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Manager Finance - Discount Operations

Mississauga, ON
In-person
Full-time
Experienced
Company Benefits
Disability Insurance
Posted 4 days ago

Requisition ID: 185062
Career Group: Corporate Office Careers
Job Category: Finance Discount & E-commerce
Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%
Job Type: Full-Time

Country: Canada (CA)
Province: Ontario
City: Mississauga
Location: Tahoe Office

Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada's Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.

Our family of 128,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better - great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.

A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1,600 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.

Ready to Make an impact?

Sobeys is full of exciting opportunities, and we are always looking for bright new talent to join our team! We currently have an opportunity for a Manager Finance to join our Discount Operations team.

Here's where you'll be focusing:

As the Manager Finance, Discount Operations, you will be a key partner to the Discount Leadership team, leveraging financial and operational analysis to guide business decisions and enhance performance. This role requires a strategic thinker with a proactive approach to problem-solving and decision-making with a passion for the business and driving performance.

  • Partner with the Discount Leadership team to analyze and interpret financial and operational results to drive performance.
  • Support the Director of Finance in managing the full P&L for Discount Operations, including oversight of weekly and period-based reporting and financial analysis.
  • Consolidate and prepare executive reports for Discount Operations, including comprehensive reporting for the total banner.
  • Lead and oversee the budget and dynamic forecasting process, ensuring adherence to timelines and alignment with Corporate FP&A standards.
  • Strengthen business partnerships with the operations leadership team to accelerate decision-making and drive accountability across functions.
  • Develop and communicate key performance indicators (KPIs) and trends, providing actionable insights and recommendations to improve performance.
  • Provide strategic analytics and support to enhance day-to-day operations, using data to influence business decisions.
  • Identify risks to plans and forecasts, working with functional leaders to develop and implement mitigation strategies.
  • Prepare business cases and valuation models to support strategic decisions, including leading analysis for major projects and tracking benefits.
  • Lead and mentor finance team members, fostering a collaborative and high-performance environment.
  • Evaluate and enhance current processes, implementing improvements for greater efficiency and effectiveness.
  • Generate ad hoc analyses and presentation materials to support key stakeholders.

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What you have to offer:

  • An Undergraduate Degree in a related discipline (Business, Finance, Accounting, etc.)
  • 8+ years of relevant Finance / Accounting experience
  • Previous experience at the Manager level preferred
  • An accounting designation (CPA or equivalent) would be an asset
  • Excellent financial acumen; both Accounting and Finance Operations
  • Strong business acumen/knowledge of business processes
  • Collaborative, ability to participate and influence as partner to Operations
  • Excellent written and oral interpersonal and communication skills
  • A continuous improvement mindset, energized by new opportunities and challenges
  • Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a deadline driven environment
  • Results-oriented, self-starting and proactive attitude
  • Advanced problem-solving skills, ability to take complex inputs and generate practical outcomes
  • Ability to drive and engage a team to success
  • Proven time management, organization, and multi-tasking skills
  • Working knowledge of SAP is an asset
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office suite, including complex spreadsheet modeling in Excel
  • Bilingual (French-English) is an asset

At Sobeys we require our teammates to have the ability to adhere to a hybrid work model that requires your presence at one of our office locations at least three days per week. This requirement is integral to our commitment to team collaboration and the overall success of our office culture.

We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better - physically, financially and emotionally.

Some websites share our job opportunities and may provide salary estimates without our knowledge. These estimates are based on similar jobs and postings for general comparison, but these numbers are not provided by our organization nor monitored for accuracy.

We will consider factors such as your working location, work experience and skills as well as internal equity, and market conditions to ensure the selected candidate is paid fairly and competitively. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.

Our Total Rewards programs, for full-time teammates, goes well beyond your paycheque:

  • Competitive Benefits Package, tailored to meet your needs, including health and dental coverage, life, short- and long-term disability insurance.
  • Access to Virtual Health Care Platform and Employee and Family Assistance Program.
  • A Retirement and Savings Plan that provides you with the opportunity to build and add value to your savings.
  • A 10% in-store discount at our participating banners and access to a wide range of other discount programs, making your purchases more affordable.
  • Learning and Development Resources to fuel your professional growth.
  • Parental leave top-up
  • Paid Vacation and Days-off

We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.

Competition Number: 1212441100

About Sobeys Inc.

About Sobeys Inc.

Sobeys Inc. is proudly Canadian, with more than 115 years of experience in the food retail business. As one of only two national grocery retailers in Canada, we serve the food shopping needs of Canadians with approximately 1,500 stores in all 10 provinces under retail banners that include Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods and Lawtons Drugs, as well as more than 350 retail fuel locations.

Our five core retail food formats and related businesses are designed to ensure that we have the right offering in the right-sized stores for each individual market we serve – from our full service format to the convenience format, each tailored to satisfy the unique shopping needs of our customers.

Our core values are our strength and the foundation of who we are: Customer-Driven, People-Powered, Community-Engaged and Results-Oriented. And, our purpose – We are a family nurturing families – is our collective passion and mission to nurture the things that make life better, including great experiences, families, communities and the lives of our employees.

Across our banners and businesses from coast-to-coast, we foster a family culture of care, trust and respect with each other, and focus on growth for ourselves, for others and for the company. Together, our employees, franchisees and diverse retail network are dedicated to nurturing our customers by providing exceptional shopping and food experiences and putting their needs and their families’ needs first. We also take tremendous pride in nurturing our communities by proudly growing, showcasing and giving back to the communities in which we serve.

Sobeys Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Empire Company Limited, headquartered in Stellarton, Nova Scotia.

Sobeys, its franchisees and affiliates employ approximately 131,000 people

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