Senior Financial Analyst
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About the Role
Groupe Dynamite is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to provide financial insights and support sales and gross margin accounting, planning, and analysis. The role involves cross-functional collaboration, variance analysis, budgeting, and forecasting to drive profitability.
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Responsibilities
- Collaborate cross functionally with Merchandise Planning, Store Operations, Digital, Sourcing, and Logistics teams to develop sales and margin budgets, monthly forecasts, and actionable insights
- Own weekly, monthly, and quarterly gross margin analysis, including sales, COGS, markdowns, shrink, and freight impacts
- Conduct detailed variance analysis between actual results, budgets, and forecasts, identifying key drivers
- Support the budgeting and forecasting cycle for gross margin at banner, class, and category levels
- Prepare and present insights, key metric trends, quantified risks, and opportunities to management
- Develop financial models, analyses, and interpretations to support management decision making
- Maintain and enhance gross margin reporting tools and dashboards (Excel, Power BI, Vena, or similar)
Requirements
- Degree in Accounting, Business, Finance; relevant professional designation (CPA, CFA) a plus
- Minimum 3 5 years of experience in an FP&A role in a fast paced environment
- Strong knowledge of business fundamentals and financial acumen
- Ability to think strategically and drive business initiatives end to end
- Expert level proficiency in MS Excel
- English/French proficiency
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Job Summary
- We are seeking a strategically minded and highly motivated Financial Analyst to provide reliable, timely, and actionable financial insights to business leaders.
- The primary focus of this role is to support Sales and Gross Margin accounting, planning, and analysis across our retail banners and channels.
- This position serves as a dedicated strategic partner to the business, leveraging accurate data to drive reporting, budgeting, and forward looking financial analysis.
Main Responsibilities
- Collaborate cross functionally with Merchandise Planning, Store Operations, Digital, Sourcing, and Logistics teams to develop sales and margin budgets, monthly forecasts, and actionable insights to drive profitability.
- Own weekly, monthly, and quarterly gross margin analysis, including sales, cost of goods sold (COGS), markdowns, shrink, and freight impacts. Prepare variance analysis and provide commentary on key trends and drivers.
- Conduct detailed variance analysis between actual results, budgets, and forecasts, identifying and quantifying key drivers such as price, mix, cost, and promotional impacts.
- Monitor results continuously, provide insights into variances, and challenge business partners to ensure forecasts reflect the most up to date information.
- Support the budgeting and forecasting cycle for gross margin at banner, class, and category levels, ensuring alignment with strategic and financial targets.
- Track inventory related adjustments, including obsolescence, freight, and duty variances.
- Prepare and present insights, key metric trends, quantified risks, and opportunities to management.
- Conduct analysis and build business cases using financial and non financial data; provide support for strategic initiatives including product launches, sourcing optimization, pricing strategy, and international expansion.
- Collaborate with Merchandising and Planning teams to align margin expectations related to pricing, product mix, and promotional strategies.
- Maintain and enhance gross margin reporting tools and dashboards (Excel, Power BI, Vena, or similar), ensuring data integrity across financial and operational systems (ERP, BI, Planning tools).
- Develop financial models, analyses, and interpretations to support management decision making.
- Create and standardize margin bridge templates to clearly highlight drivers such as price, cost, mix, FX, freight, and markdowns.
Qualifications
- Degree in Accounting, Business, Finance; relevant professional designation (CPA, CFA) a plus.
- Minimum 3 5 years of experience in an FP&A role in a fast paced environment.
- Strong knowledge of business fundamentals and financial acumen.
- Ability to think strategically and strong skills to drive business initiatives end to end and deliver insights.
- Ability to thrive in a fast paced, high growth, evolving environment.
- Strong organizational skills and a demonstrated ability to prioritize work in a demanding environment.
- Ability to exercise sound judgment in interpreting the Company’s policies and objectives.
- Expert level proficiency in MS Excel.
- Experience with an FP&A system a plus.
- English/French proficiency.
What We Offer
- A comprehensive compensation package that includes performance driven bonuses.
- A group retirement savings program with employer matching.
- Flexible group insurance with personalized coverage that meets your needs.
- An employee discount at Garage and Dynamite.
- Exclusive private sample sales.
- A flexible vacation policy.
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