About this role
About Pattison ID
Pattison ID is a North American leader in signage and branded environments, delivering end-to-end solutions—from design and engineering to manufacturing and installation—that help some of the world's leading brands bring their identity to life.
Driven by a commitment to innovation, quality, and customer experience, Pattison ID fosters a collaborative and people-focused culture grounded in values such as integrity, dependability, and teamwork.
As part of The Jim Pattison Group, the company offers the stability of a large organization while providing real opportunities to make a meaningful impact and grow your career.
What You'll Do
Planful System Support (~50%)
• Support day-to-day Planful administration: user access and security requests, workflow support, troubleshooting, and internal customer response.
• Maintain and update planning templates, input schedules, mappings, and hierarchy structures as assigned.
• Execute data loads, validations, reconciliations, and refresh routines to ensure data integrity and timely availability.
• Support planning cycle execution (budget, forecast, LRP) by monitoring workflows, following up on submissions, and helping resolve process issues.
• Document recurring procedures; maintain SOPs and training materials to support user enablement and adoption.
Financial Analysis & Advisory (~50%)
• Prepare and maintain recurring and predictive financial analysis for operational expenses and corporate revenue streams, including trend analysis and variance explanations.
• Support budget and forecast deliverables—compile inputs, validate assumptions, and prepare summary reporting and commentary for management.
• Build and maintain Excel-based models and scenario analyses to support spend visibility, scenario planning, and decisions.
• Develop and maintain standardized reporting packs and executive-ready summaries; highlight key financial drivers, risks, and opportunities.
• Support performance reviews by preparing materials, capturing actions, and tracking follow-through to closure.
Data Quality, Reconciliation & Controls
• Perform reconciliations across Planful, ERP, and financial reporting outputs; identify anomalies and support root-cause resolution.
• Partner with Finance teammates and business stakeholders to clarify definitions, improve data discipline, and strengthen adoption of planning routines.
• Identify opportunities to automate and improve recurring reporting/analysis processes to reduce manual effort and improve accuracy.
What You Bring
• 2–4 years of experience in FP&A, financial analysis and reporting
• Solid accounting knowledge: you understand how the P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow connect, and can explain variances with proper accounting rationale.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business; CPA designation or active pursuit strongly preferred; MBA is an asset.
• Strong analytical skills with a structured approach to problem-solving and variance explanation
• Hands-on experience with financial planning tools (Planful preferred, or a comparable platform).
• Comfort with system administration tasks—user setup, access management, workflow support—in addition to analytical work.
• Intermediate-to-advanced Excel skills; Power BI or similar BI tools are an asset.
• ERP exposure and experience working with large datasets across multiple systems.
• Clear communicator who can translate financial detail into concise, executive-ready output.
Why Join Us
• Competitive salary with a comprehensive benefits package.
• RRSP matching program.
• Hybrid, flexible work and time-off schedule.
• A role with genuine breadth—you'll develop both systems fluency and analytical depth in a single seat.
• The stability and resources of The Jim Pattison Group with a Finance team that's growing and investing in its tools and people.
If you bring a strong accounting foundation, thrive in a role where systems and analysis intersect, and want to grow with a finance function that's building for scale—we'd like to hear from you.