support groups.
Consolidation of brand level results and provide relevant commentary for Asset Management.
Complete analytical review to:
Ensure completeness and reasonability of forecast, provide viable solutions to issues raised. Understand the relevant performance of Asset Management business plan vs actuals.
Presentation and communication of monthly / quarterly results to business heads.
Establish and maintain systems to efficiently manage the reporting process.
Forecasting and Annual Profit Plan
Lead and proactively manage the forecasting and annual profit planning process for the business.
Timely and accurate preparation of forecast and budgets relating to business units and support groups.
Working closely with the business units, prepare quarterly, whole year revenue and expense forecasts for submission to Senior Management. Ownership of timely collection of financial and non-financial data from business lines.
Complete analytical review to:
Ensure completeness and reasonability of forecast, provide viable solutions to issues raised. Understand the relevant performance of the business to base forecast.
Ensure accuracy and completeness of information – profit plan, quarterly update, and full year forecast. For forecasting purposes, recommend financial models and inputs, set appropriate drivers or strategic benchmarks.
Ensure timely submission of annual profit plan, including analysis of all major revenue and expense categories.
Coordinate the completion and review of the departmental expense budgets with Department Heads.
Complete profit plan analysis and presentation deck to senior management team.
Business Partnership and Compensation Support
Variable compensation plan oversight, governance and modeling.
Be a subject matter expert on the components of the compensation plans and ensure they are adhered to.
Perform ongoing data integrity inspections and reconciliations to confirm the validity and credibility of the data used in compensation models and other SGAM reporting.
Manage, prioritize and negotiate timelines for various ad-hoc requests as required, including requests for data, change requests, reporting and modeling.
Develop/ Improve detailed driver based excel models to aid in the monthly expense and forecasting process.
Responsible for the monthly stock-based compensation entries, including forecasting and planning of vesting schedules.
For external third-party sub-advisors, responsible for calculating the settlement of fees and payment of invoices.
Responsible for the accurate and timely delivery of monthly and quarterly performance incentive measures for key business partners, including accountability for calculating, reporting, and forecasting of various incentive compensation plans.
Respond in a timely manner to support inquiries from the business partners.
Provide Management monthly reporting and commentary for expense variances related to compensation.
Expense Management, Oversight and Governance
Reporting:
Actively support Asset Management Finance team with the monthly & quarterly financial reporting & analysis. Such as (not limited to):
Prepare month-end and quarter-end financial results. Ensure accuracy and completeness of financial results. Complete variance analysis to understand significant transactions, and drivers for variance.
Special Projects:
Responsible for providing financial insight on strategic initiatives pertaining to the introduction of new products, compensation programs and processes designed to increase the profitability or efficiency of management practices. Incumbent is expected to provide:
Creative input, in-depth analysis and innovative thinking Understanding of business drivers and key success factors Design of complex financial models and conceptual scenarios Crafting and presenting recommendations to various levels of Senior Management Creating financial metrics and analytics with a view to maximizing long term…
