Finance Advisor

Belonging to Air Canada is akin to belonging to a Canadian symbol, Air Canada recently elected Best Airline in North America. Let your career take flight by joining our innovative and diverse team poised at the forefront of passenger air transportation.

We are looking for a highly motivated, dynamic, and ambitious individual who is eager to learn and advance their career at Air Canada. The Finance Advisor works in collaboration with Air Canada's commercial directions to support the achievement of commercial objectives and the constant pursuit of sustainable profitability for the airline. This position reports to the Senior Manager - Business Partner - Finance.

Main Responsibilities

• Support the Senior Manager in the monthly financial closing process and in the expected results related to information communication. Assist other team members as needed when workload increases.
• Assist clients in all financial aspects of the management control process (i.e., accruals and month-end adjustments, journal entries in SAP, budgeting, and forecasting processes).
• Establish good relationships with Air Canada's commercial directions to "be part of the team" by effectively balancing financial control, consulting, and support functions.
• Play an advisory role to business unit leaders to develop strategies and initiatives to achieve or exceed the unit's financial objectives, particularly regarding revenue growth and cost compression initiatives.
• Monitor monthly operating expenses and produce monthly and ad hoc reports to improve expense and budget management.
• Participate in and support the analysis of the business unit's financial performance.
• Conduct cost and value comparisons for new projects, contracts, and business cases using internal and external data to continuously improve the business unit's financial performance.
• Provide assistance for ad-hoc tasks related to other SAP functionalities.
• Participate in the monitoring of capital projects and related reporting as needed.
• Ensure a high and consistent level of quality in services provided regarding turnaround time, accuracy, and user-friendliness.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in finance, accounting, or another relevant field.
• Three to five years of experience.
• Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation, an asset.
• Autonomy, dynamism, strong initiative, and creativity.
• Flexibility and willingness to learn a new Finance Enterprise Resource Planning system.
• Strong analytical mindset.
• Knowledge of financial analysis techniques and the accounting cycle.
• Knowledge of or experience in airline or corporate operations, an asset.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel and ability to learn financial applications and software.
• Results-oriented attitude with good organizational skills and ability to work under pressure.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills.
• Proven punctuality and reliability to foster the team's overall success in a fast-paced environment.

Employment Conditions:

Candidates must be eligible to work in the country concerned at the time an offer of employment is presented and are responsible for obtaining work permits, visas, or other necessary authorizations. Proof of eligibility must be provided before the start date.

Linguistic Requirements

Equal skills remaining equal, preference will be given to bilingual candidates.

Diversity and Inclusion

Air Canada is strongly committed to diversity and inclusion and aims to create a healthy, accessible, and rewarding workplace that highlights the unique contribution of our employees to our company's success.

As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage diverse applications so that we can have a workforce that is varied and representative of our customers and the communities where we live and serve.

Air Canada thanks all candidates for their interest, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.