We are looking for a Financial Planning & Analysis Manager to join our team in Ottawa, Ontario. In this role, you will provide strategic financial insight that supports decision-making across the business, with a focus on forecasting, performance analysis, and cost management. You will work closely with finance and operational leaders to explain results, identify trends, and strengthen planning processes through clear reporting and practical recommendations.

Responsibilities:

• Act as a trusted finance partner to business leaders by delivering analysis on spending, staffing, and operational performance, while helping stakeholders interpret results and underlying drivers.

• Build and maintain detailed forecasts for assigned cost centres, and prepare regular comparisons against budget, outlook, and prior periods with clear explanations of key variances.

• Develop concise financial updates for leadership that outline root causes, highlight potential risks, and recommend actions to improve performance.

• Oversee expense performance by tracking actuals against plan, supporting department leaders in managing costs, and identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and support growth.

• Strengthen understanding of profit and loss performance by analysing revenue, cost of goods sold, inventory, gross margin, and operating margin trends.

• Support the creation and refinement of cost models across product lines by incorporating material, labour, and overhead inputs, and assessing the impact of operational and pricing decisions.

• Collaborate with engineering, operations, tax, and accounting teams to support cost estimates, financial compliance requirements, and business planning activities.

• Improve the effectiveness of reporting and analysis by introducing automation, using business intelligence tools, and documenting standard approaches, assumptions, and repeatable processes.

Qualifications:

• Professional Accounting Designation (CPA)

• At least 10 years of experience in FP& A, financial analysis, management reporting, or a comparable business finance role.

• Excellent working knowledge of costing analysis, accounting.

• Strong knowledge of profit and loss reporting, operating expense behaviour, and the financial impact of labour, contractors, services, software, and travel costs.

• Advanced Excel skills.

• Excellent communication skills in English, with the ability to present financial insights and recommendations clearly to a range of stakeholders.

• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities across multiple deadlines while maintaining accuracy and strong attention to detail.

• High level of professionalism and discretion when handling sensitive financial and employee information.

If this position interests you and you meet all the key qualifications, please apply online today!

Job Reference Number: 0013506669

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