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Financial Planning & Analysis, Senior Business Partner

At Interac, we design and deliver products and solutions that give Canadians control over their money so they can get more out of life. But that’s not all. Whether we’re leading real-time money movement, driving innovative commerce solutions like open payments for transit systems, or making advancements in new areas like verification and open banking, we are playing a key role in shaping the future of the digital economy in Canada.

Want to make a lasting impact amongst a community of creative thinkers, problem solvers, technical gurus and high-performance application developers? We want to hear from you.

Financial Planning & Analysis, Senior Business Partner Reporting directly to the Leader, FP&A (Chief Technology Officer), this role will be a key member of the FP&A team who is a day-to-day business partner to the Technology & Operations team at Interac, supporting & coordinating forecasting, budgeting, business casing, financial analysis & decision making.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Supporting the business with managing the Technology Platforms and Practices portfolio financials and business cases to support insource/outsource decisions, cost benefit analysis, other.

• Supporting the development of the allocation methodology in tracking technology & operations expenses across the various Product lines.

• Coordinating of all finance processes for the T&O team, including forecasting, actual performance analysis, budgeting, strategic planning & decision making, business cases for T&O platform investments

• Assisting in the preparation of executive review materials to support the Chief Technology Officer in all leadership & Board meetings.

• Support renewal of key vendors contractual agreements assessing financial implications.

• Supporting the FP&A transformation to improve business partnerships and deliver strategic value to business, through process efficiency, transparency & visibility to data & analysis.

• Building high trust relationships to key business partners and influencing their decision making to maximize Interac’s financial performance and shareholders value.

• Presenting complex financial analysis to senior management to support decision making.

• Supporting and coordinating the preparation of monthly financials, analysis, as well as, rolling forecasts, various management reporting. Responsible for review of the content in the monthly financial package.

• Working collaboratively with business owners including executive team members to provide subject matter expertise and financial advice on complex projects to assists planning and decision making.

• Delivering monthly reviews to Leader, FP&A (CTO) & Head, FP&A regarding risks, opportunities, and gap resolution.

• Working with the FinOps team to ensure accuracy of financials and to streamline month end processes. Review prepaid, capital, depreciation. Create month end entries when required.

• Investigating opportunities for productivity improvements and work with business owner to initiate and influence change.

• Supporting the delivery of the financial goals of the T&O team, taking personal responsibility for achieving budget.

• Supporting and execute the annual budget & forecast process for the T&O team.

• Working with stakeholders to ensure required communication, templates and due dates are delivered.

• Reviewing information and meet with departments to understand key business drivers (qualitative and quantitative), assumptions, opportunities, and risks.

• Performing due diligence on all inputs and recommend areas of adjustments.

• Analyzing and delivering financials to Leader, FP&A (CTO) and stakeholders to support executive, Audit Committee and Board reports.

• Ensuring all contractual commitments are accounted for in the annual plan and forecast.

• Ensuring approved budgets and forecasts are communicated to business owners and loaded into the financial system in a timely manner.

• Developing necessary analytics and business case justification for approval.

• Working closely with business owner to understand qualitative and quantitative business drivers.

• Reviewing models and challenge assumptions for validity.

• Making recommendations to enhance the business case.

• Preparing necessary presentation materials for senior management review and approval.

• Assisting in the preparation of presentation materials for the board of directors.

• Supporting business owners with vendor discussions/negotiations, where requested.

• Reviewing contract terms and provide all necessary edits from a financial perspective.

• Evaluating efficiency of processes and make recommendations for improvement.

• Leading and/or assisting in the implementation of new processes or process improvements.

• Recommending and implementing continuous improvement to the budgetary/planning processes to meet the needs of the evolving company.

You bring:

• CPA designation or equivalent education required

• Extensive experience developing financial models and business cases

• Minimum 7+ years relevant experience in business case evaluation, budgeting, forecasting and monthly financial statement analysis

• Advanced Excel Modeling Skills

• Strong time management skills, analytical, ability to work independently and prioritize, critical thinking and presentation skills

• Strong communication skills both written and verbal

• Ability to communicate with senior management, including executives, at their level

Interac requires employees to complete a background check that is completed by one of our service providers. We use this service to complete the following checks:

• 5-year employment verification;
• Canadian criminal record check;
• Education verification;
• Canadian ID cross-check;
• Public safety verification; and
• Credit inquiry