Financial Analyst
Reports Into: Finance Director
Position Summary:
As Financial Analyst you will be part of the Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) function at Motive. The FP&A team has responsibility for the financial operations of the 5 Lines of Business (LOB), including planning, analysis, risk management and control, process optimisation and business performance enhancement. You will be a key member of the leadership team for an LOB, fulfilling the role of Finance Business Partner.
The FP&A team supports the Accounting, Control and Governance team to ensure Motive’s financial reporting is accurate, timely and complies with Lumine best practices and corporate policies. You will play a critical role in creating and delivering the changes Motive requires to establish and strengthen the business. This role will suit someone who thrives in a changing environment, acting as a catalyst for that change, and is willing to go beyond reporting the figures and challenge the Leadership Team to be accountable for their performance and remain focused on growth.
The ideal candidate will have started their career and qualified at a medium-large accounting firm, before progressing into industry working in a multi-entity finance function as a Financial Controller or Financial Analyst. You will be adaptable, keen to learn, businessminded, seeking to apply your skills in a rapidly changing and fast-paced environment. Exposure to software industry related accounting, project accounting and M&A experience will be an asset.
Personal Attributes:
- Lead as a Business partner, driving performance through KPIs, challenging the Business to exceed goals
- Ensure financial integrity, accuracy and policy compliance
- Implement change to improve efficiency, effectiveness, profitability and cash flow.
- Lead and support others to engage through belief in the strength of the business and their part in it
- Support the creation of a respected and high performing Finance function
Strategy:
- Support the LOB Leader and functional managers to develop clear business plans, priorities, and forecasts in line with corporate targets and best practices.
- Evolve financial processes, systems, and policies to ensure scalability, the availability of accurate and timely data to make the best business decisions, and to comply with regulations and corporate governance requirements.
Operations:
- Responsibility for the LoB’s monthly and quarterly financial reporting.
- Ensure reported Revenue, Deferred Revenue and WIP for the LOB is fully supported and auditable against IFRS15 principles at a per project level.
- Manage Sales Commissions accounting and payments for the LOB
- Ownership of the Planning and Forecasting cycle including “Quarterly Strategic Review’ (QSR) forecasting process, and ‘Quarterly Business Review’ (QBR) review process.
- Monitoring and reporting the health of Bookings, Backlog and Book-to-Bill.
- Financial leadership and application of best practices to processes, people and systems to affect revenue, profitability, forecasting and cash-flow; improving operating efficiency and performance.
- Recommend and lead efforts to improve business performance as reflected by operating ratios and working capital.
- Responsible for the accuracy of the LOB’s Net Revenue (revenue recognition and cost of sales completeness), applying IFRS and Company policies.
- Engage in regular professional services project reviews, ensuring risks are identified and percentage of completion revenue recognized in compliance with company best practice.
- Responsibility for Risk Management process review, policy standardization and process improvements.
- Oversight and improvement of effective financial processes and systems with the LOB.
- Provide Finance input to legal for vendor and customer contracts
- Work closely with all functional leads to ensure projects bids and contract terms, financial and otherwise, adhere to corporate parameters
- Participate in or lead Finance department projects to implement new systems and process improvements
As part of a small Finance team supporting a fast-paced business, the FBP will be expected to support the wider Finance Organization on tasks outside of the core responsibilities herein, as discussed and agreed with the Director of Finance, to ensure adequate coverage at peak times and holiday cover.
Key Skills & Competencies:
- Holds an Accounting Qualification (CPA or similar).
- Demonstrates strength in application of current technical accounting knowledge.
- Understanding of project accounting and software accounting concepts.
- Ability to perform analysis on data, deliver insightful observations and valuable recommendations.
- Good business acumen and ability to influence leadership, strategically and operationally
- Willingness and ability to travel internationally from time to time (expected less than 10%).
- Demonstrates ability to communicate and work with the business as a business partner.
- Proven ability to work independently and manage multiple shifting priorities in a fastmoving environment.
Work Experience Requirements:
- Experience of multiple entities / countries / currencies within a Group organization.
- Understanding of project accounting and software accounting concepts
- Strong on use of accounting/ERP software, comfortable with Microsoft Office tools.
Eligibility Requirements
Must be eligible to work in the country identified as the employment location
Location: Ontario (Remote)
Salary: 80k-105K
MOTIVE gives equal opportunity in employment regardless of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, race, nationality, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, or any other factor.
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