Sr. Analyst - Finance Operations & Project Management

Who We Are:

• CAE Vision: Our vision is to be the worldwide partner of choice in defense and security, and civil aviation by revolutionizing our customers' training and critical operations with digitally immersive solutions to elevate safety, efficiency and readiness.

• CAE Defense & Security Mission: CAE's Defense and Security business unit focuses on helping prepare military customers to develop and maintain the highest levels of mission readiness.

• CAE Values: Empowerment, Innovation, Excellence, Integrity and OneCAE make us who we are and we strive to make a difference in the world while helping each other succeed.

What We Have to Offer:

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package and flexibility that promotes work-life balance

• A work environment where all employees are valued, respected and safe

• Freedom to succeed by enabling team members to deliver, take initiatives and make decisions

• Recognition, professional development, advancement and having fun!

Summary

The Sr. Analyst, Finance Operations & Project Management will work to track, status, and manage initiatives within Finance and between Finance and other organizations to deliver results. This candidate will be responsible for tracking and providing results on financial and operational strategies to ensure the achievement of the business plans and objectives. This role includes project activities across both USA and International and will have frequent interactions with defense executives based on the nature of the projects. Limited travel is expected.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Leverage an agile and innovative mindset to lead cross-functional projects to help scale and mature the financial organization.

• Evaluate and establish best practices and procedures to drive operational excellence.

• Help Identify knowledge gaps and training needs for individuals and groups and provide guidance and help to close gaps.

• Identify, evaluate, and resolve complex business challenges in a collaborative manner through cross-functional business teams.

• Create a culture of excellence and high performance; drives the finance team to excel at delivering on key commitments.

• Work with data teams to track and communicate results on key metrics used to drive business (OKRs)

• Work key process mapping to create consistency amongst teams in similar organizations

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of work experience on a progressive career growth path, with much of that time in a financial management position.

• Experience in rapid growth technology markets, with emphasis on the U.S. defense industry, both domestic and international.

• Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting. An MBA is desirable.

• Ability to multi-task with a high degree of versatility and flexibility.

• Experience with Cognos and Costpoint a plus.

• Strong conceptual and business analytical skills.

• Broad range of financial experience to include budgeting, FP&A and program finance.

• Ability to prioritize and produce superior results under deadline pressure.

• Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.

Preferred Skills

• Articulate, persuasive, and able to build confidence with the financial staff, the executive management team, business unit managers, and the financial/investment community.

• The candidate should offer a good balance of risk-taking and judgment, and be aggressive, entrepreneurial, self-confident, and decisive.

• Enthusiastic, energetic, and self-motivated individual with a strong work ethic and a willingness to learn and collaborate with others.

• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate - verbal & written - at all levels of the organization.

• Possess excellent leadership qualities and have demonstrated strong project management skills.

• Strong analytical and planning skills with vision beyond the task at hand

• Results oriented.

• A professional of unquestionable integrity, credibility, and character who has demonstrated high moral and ethical behavior.

Security Responsibilities

Must complywith all company security and data protection / usage policies and procedures. Personally responsible for proper marking and handling of all information and materials, in any form. Shall not divulge any information, or afford access, to other employees not having a need-to-know. Shall not divulge information outside company without management approval. All government and proprietary information will be accessed and stored electronically on company provided resources.

• Incumbent must be eligible for DoD Personal Security Clearance.

Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. Must be able to perform in an in office setting as well as a remote setting with little oversight

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Frequent Minimal physical effort such as sitting, standing and walking.

• Shifts and/or schedules may change throughout the year as dictated by management and business needs

• May be required to sit and review information on a computer screen for long periods of time

• May require repetitive motions of the hands and wrist related to writing and typing at an electronic keyboard

• Extended working hours may be required as dictated by management and business needs

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for their job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

CAE USA Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to anyprotected characteristic, including disability and protected veteran status, as defined under federal, state, or local laws.

Applicants needing reasonable accommodations should contact their recruiter at any point in the recruitment process. If you needassistance to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us athrops@caemilusa.com