Job Description
Location: Etobicoke Corporate Office (Hybrid - In office Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday)
Compensation: $80,000 - 100,000 Annually with additional Bonus
Job Type: Full Time, Salary
BrightPath Kids, part of the Busy Bees global family, operates 250+ childcare centers across the United States and Canada. We are committed to providing exceptional early childhood education in safe, nurturing environments. Our corporate finance team plays an important role in supporting this mission by delivering the insights, analysis, and decision support that help drive growth, strengthen performance, and support long-term value creation.
What will you be doing?
As a Senior FP&A Analyst, you will be a key member of the FP&A team responsible for supporting financial planning, forecasting, and performance analysis across the organization. You will be working on budgeting and forecasting, improving processes, developing financial models, providing insights and recommendations on financial strategy. This role also plays an important part in strengthening the team’s reporting infrastructure through the development and optimization of Power BI models and dashboards that enable better financial insight and decision-making. This role requires strong financial and analytical capabilities along with the technical expertise to enhance reporting models and dashboards.
Responsibilities include:
- Support the annual budgeting process and periodic forecasting cycles, partnering with finance and business leaders to ensure alignment with company objectives
- Perform financial performance analysis, including variance analysis and trend identification, and communicate key drivers impacting results
- Build and enhance Power BI models and dashboards to improve reporting accuracy, usability, and visibility across the organization
- Develop and maintain management reporting and financial dashboards, ensuring scalable data models and consistent reporting that provide timely insights into financial and operational performance
- Partner with Operations and cross-functional stakeholders to translate business requirements into effective reporting solutions and analytics tools
- Support the preparation of financial presentations and executive reporting materials for senior leadership
- Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes, automate manual workflows, and enhance data accessibility
- Participate in cross-functional initiatives, ad hoc analysis, and strategic projects as required
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Economics, or a related discipline;
- 5+ years of experience in a similar role with a medium to large sized company.
- Strong business acumen with a collaborative mindset and high attention to detail
- Outstanding problem solving and analytical skills.
- Ability to partner with cross-functional teams and interact effectively with all levels of management
- Experience with macros with exposure to various specialized functions and features and Visual Basic a plus.
- Advanced Excel proficiency with strong financial modeling capabilities
- Experience with ERP and financial reporting / planning tools (e.g., NetSuite, Power BI)
Top Reasons to join BrightPath Kids:
• We offer a 40% child care discount to ALL Full-time employees & 10% to Part-time so that your family can take advantage of our great learning environment!
• We will support your long-term career goals by offering opportunities for professional development and tuition reimbursement for courses related to your field.
• Full-time staff are eligible to participate in a retirement plan (RRSP) which offers a company match – this is free money!
• Full-time staff receive Holiday, PTO, and Sick leave.
• Full-time staff are offered health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance and life insurance.
If this sounds like a good fit, we want to meet you! Please submit your application today.