Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Analyst Co-op

At Algonquin-Liberty, we hire passionate people who care about doing the right thing for our customers. We are entrepreneurial, creative, and outcome-focused.

Here, your natural talent and achievements will flourish in an inclusive environment of teamwork, trust and continuous learning.

We are always pursuing excellence to exceed our ambitions goals, rewarding both the goal outcome and how we achieve it.

Purpose

The candidate is responsible to support FP&A function by performing the assigned tasks and projects under the guidance of the FP&A Leadership team.

The candidate will benefit from exposure to Liberty’s renewable energy (wind, solar, hydro and thermal) portfolios and regulated utilities business.

Accountabilities

• Assist in in preparing monthly management financial reports ((P&L, variance reports and KPIs).
• Doing variance analysis and root-cause analysis for material variances.
• Assist in the compilation of data for the preparation of the quarterly MD&A and other reports.
• Assist in preparing the Budget / LTM inputs
• Downloading reports from Financial systems and distribution to business stakeholders
• Working with Business stakeholders to implement process changes
• Support with the documentation of department projects
• Providing support on Adhoc queries.

Education and Experience

• 2nd to 4th year Business student attending College or University with a focus in Finance or Accounting
• Experienced in data analysis including root cause analysis
• Strong experience with Microsoft Office Programs with emphasis in Excel
• Detail oriented, organized, and take initiative on assigned tasks and projects
• Strong oral and written communication with team-oriented approach
• Ability to work independently and handle priorities

Our purpose is sustaining energy and water for life, and it is demonstrated in everything we do as a business and as an employee team.

Our Mission

We provide safe, secure, reliable, cost-effective and sustainable energy and water solutions. Our mission is how we create value as an organization it is what drives us every day to fulfill our purpose.

Our Vision

We better the lives of our customers and communities. Our vision is what we see as possible. It's where we aspire to be, what we want to achieve and how we'll make an impact.

It guides and keeps us on the right path as we work towards fulfilling our purposes.

Our Guiding Principles

• Customer Centric
• Integrity
• Entrepreneurial
• Teamwork
• Owner mindset
• Outcome focused
• Continuous learning

What we offer

• Collaborative environment with a genuine flexible working policy
• Free refreshments
• Challenging work
• Within walking distance to the Go Train station

We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role and are not confident you meet all the qualification requirements, we encourage you to apply to investigate the opportunity further.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value each person's unique background, diversity, experiences, perspectives and talents.

Full participation of all employees in a safe, healthy and respectful environment is key to individual and company success.

We are committed to fully utilizing the abilities of all our employees and expect each of our employees to honour this commitment in their daily responsibilities.