Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

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About Our Client: Our client is a mining and exploration company.

Position Scope:

The Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) is responsible for leading enterprise performance management, operational reporting frameworks, financial modelling, and strategic analysis that enable leaders across the organization to make informed decisions.

This is a highly visible, business-facing role responsible for building and maintaining financial planning models, dashboards, and reporting frameworks that support operational performance, capital allocation, and long-term strategic planning.

The Senior Manager will play a key role in developing insights across the organization by integrating financial, operational, and compliance data into decision-support tools and executive reporting.

The role also supports scenario-based modelling of the company’s growth trajectory and capital deployment, partnering with leadership, M&A, and functional teams to address financial analysis needs.

Responsibilities:

Long-Term Financial Modelling

Manage macro planning models to support scenario modelling and long-term strategic planning.
Produce executive reporting packages summarizing key financial projections, sensitivities, and business drivers.

Month-End Financial Performance Analysis

Perform monthly analysis of financial performance, including review of month-end metrics compared with budgets, forecasts, and prior periods.
Prepare variance analyses highlighting key operational drivers and trends.
Present insights and recommendations to senior management to support operational decision-making.

Forecasting, Budgeting and Cash Modelling

Develop and maintain driver-based forecasting models supporting budgeting, financial planning, and long-range forecasting.
Create standardized templates for forecasting, budgeting, and cash flow modelling across the organization.
Develop dashboards and models to track working capital performance and cash flow forecasts.

Dashboarding and Financial Reporting

Design and maintain automated dashboards and KPI reporting tools that integrate financial, operational, and forecast data.
Provide real-time financial visibility for leadership through interactive reporting dashboards.

Internal Controls and Compliance Monitoring

Design and implement internal control monitoring frameworks across key financial and operational processes.
Conduct periodic internal control reviews and compliance audits to ensure adherence to company policies and governance standards.
Develop and maintain dashboards that track internal control compliance, risk indicators, and remediation actions.
Identify control gaps and recommend process improvements and automation opportunities.

Capital Investment Analysis

Stay abreast of ongoing capital investment projects.
Provide business case modelling and financial analysis for new capital investments.
Lead the quarterly and annual post-investment review process.

Management Reporting

Participate in financial and strategic planning discussions.
Perform trend analysis and financial modelling to generate insights for management reporting.
Provide clear executive summaries and recommendations based on financial data and operational metrics.

Competitive Benchmarking

Develop and maintain industry benchmarking databases.
Integrate competitive insights into medium- and long-term forecasting models.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Build relationships across the business to ensure timely, accurate, and consistent reporting and forecasting.
Partner with finance, operations, and leadership teams to improve decision-making processes.

Process Improvement

Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, reporting structures, and forecasting methodologies.
Lead special projects, financial analyses, and other ad-hoc initiatives.

Required Skills and Knowledge:

Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills required.
Ability to build financial models, dashboards, and analytical tools that support executive decision-making.
Strong ability to communicate complex financial insights clearly to senior leaders.
Experience developing forecasting, budgeting, and cash flow modelling frameworks.
Experience with internal controls monitoring, compliance tracking, or financial governance frameworks is considered an asset.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work through complex, unstructured issues.
Proven ability to multitask and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate across departments.
Familiarity with Acumatica would be an asset.
Experience with workflow automation tools such as Power Automate, Power Query, or similar technologies would be an asset.

Education and Experience:

5-10 years’ experience in corporate finance or accounting related fields; prior experience in financial modelling and analysis is an asset.
CPA, CFA, or CBV designation preferred.

Application Instructions:

To apply, please send a resume to Jessica Alcock at Jessica.Alcock@summitsearchgroup.com

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