Financial Analyst
The
role
The financial analyst examines financial data
and predicts financial trends; analyzing past market trends, financial risks,
and upcoming financial trends to create investment strategies.
A
candidate we have placed
Experience: 4 years of Financial Analyst experience
| 2 years of Senior Financial Analyst experience
Education: Bachelor of Commerce, Co-op: Accounting
| Successful CFE Writer- September 2021
Software: Oracle Financial, Oracle Essbase, SQL,
MS Excel (Pivot Tables, Macros, Vlookups), Power BI, Caseware, Profiles and
Taxcycle
Background:
- Experienced in handling multiple business case
assessments for long-term contracts (most recently a 3-year $75,000,000 project
for a Freight & Logistics company)
- Responsibilities included:
- Preparing investment
models to track gross profit, EBIT, net present value, internal rate of return,
working capital, return on capital expenditure, cash flow, and payback period
- Utilizing a
best-case/worst-case scenario sensitivity analysis to track financial metrics
- Employing a cost model
to identify areas of potential cost reduction
- Presenting
financial/business results to the customer and executive team to secure
contract renewals
- Utilizing Oracle
Essbase to track costs and develop automated variance analysis sheets,
comparing results with forecasted budget
- Creating a monthly
budget tracker to measure costs by type, enabling sites to calculate the
variance to budget per line item
- Leading a productivity
improvement initiative resulting in a 10-15% increase in overall warehouse
productivity (approx. $300,000 - $350,000 in labour cost savings per year)