Finance Manager Strategic Decision Support

Department Overview

The Canadian Personal & Commercial (Cad P&C) Finance Performance Measurement Insights & Analysis (PMIA) team supports the development and achievement of the strategy and financial results for the Cad P&C segment including Personal Banking and Business Banking. The Cad P&C PMIA team oversees the full performance measurement lifecycle seeks P&L optimization opportunities and leads enterprise initiatives. The team is also responsible for measuring and analyzing the strategies and financial results of TDs Canadian retail peers developing and maintaining industry knowledge and macro-economic awareness recognizing and anticipating industry trends identifying issues and opportunities and providing recommendations to the senior leadership team.

Job Description

The Finance Manager Strategic Decision Support PMIA reports to the Senior Group Manager Strategic Decision Support PMIA and will work with a diverse team of professionals to provide finance advisory support insightful analysis and decision support for all lines of business within Cad P&C.

The role requires superior analytical communications and project management skills. This is an excellent opportunity for an analytically minded person who thrives in an agile environment with a strong desire to make an impact.

Specific tasks include:

• Leading the Medium Term Outlook exercise to facilitate the strategic growth direction of the Canadian Retail businesses including leadership in process modelling inputs/assumptions as well as messaging and recommendations
• Supporting competitive benchmarking analysis as it relates to peer financial results market share investor days as well as additional competitive analysis and insight for business head/senior executive consumption
• Playing a key role in financial support for quarterly TD earnings release related equity analyst Q&A call preparation packages as well as other ad hoc and scenario-based analysis to support the effective TD and Cad P&C Segments financial performance and growth story to the investment community
• Extracting critical pieces of information at the business unit level and understanding business drivers in order to develop key messages and highlights for Cad P&C senior management
• Leading strategic initiatives to advance Cad P&C business and/or finance priorities
• Developing and maintaining deep relationships with key business partners and other stakeholders across the Cad P&C segment and the Bank
• Supporting quarterly public messaging and disclosure of the Cad P&C Segment results in the Management Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
• Promoting a positive work environment that encourages teamwork productivity innovation creativity analysis and advice

Job Requirements

This position requires excellent financial and business acumen strong attention to detail and excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. The chosen candidate must be an individual who is able to work with minimal supervision contribute to a positive work environment and manage multiple assignments with varying deadlines for senior executives of the Bank.

The successful candidate will have the following qualifications skills and experiences:

• Possess an advanced level of expertise and financial acumen in order to provide insight on strategy development and be a strategic partner to the business on a broad range of financial matters
• Balanced approach ability to stay resilient under pressure with the ability to plan manage and prioritize multiple responsibilities
• A key element to this role is the ability to effectively work in teams across the bank with multiple stakeholders influence and align others
• Demonstrated time management and organizational skills to meet tight deadlines as well as flexibility to adapt to changing priorities
• Confident presentation and facilitation skills and strong interpersonal and leadership skills to facilitate working with businesses and management at all levels
• Strong critical thinking and excellent analytical skills in assessing finance / market and business issues and exceptional communication skills (written and verbal)
• Sound knowledge and understanding of the financial services industry and its products specifically within the Cad P&C space (i.e. Personal and Business Banking Retail Distribution) is a strong asset
• Strong skills with MS Office products including extensive knowledge of Excel
• Previous Hyperion experience considered a strong asset