BlackBerry

Senior Financial Analyst


PayCompetitive
LocationWaterloo/Ontario
Employment typeFull-Time

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  • Job Description

      Req#: 20250092

      Worker Sub-Type:

      Regular

      Job Description:

      Description/Purpose:

      Reporting to the Director, Finance the Senior Financial Analyst plays a key role in supporting financial business planning, performance measurement, and accounting processes within the Secure Communications FP&A team, including accruals, budgets, forecasts, variance analysis, and other management reporting. The successful candidate will interact with many other financial and business teams within BlackBerry giving them exposure to a wide breadth of business functions.

      Responsibilities:

      • Coordinate inputs to quarterly budgeting and regular forecasting processes
      • Address pre-budget and ongoing planning system requirements, including set-up and data extracts
      • Prepare documentation (Excel summary tables, PowerPoint slides, etc.) for budget review presentations
      • Maintain an aligned cost centre hierarchy
      • Maintain the FP&A planning timeline template
      • Support headcount reconciliation/alignment process from a financial systems and management reporting standpoint
      • Coordinate inputs to and distribution of performance measurement reports such as KPIs, scorecard metrics, quarterly business review, etc.
      • Analyze and explain variances to budget, forecast, and prior periods
      • Continually assess and identify process improvements
      • Support financial reporting, month end close, and other related processes as needed
      • Prepare evidence to satisfy internal SOX and Audit controls
      • Prepare and communicate reports for ISV reseller program
      • Ownership of AOP process for your client group
      • Provide ad hoc financial analysis and reporting
      • All other duties as assigned

      Education and Experience

      • Undergraduate degree or diploma in Business or Finance
      • 3-5 years of budgeting, financial analysis, and accounting experience
      • CPA or enrolment in CPA program an asset
      • Strong sense of accountability and ownership to meet deliverables on time as committed
      • Strong interpersonal and communication skills to effectively collaborate across all levels of the organization
      • Demonstrated ability to multi-task effectively and prioritize tasks to manage fluctuating timelines and workload with minimal supervision
      • Excellent analytical and quantitative skills with a high focus on quality and detail
      • Ability to learn quickly and high level of learning agility required
      • Strong Excel skills required
      • Experience with PowerPoint, Adaptive, and NetSuite or equivalent financial ERP/planning systems preferred

      Location

      • Waterloo, Ontario – hybrid in office 3 days per week

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      Scheduled Weekly Hours:

      40
  • About the company

      5158791 BlackBerry Limited is a Canadian multinational company specialising in enterprise software and the Internet of things.

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