SR FINANCIAL ANALYST CANADA, Cost analytics

Pay and rewards

• Base pay range is $80,000–$100,000; no salary cadence is stated.
• Additional rewards may include semi-annual performance bonuses, a Deferred Profit-Sharing Program, benefits, a Home Depot stock purchase discount, and merit-based increases.

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Partner with management and internal stakeholders to provide financial recommendations and reports that drive the business.
• Prepare and present complex financial analysis clearly to senior management; lead semi-annual planning activities with finance and business stakeholders.
• Influence business actions through analysis and insights, recommend process improvements, and share best practices.
• Represent the function as an analytics and insights resource and build productive partnerships.
• Manage work end to end and deliver accurate, timely responses to data requests.
• Translate business requirements into analytics and reporting needs; create new and supplemental reporting methods.
• Design algorithms and models for large datasets to generate insights and identify business opportunities.
• Support data science projects and consult data scientists on selecting, using, and interpreting analytical methods.
• Apply business strategy knowledge to analysis that supports goals and objectives; continue developing analytics expertise.

Qualifications

• 3–7 years of Financial Analyst, Financial Business Partner, or Business Insights experience.
• Bachelor's or master's degree in Finance, Business, a quantitative field such as Computer Science, Math, or Statistics, or equivalent work experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in business analysis and financial modeling.
• Excellent oral and written communication; comfortable presenting to small and large audiences.
• Working knowledge of MS Office.
• Experience querying data; Google BigQuery or SQL is preferred.
• Experience with data visualization software; Tableau is preferred.
• Experience using statistical techniques to identify insights that solve business problems.
• Experience with a modern scripting language such as Python is an asset.
• Learning mindset, willingness to mentor, adaptability, self-motivation, proactive workload management, and flexibility.

Skills and capabilities

• Financial analysis, financial modeling, business analysis, and business insights.
• Data analysis, statistical techniques, data querying, visualization, and reporting.
• Strategic planning, communication, presentation, and collaboration.