Financial Analyst - Marketing (6 Month Contract)
Requisition ID: 190043
Career Group: Corporate Office Careers
Job Category: Finance Marketing Loyalty Support
Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%
Job Type: Contract
Country: Canada (CA)
Province: Ontario
City: Mississauga
Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada’s Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.
Our family of 128,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better – great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.
A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1,600 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.
Ready to Make an impact?
Sobeys is full of exciting opportunities, and we are always looking for bright new talent to join our team! We currently have an opportunity for a Financial Analyst, Marketing (6 Month Term) to join our Finance department based out of our office in Mississauga, ON.
Here’s where you’ll be focusing:
- Responsible for analysis and reconciliation of Marketing activities to ensure the integrity of reports, budgets, and forecasts with regards to Marketing spend.
- Proactively identify opportunities to improve performance measurement tools and reporting to further meet the needs of the business.
- Responsible for timely completion and submission of annual Budgets and monthly Forecasting within prescribed deadlines.
- Responsible for preparation and timely submission of accruals for period close process.
- Prepare monthly reporting, variance analysis and commentary vs. budget and forecasts.
- Work closely with Marketing to improve accuracy of budgets and forecasts and ensure business accountability.
- Ensure compliance with GAAP, Sobeys Accounting Standards & Policies and CEO/CFO Certification requirements.
- Various ad-hoc analysis and requests for reporting and reporting tools.
What you have to offer:
- An Undergraduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of relevant finance / accounting experience, or a Diploma and a minimum of 4 years relevant experience
- Intermediate to advanced MS Office, with Excel experience required
- Working knowledge with SAP or similar accounting software is preferred
- Accounting designation, or working towards one would be an asset
At Sobeys we require our teammates to have the ability to adhere to a hybrid work model that requires your presence at one of our office locations at least three days per week. This requirement is integral to our commitment to team collaboration and the overall success of our office culture.
We offer a competitive compensation package, which varies by role. Some websites share our job opportunities and may provide salary estimates without our knowledge. These estimates are based on similar jobs and postings for general comparison, but these numbers are not provided by our organization nor monitored for accuracy.
We will consider factors such as your working location, work experience and skills as well as internal equity, and market conditions to ensure the selected candidate is paid fairly and competitively. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.
We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.