Director, Financial Planning & Analysis

Job Summary

The Director, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) will be an integral part of the finance and accounting team and will report to the Vice President, Finance. The role is responsible for the effective management and continuous improvement of the planning and execution of the annual budget cycle and periodic forecasts, and is a key resource for providing strategic financial consultation and support to the business.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Collaborates with finance leadership to improve processes and financial systems.
• Develops regular cadence of forecasting from quarterly to monthly
• Acts as a business partner to management and executives, jointly developing forecasting, reporting, analysis, and providing insight into a wide range of business and financial decisions.
• Constantly assesses all financial processes and technology including planning software and automation opportunities
• Leads the annual Business Planning and Budget cycle from start to finish for Porter Airlines. This includes co-ordination across all business units on requirements and maintenance of the overall planning calendar.
• Conducts meetings and presentations internally with internal Business Planning teams and Senior Management to communicate deliverables and results.
• As the company expert in Zero Based Budgeting (ZBB), continues to implement best practices, trains current and new managers on ZBB, provides ongoing analysis of business units to develop a ground-up understanding of each area
• Collaborates with revenue management team, gathering insights from big data analytics help drive key insights leading to sound revenue planning
• Prepares the company’s long-term financial forecast, financial models, and valuations.
• Initiates analysis of monthly variances, and works directly with operational management, executives, and the financial reporting team to identify and resolve variances to plan.
• Develops and maintains dashboards and KPIs to support analysis of the business, including variances to plan, tracking of cost-saving and revenue initiatives.
• Reviews analysis to support business decisions or procurement decisions.
• Manages the analysis of route profitability, including regular reporting
• Manages the company’s capital expenditure request process, evaluating requests for capex and capital planning;
• Oversees Board and Audit Committee presentations
• Proposes, develops and implements changes to ensure organization achieves financial targets. Actively looks for cost savings and revenue enhancing strategies
• Actively participates in Porter’s Safety Management System (SMS) including, reporting hazards and incidents encountered in daily operations; understand, comply and promote the Company Safety Policy
  
  

Behavioural Competencies

• Concern for Safety: Identifying hazardous or potentially hazardous situations and taking appropriate action to maintain a safe environment for self and others.
• Teamwork: Working collaboratively with others to achieve organizational goals.
• Passenger/Customer Service: Providing service excellence to internal and/or external customers (passengers).
• Initiative: Dealing with situations and issues proactively and persistently, seizing opportunities that arise.
• Results Focus: Focusing efforts on achieving high quality results consistent with the organization’s standards.
• Fostering Communication: Listening and communicating openly, honestly, and respectfully with different audiences, promoting dialogue and building consensus.
• Exemplifying Integrity: Treating others fairly, honestly, and respectfully, furthering the integrity of the organization and its relationships of trust with team members and the broader community.
• Inspiring Others: Energizing and inspiring others to strive for excellence and commit to common goals and purposes, creating a sense of self-efficacy, resilience, and persistence in followers.
• People Leadership: Assuming a leadership role in helping others achieve excellent results.
• Leading Change: Recognizing the need for change, being open to new ideas and methods, and championing transformational change within the organization and beyond.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required
• Professional designation (CA/CPA, CFA, etc.)
• 10+ years in management roles
• MBA an asset
• Continuous improvement mindset
• Strong leadership skills, balancing business requirements with people management
• Management of systems implementation
• Advanced financial modelling abilities
• Advanced IT skills including big data, programming (Python, SQL)
• Ability to multitask, prioritize and meet deadlines
• Superior analytical skills with a high degree of accuracy
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency in MS Office products; high proficiency in Excel
• Knowledge of MS Dynamics (Great Plains), Prophix or other financial planning software and Tableau an asset
• Aviation industry experience is an asset
  
  

Location

Toronto Downtown Office (250 Yonge Street)

Company Description

Since 2006, Porter Airlines has been elevating the experience of economy air travel for every passenger, providing genuine hospitality with style, care and charm. Porter’s fleet of Embraer E195-E2 and De Havilland Dash 8-400 aircraft serves a North American network from Eastern Canada. Headquartered in Toronto, Porter is an Official 4 Star Airline® in the World Airline Star Rating®. Visit www.flyporter.com or follow @porterairlines on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.