As a wholly owned subsidiary of the Cooperators General Insurance company, Sovereign Insurance believes your experience matters. This is our promise to not only our clients but to our employees as well, because we know the strength of our company starts with our people. The smart, curious and collaborative people who bring their whole heart and passion to work each day. But you can’t pour from an empty cup; we take care of the well-being of our people so that they are inspired to protect Canadian businesses and the lives, families and communities we impact. Join us and begin shaping your experience at Sovereign.

Our national Finance team aspires to create, enhance, and protect value for our organization and its stakeholders. Our knowledgeable team educates and influences the organization to make well-informed, risk-based decisions. We think innovatively and strategically to solve business problems and strive to move our business forward with practical, integrated processes and tools that ensure organizational success. The Financial Analyst applies an in-depth understanding of the business performance drivers of financial risk and return to identify areas for improvement. This role independently researches and develops pro-active, forward-looking solutions. It presents these to business partners to ensure future financial performance is maximized.

How you will create impact:

• Evaluates the business financial condition, providing in-depth analytical assessments. This involves applying insight into the relevant key performance drivers as they evolve to analyze the level of risk and return, under some direction regarding which performance drivers to analyze. Develops budget, forecast, and multi-year plans. While investigating performance results, probes business partners to determine root causes, and maintains focus on identifying ways to improve the financial outlook.

• Prepares and analyzes business cases using standard templates (e.g. developing figures for cost/benefit analysis) to enhance informed management decision-making.

• Assist in the annual financial planning and budgeting cycle including design, consolidation, preparation, and maintenance of data, models, and schedules related to the planning and forecasting cycles.

• Researches best practices and analyzes competitive, economic, and regulatory environment to identify key issues and advantages. This involves working with internal partners (e.g. marketing, financial peers across the group of companies) to create valid solutions and ensure competitive information is relevant and translated into context for business decisions.

• Recommends advanced short-term and long-term solutions for improved performance. This is achieved through delivery of effective presentations to business partners, with content tailored to the audience. Employs appropriate tools and visuals (charts, graphs, trends) to illustrate a creative interpretation of high-level information, and articulate feasible alternatives and recommended action.

• Participates in the development, documentation and maintenance of departmental processes and procedures, including efficiency improvements.

What you need to know:

• Detail oriented work that requires a high degree of mental concentration for extended periods of time.

• Extended work hours may be required.

How you will succeed:

• You have an innovative mindset to improve operational efficiencies and ability to influence change, with a primary focus on client needs.

• You use critical thinking skills to recognize assumptions, evaluate arguments, draw conclusions and proactively propose solutions.

• You have strong communication skills to clearly convey messages and explore diverse points of view.

• You build trusting relationships and provide guidance to support the development of colleagues.

To join our team:

• You have minimum of 3-year experience in financial or related discipline.

• You have post-secondary education specializing in business or accounting.

• Working towards Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation an asset.

• Having insurance industry experience and Microsoft Office experience an asset.

What's in it for you?

• The opportunity to take on challenging work and contribute your expertise, creativity, and passion in meaningful ways.

• A comprehensive total rewards package, including competitive salary, bonus, paid time off, pension and benefits.

• A holistic approach to your well-being, with physical and mental health programs and flexible work options.

• The opportunity to work on an inclusive team who inspire each other to explore and achieve what’s possible.

• An organizational commitment to sustainability and charitable giving; positively impacting the social, environmental, and economic well-being of Canadian businesses, families and communities.

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