Job Title: Finance Data Analyst

Job Description

As the Finance Data Analyst within our Finance Shared Services group, you will act as a key enabler within an analytics team, supporting change and process re-engineering. You will support the team through the inception to execution of projects, providing data and analytics support for process owners, building automation solutions, and driving joint initiatives held with IT or our Automation specialist teams. You will collaborate with teams across various departments, including Continuous Improvement, Automation specialist group, wider Finance teams, Commercial, and Operations. This role offers the opportunity to make a direct impact on the modernization of a group that supports all functions of the business while gaining valuable experience and exposure to accelerate your career.

Responsibilities

• Conduct detailed analysis on opportunities to eliminate, simplify, and automate processes.

• Facilitate automation of analytical and operational tasks and processes at scale, incorporating tools such as Alteryx, Power BI, Power Automate, or development of requirements for RPAs and IT-led projects.

• Analyze business requirements and processes to identify opportunities for improvement with technology solutions.

• Contribute within a team of mixed-discipline resources to drive tangible change across key priority processes for productivity savings and enhanced customer/employee experience.

• Take ownership of financial data and analytics processes with a solid understanding of business processes to equip the team with proper data for advanced analytics and exploratory data analysis.

• Provide data management processes such as accessing raw data feeds, building queries, and designing reports that present status-at-a-glance visualization of business performance.

• Create user-friendly data visualizations to report complex business processes via related KPIs, benchmarking, statistical analysis, exception reporting, etc.

• Perform ad hoc and rapid data analysis.

• Work independently on a range of complex tasks, including unique situations and financial modeling.

Essential Skills

• Bachelor's Degree in accounting, economics, finance, statistics, data analysis, or a related field of study.

• Minimum three years of experience in business process engineering, finance transformation, or a top-tier management consulting firm, or as a data analyst within finance or business intelligence.

• Track record of data-driven analysis, linking data and analytics to business strategy, financial performance, and process improvement.

• Strong analytical background , including the ability to break down and work through complex problems in a structured manner using both quantitative and qualitative methods.

• Ability to create data visualizations to report KPIs and metrics, pull data from various data sources, direct querying, exploratory data analysis, financial modeling, and performing root cause analysis.

• MS Office proficiency: Excel power user, Outlook, PowerPoint, SharePoint.

• Strong knowledge of and experience with databases (SQL, SnowSQL, etc.).

• Extensive experience with automation technologies and data visualization tools such as PowerBI, Power Automate, Smartsheet workflow, RPAs, Alteryx, or other BI tools.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Knowledge of data gathering, cleaning, and transforming techniques preferred.

• Knowledge of and hands-on experience with SAP S4/HANA a plus.

Work Environment

The role will be part of a growing team within a newer group that is being assembled. This position offers a hybrid work environment, with mandatory in-office days on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at the Mississauga office. Work hours are from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM with some flexibility.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $43.00 - $45.00/hr.

Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in Toronto,ON.

À propos d'Aston Carter:

Aston Carter fournit des solutions de talent de classe mondiale à des milliers de clients à travers le monde. Spécialisés dans la comptabilité, la finance, les ressources humaines, l’acquisition de talents, la chaîne d’approvisionnement et certaines professions administratives, nous étendons les capacités des entreprises à la pointe de l'industrie. Nous nous appuyons sur notre profonde expertise en matière de recrutement et sur notre réseau expansif pour répondre aux besoins évolutifs de nos clients et de notre communauté de talents avec agilité et excellence. Avec des bureaux aux États-Unis, au Canada, en Asie-Pacifique et en Europe, Aston Carter est au service d’un grand nombre d’entreprises du Fortune 500. Nous sommes fiers d’avoir remporté le double diamant ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® pour notre service aux clients et aux talents.

La diversité, l’équité et l’inclusion

Chez Aston Carter, la diversité et l’inclusion constituent le pont vers l’équité et la réussite de notre personnel. La diversité, l’équité et l’inclusion (DE&I) sont ancrées dans notre culture par :

• L’embauche des talents diversifiés ;

• Le maintien d’un environnement inclusif par une autoréflexion permanente ;

• La mise en place d’une culture de soin, d’engagement, et de reconnaissance par des résultats concrets ;

• L’assurance des opportunités de croissance pour nos gens.

Aston Carter est un employeur souscrivant au principe de l’égalité des chances et accepte toutes les candidatures sans tenir compte de la race, du sexe, de l’âge, de la couleur, de la religion, des origines nationales, du statut d’ancien combattant, d’un handicap, de l’orientation sexuelle, de l’identité sexuelle, des renseignements génétiques ou de toute autre caractéristique protégée par la loi.

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About Aston Carter:

Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® double diamond winner for both client and talent service.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Aston Carter, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I are embedded into our culture through:

• Hiring diverse talent

• Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection

• Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes

• Ensuring growth opportunities for our people

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email astoncarteraccommodation@astoncarter.com (%20astoncarteraccommodation@astoncarter.com) for other accommodation options.