Finance Analyst at Scandinavian Building Services

Scandinavian Building Services has been a Canadian leader in retail and commercial cleaning for the last 60 years. Starting as a small family owned and operated business in Edmonton Alberta in 1982 to offering full service janitorial and building maintenance across Canada today. We attribute our success to staying true to our core values of Service, Motivate, Respect, and Connect. As we continue to grow we are looking to add a Finance Analyst to the Scandi Family!

This is a remote position, hours are Monday to Friday 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM

What’s in it for you:

• Awarded one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies: We’re committed to a high level standard of excellence for both clients and our Scandi Family.
• Growth Opportunities: A place to hang your hat. We want our employees to grow with us long term and offer a tuition reimbursement program to continue your professional development.
• Stability and Job Security: Even through tough economic times we’ve continued to steadily grow, and we aren’t slowing down any time soon. With a strong national presence across Canada and growth into the US.
• Family First Culture: We are and have always been a family owned and operated business. We have family friendly events year-round and affectionately call our team members the Scandi Family.
• Benefits: We offer a comprehensive medical and dental plan as well as personal days off.

What your day to day will look like:

You will be reporting into the The Chief Financial Officer.

• Work with CFO to create pricing strategy for the bid
• Collaborate with the Operations team to gather data that may impact pricing, with timely and effective communication
• Develop functional relationships across the organization
• Investigate activity cost factors and critical success factors to develop accurate and competitive costing frameworks
• Create Bid pricing framework, customized to specific bid and tied to final bid pricing matrix from customer
• Create pricing based on existing contracts, scope specifications, bid requirements and internal evaluation metrics
• Highlight key assumptions and bid methodology for Management Review
• Conduct review meetings and gain insights from Departmental Stakeholders that may influence pricing model
• Finalize internal pricing upon completion of review
• Translate pricing into the RFP Pricing Submission Matrix

What you’ll need to succeed:

• Minimum of five years previous experience in a finance analyst or estimating role
• Post Secondary education in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or a related field is required
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, specifically the ability to create and edit complex formulas
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, ability to collaborate effectively across all levels of the organization
• Comfortable presenting data and pricing to support bid success
• Strong ability in mathematics to develop pricing analysis and forecasting
• Possess an understanding of cost & margin analysis
• Must be able to work under pressure with a sense of urgency
• Knowledge of general financial accounting and analysis frameworks

Our interview process:

• 20 minute preliminary phone interview with our Recruiter
• 20-40 minute assessment (depending on optional practice questions or breaks)
• 30 minute MS Teams video interview with the Hiring Manager and direct Supervisor for the role

At Scandinavian Building Services we are an equal opportunity employer who values a diverse workplace. We recognize the strength that comes from different experiences, backgrounds and perspectives and welcome all candidates to apply. We feel it is important that all people have access and opportunity to be employed, to be valued and to be respected.