FP&A Analyst

Seaspan teams are goal-driven and share a high-performance culture, focusing on building services offerings to become a leading asset manager. Seaspan provides many of the world's major shipping lines with alternatives to vessel ownership by offering long-term leases on large, modern containerships and pure car, truck carriers (PCTCs) combined with industry leading ship management serves. Seaspan's fleet has evolved over time to meet the varying needs of our customer base. We own vessels in a wide range of sizes, from 2,500 TEU to 24,000 TEU vessels. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlas Corp, Seaspan delivers on the company's core strategy as a leading asset management and core infrastructure company.

Position Description:

The FP&A team is the center of analytical excellence to drive insightful business decisions and strategy across the organization, and is responsible for creating value and influencing behavior across the business through strategic and financial planning, forecasting, and creative analysis to derive insights. A successful Analyst is a continuous learner who is passionate about financial modeling, delving into data to find value, and building relationships to ensure alignment. The Analyst will support the Manager, FP&A and Senior Manager, FP&A, who are responsible for the direction and leadership of the group. This role has significant opportunity and room to grow as value is generated.

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop, maintain and update financial models and analytics to support the organization’s financial decision-making
• Maintain and develop processes and procedures to ensure accurate and timely reporting
• Enhance, develop, and prepare financial reports, budgets, and forecasts in normal course, and on an ad-hoc basis to explore value-add opportunities identified
• Collaborate and communicate effectively within the FP&A team as well as other stakeholders
• Develop long-term strategic forecasting including scenario analysis
• Monitor and report on KPI performance, trends, and variances
• Manage the development of new reporting tools and systems
• Identify and advise on potential risks and opportunities
• Evaluate opportunities to improve the efficiency and usability of financial reporting
• Become a power user of the business’s newly implemented Oracle EPM platform
• Explore opportunities to simplify and enhance current processes and deliverables
• Assist in long-term strategic forecasting including scenario analysis
• Manage and coordinate the preparation of ad-hoc analysis and reports

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or related field
• 1-3 years of experience in financial planning and analysis or field providing similar skillset
• Advanced knowledge of financial modeling and analysis
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to derive meaning from financial data and communicate results
• Positive mindset, energetic and strong desire to learn
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Ability to develop strong working relationships and a team-first mentality
• Creative mindset to think outside the box and develop new solutions

Additional Desired Qualifications:

• Experience using a planning & budgeting application, ideally Oracle EPM
• Experience using BI applications, particularly Power BI, and coding/programming skills
• Experience with automation workflows

Job Demands and/or Physical Requirements:

• Potential periodic overtime to meet deadlines or accommodate time zone differences

Compensation and Benefits Package:

Seaspan’s total compensation is based on our pay-for-performance philosophy that rewards team members who deliver on and demonstrate our high-performance culture. The hiring range for this position is $82,000 - $95,000 CAD per annum. The exact base salary offered will be commensurate with the incumbent’s experience, job-related skills and knowledge, and internal pay equity.

Seaspan Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status. We thank all applicants in advance. If your application is shortlisted to be included in the interview process, one of our team will be in contact with you.