Porter Airlines is committed to delivering its signature ‘flying refined’ experience to customers across North America. Effortless travel and genuine hospitality are offered in style and comfort while restoring glamour and refinement to air travel.
Porter is proud to be an Official 4 Star Airline® in the World Airline Star Rating®.
Visit www.flyporter.com or follow @porterairlines on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. Details of growth plans to provide North America-wide service are available at flyporter.com.
Porter Airlines set a new standard with a flying refined brand promise bringing dignity and ease to travel, with an elevated, high-value experience. Recently, Porter announced an expansion of its network across North America acquiring up to 100 new Embraer E195 – E2. This growth plan will make Porter a national airline and create incredible opportunities for team members to expand skill sets, work on new projects, and experience our vast network of destinations.
The Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) group at Porter Airlines is tasked with providing actionable business insight that will boost financial performance. The Senior Financial Analyst, Corporate and Treasury position will play a significant role in budget/forecasting, monthly/quarterly internal and external reporting as well as various treasury functions including management of all treasury portals.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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
Work with the financial reporting team on Month-end close activities including but not limited to journal entries and accruals review
Initiates analysis of monthly variances and work directly the financial reporting team to identify and resolve variances to plan
Develops weekly, monthly reporting and enhances the existing KPI reporting and analytical tools to increase efficiency and uncover more insight into business operations
Prepare and analyze rolling cash flow forecast on a weekly/monthly basis
Create and maintain monthly/quarterly reporting to all stakeholders
Provide treasury support including but not limited to treasury portal management, credit reviews with merchant providers, cash management services and payment solutions
Management and reporting for external loan facilities and drawdowns
Develop and review Board and Audit Committee presentations
Become a subject matter expert on Prophix FP&A planning software
Focus on continuous improvements of current processes and procedures and provide recommendations for enhancements
Actively participate in Porter’s Safety Management System (SMS) including, reporting hazards and incidents encountered in daily operations; understand, comply and promote the Company Safety Policy
Other duties as assigned
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: We treat 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: We assume a leadership role in helping others achieve excellent results.
Leading change: We recognize the need for change, being open to new ideas and methods, and championing transformational change within the organization and beyond.
QUALIFICATIONS:
An undergraduate degree, a professional designation (CPA, CFA) or MBA an asset
2-5 years of work experience in FP&A supporting business units or similar experience
Must be an excellent communicator
Must have excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills
Deadline driven - Workloads tend to peak during the key deadlines of the annual budget, and forecast processes
Ability to work with cross-functional teams
Must be able to rapidly adapt to change and deliver under minimal supervision
Experience in operational and cost savings analysis, and the ability to make sound financial decisions, which may impact the company
Proven ability to leverage internal relationships and drive change
Advanced Microsoft Excel and some knowledge of Microsoft Access preferred
Database (SQL), VBA, or other Programming knowledge is desirable
Knowledge of MS Dynamics (Great Plains), Prophix and Tableau an asset
Aviation industry experience is an asset
Flexible and a good negotiator
A strong background in data management is an asset as there will be a significant effort to integrate big data analytics into the financial modeling
Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination
LOCATION: Toronto (250 Yonge Street)