Sr. Finance Analyst

The Opportunity:

Reporting to the Finance Manager, the Senior Finance Analyst (SFA) offers financial leadership, support, and analysis to both the finance and plant management teams. This role involves close collaboration with plant management to identify and implement opportunities for improving results and controls within the plant. Leveraging a strong professional and technical background, the SFA delivers analytical and financial expertise through monthly reporting, variance analysis, system optimization, and adherence to financial policies and procedures.

Any MLF team member interested in being considered for this role are encouraged to apply online by November 29. Applications received beyond that date are not guaranteed consideration.

Snapshot of a Day-in-the-Life:

As Sr. Finance Analyst, the key responsibilities will include:

1. Accounting and Compliance:
   • Ensure accounting procedures adhere to IFRS and approved corporate policies.
   • Provide guidance and coaching to non-finance managers on financial control and compliance issues.
2. Inventory and Purchasing Control:
   • Act as the on-site C3 custodian to ensure critical inventory and purchasing procedures are controlled.
   • Responsible for Quarterly Self-Test submissions and/or remediate any control failures.
   • Support Maintenance and Material Control with regular inventory cycle count reviews, re-counts, and random verification checks as needed.
3. Financial Reporting and Analysis:
   • Support period-end financial activities, ensuring adherence to tight month-end schedules.
   • Prepare closing journal entries and complete account reconciliations.
   • Interpret financial results, providing key insights and explanations of variances.
   • Optimize finance applications and transactional databases for accurate and timely financial processing and reporting.
   • Validate daily and weekly live bird transactions to ensure accuracy and completeness.
   • Process daily transactions which support yield inputs.
   • Compile daily and weekly yield reports, investigating and explaining variances.
   • Execute daily, weekly, and monthly direct labor variance reports accurately and timely.
   • Analyze overhead spending and provide management with information to support future spending decisions.
   • Develop and analyze ad hoc reports and models as required.
4. Cost Improvement and Continuous Improvement:
   • Proactively identify, recommend, and support cost improvement opportunities.
   • Participate in continuous improvement initiatives and lead financial tracking for savings.
5. Production Reporting:
   • Conduct weekly production reporting with Carlisle to SAP reconciliation.
6. Employee Sales Financial Tracking:
   • Manage employee sales financial tracking and reconciliations.

What You’ll Bring:

• 3-5 years Finance background in a manufacturing environment.
• Completed bachelor’s degree – ideally with specialization in business finance or accounting.
• Technology savvy individual with excellent aptitude for working in information systems modeling and analyzing data.
• Demonstrated experience in cost accounting, manufacturing and internal controls.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to build relationships with business partners and team.
• Superb sense of urgency, attention to detail, organizational & problem-solving skills.
• A proactive self-starter with the confidence and curiosity to take initiative, ask questions and improve processes.
• Prior experience in food manufacturing and SAP are preferred.

What We Offer at Maple Leaf Foods:

• Being part of a high-performance, people-focused company that has an inspiring and unique vision to become the most sustainable protein company on earth, and a deep commitment to sustainable protein across North America.
• An inclusive company culture and a work environment that keeps our people safe, rewards excellence, and empowers everyone to learn and contribute their best.
• Competitive Health and Wellness benefits that offer flexibility to meet your individual or family needs, including programs focused on improving mental health and wellbeing. These benefits start on your first day of employment.
• Defined Contribution Pension Plan with company matching that starts on your first day of employment.
• Learning and development opportunities, including workshops, ‘speaker series’ events, and resources that allow you to develop your skills and progress your career.
• Comprehensive tuition reimbursement program that supports continuous learning and development of our team members through investment in eligible degrees, diplomas, professional certification, or trades programs.
• Supporting our deep commitment to community impact, we offer up to two paid days annually to volunteer at a cause of your choice.

About Us:

We’re a carbon neutral food company on a purposeful journey to Raise the Good in Food through better nutrition, safer food and workplaces, more humane animal care, and environmental sustainability efforts that protect our planet. We care about our communities and commit to reducing food insecurity in Canada. Join us on the journey. Let’s build a better future, together.

We’re passionate about food. For more than 100 years, we’ve made delicious, healthy protein that Canadians love under iconic national and regional brands, like Maple Leaf, Schneiders, and Greenfield Natural Meat Co. We’re on a journey to become the most sustainable protein company – not just in Canada – but on earth.

• We are carbon neutral.
• We are one of the only food companies in Canada to set science-based targets.

We’re a global food company with more than 13,500 team members. We operate sites in 20+ locations across Canada. We also have locations in the U.S. and Mexico, and do business in Asia.

A diverse and inclusive work environment

Championing diversity and inclusion is a critical component to advancing our collective purpose and vision and living the Maple Leaf Leadership Values. We believe in building, investing in, recognizing, and rewarding remarkable people who value an inclusive workplace, embrace all forms of diversity, and commit to including every voice in our collaborative environment. We’re so much stronger when we know we’re accepted and valued for who we are and what we each bring to the workplace.

We embrace a strong, values-based culture

Our eight Leadership Values are our north star. They guide the decisions we make for all our stakeholders: our consumers, our customers, our people, our communities, our shareholders, and the environment.

• Doing What’s Right
• Shared Value
• High Performance
• Diverse and Inclusive Teams
• Disciplined Decision Making
• Our Accountability
• Intense Curiosity
• Transparency and Humility

We thank all applicants for their interest in exploring employment opportunities with Maple Leaf Foods; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Applicants may be subject to a background check and must meet the security criteria designated for the position.

Accommodation is available upon request for applicants with disabilities in the recruitment and assessment process and when hired; please contact our Talent Attraction Team at accommodations@mapleleaf.com.