Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis

At IMCO, our talent is among the best! IMCO offers a uniquely stimulating and rewarding environment where you can help build and drive organizational transformation, all while seeking to challenge yourself, learn, and grow your career.

We offer a culture of collaboration and passion, creating unwavering value for the clients we serve. Our vision is to be the partner of choice for Ontario's public sector funds and build a high-performing, value-based Asset Management firm in the heart of downtown Toronto.

If you are ready to drive best-in-class service, and join a collaborative, motivated, and fun team of professionals, we're ready to offer you a great place to work with exciting opportunities for growth and development.

If you want to use your expertise to drive strategic business outcomes, then we want you at IMCO!

As a key member of our finance team, the Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis will be responsible for overseeing the processes, data and systems that support the planning, budgeting, forecasting and analysis of actual results across the enterprise. Leveraging technology and business intelligence tools (Adaptive Insights) the manager will lead the development of budgets and key performance indicators, including developing and maintaining financial models. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis, this position will also provide strategic advice to senior business leaders, while supporting IMCO's growth and development and acting as a catalyst for positive and dynamic change.

As a Member of Our Team, You Will be Responsible For:

• Acting as a finance business partner, liaise with the senior leadership team to develop financial plans and forecasts, providing guidance and insights on impact and cost.
• Develop analytics for business unit owners that provide insights to effectively monitor spending against budget.
• Prepare high quality, timely and accurate monthly reporting packages that provide summary and segment variance analyses (business unit / asset class), KPI's, and decision support insights into key business trends.
• Provide insight on variances and trends for specific expense categories to the senior manager and Director
• Preparing high quality financial analysis and presentations for the executives, senior management, clients, and Boards of Directors, as required, and recommend enhancements to reporting to support decision making.
• Ensuring the functionality and accuracy of financial forecasting models, including maintaining the inputs, outputs and key assumptions.
• Recommend and lead the implementation of enhancements to the total cost planning model in Adaptive.
• Lead the continuous review and monitoring of the cost allocation policy and guidelines and advise on the effectiveness of the cost allocation methodology.
• Ensure that IMCO's systems are properly applying the approved cost allocation policies and methodologies, both at the asset class and client level and that agency/statistical data are uploaded into Workday.
• Prepare process documentation related to the FP&A functional activities.
• Review current processes and recommend improvements with the intent of gaining operational efficiencies.
• Support a culture of financial transparency and continuous improvement.
• Participate in special projects, as assigned.

What do you need to succeed?

• 5-7 years of experience in financial planning and analysis is required.
• MBA, CFA or CPA designation completed.
• Experience in the asset management industry, or financial services industry, is considered an asset.
• Proven ability to think strategically.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Deep expertise with Adaptive Insights and Workday Financial Management is considered is required asset.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-energy start-up environment and participating in the creation of foundational processes to scale-up the organization.
• Advanced proficiency with MS Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word), including the creation of high-quality management presentations with graphs and visualizations is required.
• Well-versed knowledge of business intelligence tools.
• Superior communication skills, with the ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships across the enterprise, as well as external clients.

We thank all applicants, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Our hybrid work model offers flexibility and provides our employees with the opportunity to lead a well-balanced life. Our Corporation's offices located at 16 York Street, Suite 2400, Toronto, ON M5J 0E6 provide a welcoming space for employees to gather, work collaboratively, and grow together.

IMCO is committed to providing accommodation for people with disabilities in its recruitment process. Please advise IMCO if you require an accommodation and we will work with you to meet your needs. Candidates being considered for this position will be required to submit to a background screening.