Desjardins

Senior Advisor, Financial performance and budget

Desjardins  •  Canada (Onsite)  •  3 hours ago
Apply
AI can make mistakes so check important info. Chat history is never stored.
46
AI Success™

Job Description

Temporary position for 12 months

As a senior financial performance and budget advisor, you help design, institute, update, analyze and monitor strategies and solutions related to income and expense accounting. You help structure and track financial results, produce budget forecasts, invest in pension plans and improve financial performance. You lead development projects and strategic initiatives that are complex and innovative. Your initiatives require extensive knowledge of your specialty area.

You make recommendations on the planning and execution of operationally and conceptually complex projects and initiatives that require comprehensive analysis and understanding of the organization and line of business. Coordination is critical, so you interact with stakeholders working in many other fields. Interpersonal savvy is therefore essential. You serve as a specialist advisor and subject matter expert, as well as a resource person and coach for decision-making bodies. More specifically, you will be required to:

  • Analyze and identify user needs and work on complex mandates to collect, process and analyze data, taking into account the specifics of their operationalization and ensuring coordination during the rollout

  • Develop and improve reports and tools for interpreting operationally and conceptually complex data to influence the sector's strategic decision-making

  • Target opportunities to improve work methods and processes, and recommend improvements to data management tools

  • Serve as a specialist advisor to help teams understand and prioritize their needs, and identify solutions in terms of collecting, processing, analyzing and interpreting data

  • Perform descriptive and diagnostic data analyses for a wide range of complex mandates and make recommendations to the relevant decision-making bodies from a data collection, processing and analysis perspective

What we offer*

  • Competitive salary and annual bonus

  • 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year

  • Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement

  • Group insurance including telemedicine

  • Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment

* Benefits apply based on eligibility criteria.

What you bring to the table

  • Bachelor's degree in a related field

  • A minimum of six years of relevant experience

  • Please note that other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered

  • Knowledge of French is required

Action oriented, Customer Focus, Differences, Interpersonal Savvy, Nimble learning, Strategic mindset

Trade Union (If applicable)

At Desjardins, we believe in equity, diversity and inclusion. We're committed to welcoming, respecting and valuing people for who they are as individuals, learning from their differences, embracing their uniqueness, and providing a positive workplace for all. At Desjardins, we have zero tolerance for discrimination of any kind. We believe our teams should reflect the diversity of the members, clients and communities we serve.

If there's something we can do to help make the recruitment process or the job you're applying for more accessible, let us know. We can provide accommodations at any stage in the recruitment process. Just ask!

Job Family

General finance and accounting (FG)

Unposting Date

2026-04-9

Desjardins

About Desjardins

Desjardins Group is the largest cooperative financial group in North America and the fifth largest cooperative financial group in the world, with assets of $435.8 billion as at March 31, 2024. It was named one of Canada's Best Employers by Forbes magazine and by Mediacorp. To meet the diverse needs of its members and clients, Desjardins offers a full range of products and services to individuals and businesses through its extensive distribution network, online platforms and subsidiaries across Canada. Ranked among the world's strongest banks according to The Banker magazine, Desjardins has some of the highest capital ratios and credit ratings in the industry and the first according to Bloomberg News.

Industry
Finance & Insurance
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Lévis, CA
Year Founded
Unknown
Social Media