Senior Financial Analyst I

Best Buy Canada Seeking Senior Financial Analyst I for immediate hire. Accepting applications from all groups.

Are you a strategic and critical thinker who strives in a fast-paced environment? Do you have high proficiency with numbers and attention to detail? If yes, the senior financial analyst I is just the role for you!

As a senior financial analyst I, you will act as a support partner to the various business groups by providing objective and fact-based analytics in understanding drivers of performance and the impact of different courses of action. You will participate in decision making and new initiatives, help drive process efficiency, and provide stakeholders better visibility into their respective areas through relevant analysis/reporting. You will work with problem solving and data analytics tools, have a technical knowledge of finance methodologies, and strive to best support the business.

In this role, the successful candidate is needed to be in the greater Vancouver, BC area, where we practice a remote first working model, leveraging in person interactions for strategic, collaborative, and social purposes.

Join our collaborative and innovative merchandising team as a senior financial analyst I!

What you’ll do:

• Support the business in their day-to-day and long-term strategic decision-making process through insightful, high quality and data-driven financial and operational analyses
• Focus on analyses ranging from short-term, current-business incremental opportunities such as sales, operational efficiencies, and customer service, to long-term complex opportunities in adjacent businesses or brand-new ‘blue sky’ initiatives
• Influence people and decision making by bringing data to life through compelling stories that drive action and bringing a fact-based approach and ability to understand multiple perspectives into the conversation
• Learn and embrace new analytics methodologies, approach, and data management, compiling and analyzing data from various sources using queries, Excel and other BI tools, communicating the results in an effective and efficient manner
• Partner with stakeholders in the preparation of various financial planning activities (long range planning, forecasting, annual budgeting)
• Bring business meaning to financials by synthesizing financial data, and identifying variances and trends to provide insightful commentaries
• Collaborate with other team members to build business cases and obtain appropriate approval by the senior leadership team
• Assist in the creation of new reporting that business can run on their own while helping to maintain data integrity and accuracy of those distributed reports and ensuring stakeholders have access to timely, relevant, and accurate financial and operational reporting

What we’re looking for:

• 3+ years of relevant work experience
• Prior business experience with Excel and knowledge of databases
• Experience with PowerBI, SQL, and PowerQuery is an asset
• Bachelor’s degree in commerce, finance, accounting, economics, and/or related field

Why you’ll love it here:

• Remote-first work environment
• Employee discounts on awesome tech from day one
• Flexible health benefits and wellness program
• TFSA and RRSP programs
• 100% matched company pension plan
• Training programs to build new and transferable skills

About Best Buy

As Canada’s destination for the coolest tech, Best Buy offers one of the best work environments in the country! Annually recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, our culture is one of inclusivity and belonging and provides employees an environment where they can bring their whole selves to work.

We believe in a fair and inclusive hiring process. We encourage you to apply if you may not meet all the requirements.

Join our amazing team!

We are looking for people just like you.

Base pay range

Annual salary: $80,000.00 – $85,000.00

This role is overtime eligible.

Suite 102 – 425 West 6th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Y 1L3