Operations Finance Business Analyst (Full Time - 6 Month Contract) Mississauga, ON
26000901
Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2024 sales of $33 billion. We live our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and services which are making our customers more successful and helping to sustain and protect our planet.
The company serves a variety of end markets including chemicals & refining, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing and primary metals. Linde's industrial gases are used in countless applications, from life-saving oxygen for hospitals to high-purity & specialty gases for electronics manufacturing, hydrogen for clean fuels and much more. Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer expansion, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions.
For more information about the company and its products and services, please visit www.linde.com.
At Linde, every day is an opportunity: an opportunity to learn, to grow, to share success and to contribute to one of the world’s leading industrial gas and engineering companies. Seize the opportunity: take your next step with us and join our team.
Operations Finance Business Analyst (Full Time - 6 Month Contract) Mississauga, ONThis position is a contract position with a hourly wage range of $40.86 - $47.98.
Duties and Responsibilities:- Ensure compliance to Linde financial policy.
- Develop and maintain an understanding of how actual costs are coded and flow through the system.
- Identify continuous improvement initiatives within existing processes to drive efficiencies and establish new processes.
- Participate in cross-functional business projects and ad-hoc analysis as needed.
- Courage to serve as business partner to 22 Plant Managers with different skill sets and financial understanding (managing with influence).
Budgeting and Forecasting:- Responsible for all Operations Cost and Budgeting procedural requirements.
- Is responsible for creation of both Fixed ($28MM) and Capital Budgets ($25MM-$30MM).
- Manage the annual budget and monthly forecasting process for Operations, and work with management to drive decisions.
- Works directly and provides direction for all Annual Budgeting and Monthly Spending to entire M&O Operations organization which includes 45 locations, 22 Plant Managers and 5 Regional Managers.
- Understand key drivers of budget ($48MM-$52MM) and forecast and what may drive variances.
- Forecasting and consolidation of Operations capital spend – including validation and review of capital requests, and project prioritization.
Performance Management and Execution:- Improve financial and operation status by analyzing results across systems, monitoring variances, identifying trends, and recommending actions to management.
- Responsible for Day to Day Operations Project approvals and justifications both from a business and financial perspective.
- Questions Plants on Spend or Forecasts with a strong sense of Technical Understanding.
- Work with Capital Accounting to identify asset acquisitions and retirements.
- Ensure properly capital transfers costs as Labour and assets to Capital investments projects approved.
Reporting and Analysis:- Preparation of month-end journal entries for Operations and Customer Service.
- Prepare monthly financial results package, ensuring proper analysis and interpretation of performance are provided to senior management, drives cost management.
- Analyzes and evaluates financial and operating implications of all Operations financial data.
Required Qualification