Financial Analyst

Financial Analyst

Location: Vancouver, BC, CA

Job Function: Finance Corporate Services and Internal Audit

BCLC exists to generate win-wins for the greater good.

For our people, our players, our communities, our industry, and our planet.

Lottery | Casino | Sports

Being a social purpose company, we are not only able to better align our business decisions with our purpose, but more importantly, we are committing to doing our part in creating a better world.

We bring our purpose to life by ensuring all our actions, behaviours and decisions create benefits for communities and the planet.

Motivated and guided by our social purpose, everything we do must benefit the greater good. And we encourage our employees, partners, players, industry and communities to engage with us on this ambition.

We want you to be where you feel you can do your best work. Most of our jobs can be done remotely providing you reside in BC.

For those who prefer working in a community with others, we have two beautiful offices in convenient locations:

2940 Virtual Way, Vancouver | 74 Seymour Street W, Kamloops

This is a Permanent, Full Time opportunity

Expected Salary Range: $72,633.00 – $90,792.00 – $113,490.00

Our typical hiring range will be /- 5% of the midpoint shown above

Factors influencing this decision include qualifications and market conditions for the role

The Company

For over three decades, BCLC has delivered exceptional gambling entertainment for British Columbians. To fulfill our social purpose we have a vision to revolutionize gambling entertainment through engaging experiences that build and benefit communities. We operate national and provincial lotteries in partnership with 3500 retail partners, provide the games, technology & oversight to 37 brick & mortar casinos, and operate a safe secure and 100% legal online gambling presence PlayNow.com. In our recently completed fiscal year, BCLC generated a record $1.6 billion in net income to the Province of B.C. to support First Nations, local host governments, health care, education and community programs across the province.

Job Summary:

The Financial Analyst, Business Planning, assists in the development of and coordinates the annual and quarterly planning, forecasting and budget process, timelines and process, and helps support the execution of Business Planning deliverables.

Key Accountabilities:

• Coordinates and helps develop BCLC’s budgeting & forecasting, management reporting, analysis and metrics, including process, procedures, including timelines and deliverables.
• Supports the Business Planning team in providing value added analysis, templates and management reporting for key components of BCLC’s operating and capital budgets and forecasts, ensuring consistency, accuracy and relevancy as inputs into the BCLC Service Plan, Treasury Board forecasts and other government plans and forecasts.
• Provides input on and subject matter expertise for business planning and forecasting, and makes recommendations BCLC on development of BCLC policy and process as it relates to business planning and performance reporting.
• Ensures business unit leaders and other stakeholders have reporting and analysis to make effective, informed decisions.
• Leverages technology and people to employ best practices, maximize process efficiencies and reporting effectiveness.
• Collaborates within Finance and across organizational boundaries at all levels of the organization.
• Produces regular and ad-hoc hoc financial reporting and analyses to support management decision making.
• Proactively seek opportunities to continuously improve the accuracy and efficiency of processes and deliverables.
• Develops and maintains complex financial models.
• Contributes to the development, implementation, and maintenance of financial processes and systems.
• Collaborates within Finance and across organizational boundaries at all levels of the organization.

Minimum Required Qualifications:

Education and Experience

• University degree with a preference for Data Science, Data Analytics, Accounting, Finance, Management Information Systems, or other related discipline;
• 3 to 5 years related progressive financial analysis and analysis experience;
• Experience in advanced financial modeling, financial statement analysis and performance reporting;
• Experience in dashboarding, reporting and visualization using Business Intelligence (BI) Tools and Enterprise forecasting software such as PowerBI;
• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) experience required; SAP, EPM (i.e. Anaplan), and Cognos experience desirable;
• Certified Anaplan Model Builder would be an asset;
• An equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be considered.

Technical Requirements

• Exceptional financial modelling skills using advanced Excel functionalities (i.e. PowerQuery, PowerPivot, VBA) and BI reporting tools from a data warehouse
• Ability to comprehend complex issues and data/ information, and present the information orally and written in a concise and meaningful way;
• Proficient with using Microsoft Office Suite programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access)
• Strong analytical skills, including problem-solving and innovative thinking;
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of quantitative and qualitative analytical skills;
• Ability to work within established deadlines and time constraints;
• Ability to work with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail;
• Excellent knowledge of corporate financial systems;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
• Knowledge of accounting principles with the ability to apply them in a practical way;
• Exceptional professional judgment with experience in exercising it effectively in the decision making process;
• Ability to act on own initiative, to exercise sound judgment and to prioritize tasks;
• Proven leadership skills with the ability to be self-motivated, work independently, as well as being part of a team;
• Excellent interpersonal, time management and multi-tasking skills

What’s in it for you

• Defined benefit pension plan which provides a recurring income you can depend on for life throughout retirement
• We pride ourselves on our flexible working model which supports work-life integration and our 37.5 hour work week
• Professional development including education/certification sponsorship, in house leadership cohorts, LinkedIn Learning
• See all our rewards here

However you identify, or whatever your path in life, if you see something here that makes you excited to get to work every day, please apply. We hire people for skills, capabilities and potential, not just education and experience.

We value Respect, Integrity and Community, and we provide an inclusive environment where everyone can feel like they belong .

Our social purpose is much more than returning 100% of net income to the province in the form of healthcare & education programs, and community gaming grants. Check it out !

Did you know BCLC is an industry leader in player health and safe & responsible gambling? Find out more !

If you require accommodation so you can be at your best in the interview, please let us know: recruitment@bclc.com .

All candidates must be at least 19 years of age and legally eligible to work in Canada