Financial Business Planning Analyst

Connors Bros. located in Blacks Harbour, New Brunswick is one of Canada’s oldest seafood manufacturers and is the largest sardine canning plant in North America.

Our products are enjoyed in over 50 countries.

For over 100 years, we have delivered delicious, healthy, and affordable canned seafood to consumers and there’s never been a better time to join our team and grow along with us.

Clover Leaf Seafoods, along with our U.S. affiliate, Bumble Bee Foods, forms one of North America’s largest branded seafood companies with $1B in annual revenue.

In 2020, Clover Leaf Seafoods, along with Bumble Bee Foods, was acquired by our long-time partner, FCF Company Ltd. FCF is a privately held company and one of the world’s largest marine trading companies, with 50 years of experience in the supply of tuna and other seafood.

With FCF as a strong strategic owner, Clover Leaf Seafoods is well positioned for future growth.

When you join Clover Leaf Seafoods Corp., you become part of a company that, together with our parent company, Bumble Bee Seafoods, is working hard to find new ways to protect the ocean and those that rely on it.

From fishers to our employees, to customers, consumers, and to the communities we serve, we base our actions on shared, transparent values that hold us accountable to each other and the world.

You’ll be encouraged, empowered, and challenged to be your best self through ongoing professional development in an inclusive environment.

About the Role

The Business Planning Analyst (BPA) conducts evaluations of current manufacturing processes to assist management with efficient execution of the operating plan.

The BPA works with all departments, documenting findings, and assisting with providing clear explanations to the business.

Under the guidance of the Controller, the BPA serves as multi-functional support to the Blacks Harbour Finance team by assisting with numerous tasks including weekly production cost analysis, monthly balance sheet and income statement preparation, pension plan administration, CIP oversight, cash forecasts, and meeting month end financial close deadlines for manufacturing and marine operations.

The Business Planning Analyst will be involved in various functions within the finance team with the following responsibilities outlined below :

Business Analysis

• Perform various cost analysis of processes and cost centers for evaluation of business impact
• Prepare weekly production cost analysis (KPI’s)
• Assist in preparation of forward-looking standard costs

Month-End Close

• Assist the Controller in ensuring meeting financial close deadlines
• Preparing applicable month-end journal entries in a timely and accurate manner for CLSC and CBMC
• Update month-end schedules required for balance sheet analysis comparing results versus prior quarter (PQ), year-end (YE) and prior year (PY).
• Prepare monthly income statement and gross profit schedules
• Oversee the administration of the company hourly and salaried pension plan, and related reconciliations

Corporate Finance

• Prepare cash requirement forecasts
• Fixed Asset validation including construction in progress, capital expenditure additions, retirements, and request for capital expenditures.
• Review Balance Sheet files and submit to Canadian Corporate office

Audit

Assist in assembling supporting documents for the regularly scheduled internal / external audits throughout the year under the guidance of the Controller.

What You Need to Succeed

• A related university accounting or finance degree
• Experience in costing is an asset
• Knowledgeable and experienced in working with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, preferably SAP ECC 6.0, and MS Office Suite primarily Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
• Minimum 3-5 years of related experience in business planning and general accounting duties
• Excellent analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with all disciplines and levels of management to achieve company goals.
• A people person proven to be results oriented, possess attention to detail skills, a proven ability to handle multiple priorities, and meet deadlines.
• Strong organizational abilities with effective time management skills
• Easily and willingly adapts to change
• Ability to determine cause of issues and propose acceptable solutions
• Work well under pressure and meet daily, weekly, and monthly deadlines.
• Ability to work effectively remotely.
• Must be highly skilled in collaborating with internal and external individuals at every level within an organization
• Must possess excellent organizational skills with the ability to handle complexity and ambiguity
• Must have a high attention to detail with solid fact-based analytical thinking.

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