Cision, Senior FP&A Analyst, Finance, AMER, Canada

Summary

This role is responsible for supporting financial planning, forecasting, and performance analysis activities through the application of analytical judgment and structured problem-solving. The role evaluates financial and operational data, develops insights, and supports informed decision-making by maintaining accurate models, reporting, and planning processes in alignment with established policies and procedures.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Analyze financial and operational results to identify trends, variances, and performance drivers.
• Prepare recurring and ad hoc financial reports, dashboards, and summaries to provide visibility into performance.
• Support the interpretation of financial information by translating data into clear, actionable insights.
• Contribute to the standardization and continuous improvement of planning, forecasting, and reporting processes.
• Maintain documentation of methodologies, assumptions, and analytical approaches to support transparency and consistency.
• Develop and maintain financial models, assumptions, and scenario analyses to support planning and decision-making activities.
• Support scenario analysis and sensitivity assessments to evaluate potential business outcomes.
• Ensure accuracy, consistency, and documentation of planning and analysis outputs.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as required to support business needs.

Job Level Competencies

• Extensive knowledge and application of principles, theories and concepts. Complete knowledge of all job functions and the broad industry best practices, techniques and standards.
• Develops solutions to complex problems where analysis of situations and/or data requires in-depth evaluation of variables. Determine the best approach to achieve results and provide suggestions to improve policies and procedures.
• Work is performed independently and requires the exercise of judgment and discretion. Exercises considerable latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assignments. Work may be reviewed at a high level.
• May represent the organization as primary contact on assignments and/or projects. Interacts with senior professionals and management and frequently coordinates work between departments or organizations.
• Actions may impact on the organization. Failure to accomplish work will result in the inability to reach crucial organizational goals. Erroneous decisions may have a prolonged effect resulting in the expenditure of substantial resources.

Qualifications

• Typical experience: 5+ years in related role or experience.
• Actual experience may vary depending on role complexity, geography, and internal development opportunities or a comparable mix of training, education, and experience.
• Ability to analyze financial and operational data and apply structured problem-solving approaches.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills to support collaboration