Level 3 Communications, Inc

Financial Analyst (FP&A)

Level 3 Communications, Inc$57K — $107K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in finance/accounting.
  • 4+ years prior relevant experience.
  • Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Strong analytical skills, detail-oriented.
  • Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills in English & French.

Responsibilities

  • Forecast and budget Orders/Sales/Operating Income/Cash while preparing financial reports.
  • Conduct weekly closure analysis and reporting for Orders/Sales/OI/Cash.
  • Identify risks and opportunities in the monthly forecast.
  • Drive financial reporting process improvement projects.
  • Assist in the preparation of the three-year Plan and Annual Operating Plan (AOP).
  • Monitor overhead budgets and ensure indirect costs are controlled within the allocated budget.
  • Perform special topic financial analysis as needed.

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment within a specialized finance team.
  • Opportunity to work on defense contracts, which can have a significant impact on national security.
  • Dynamic role focusing on forecasting and budgeting with a direct impact on business performance.
Full Job Description
Job Title: Financial Analyst (FP&A)

Job Location: Montreal, QC

Job Code: 42433

Job Schedule: Day Shift

Compensation Range : Between $57,500 - $107,500 CDN annually

We are seeking a Financial Specialist, with a specialty in costing and pricing defence contract, who is agile, dynamic with excellent analytic skills to join our Finance Team in support of the preparation of bids and proposals. This role would be to consolidate cost estimates from the various subject matter experts and for certain opportunities, prepare financials according to customer and government requirements to ensure consistency and support the profitability for the Defence and Security Business Unit.

Essential Functions:
  • Forecasting, budgeting of Orders/Sales/Operating Income/Cash including coordinating, preparing, and analyzing varioud financial reports and submitting to U.S.
  • Weekly closure analysis and reporting for Orders/Sales/OI/Cash.
  • Risk and opportunities to the monthly forecast.
  • Financial reporting process improvement projects.
  • Assist in preparation of three year Plan and Annual Operating Plan (AOP).
  • Track overhead budgets, ensuring that all indirect costs are accounted for and controlled within the allocated budget.
  • Regularly monitoring overhead expenses to ensure they are within budget and identifying areas where costs can be reduced.
  • Special topic financial analysis as needed.


Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree in finance/accounting.
  • 4+ years prior relevant experience.
  • Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Strong analytical skills, detail oriented.
  • Highly organized and ability to manage multiple priorities.
  • Detailed oriented with strong accounting and finance skills.
  • Ability to work under pressure.
  • Focused on teamwork and collaboration.
  • Excellent communication skills both oral and written English & French proficiency.


Preferred Qualifications:
  • Prior experience using Hyperion Planning & Oracle SmartView.
  • Prior A&D industry experience.
  • General ledger accounting knowledge.


Eligibility Criteria:
  • Must be eligible for registration with the Controlled Goods Program;
  • Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a government of Canada Reliability status and Secret Level 2/NATO Secret security clearance.

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