Financial Analyst – Intact Insurance Finance

Our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Together, we help people, businesses, and society prosper in good times and be resilient in bad times.

Our employee promise represents Intact’s commitment to you in exchange for living our Values, striving to do your best work, being open to change and investing in your career. In return, we promise to provide support, opportunities and performance-led financial rewards at a workplace where you can shape the future, win as a team and grow with us.

Pay at Intact is about much more than just salary.

• Flexible work arrangements and a hybrid work model

• Possibility to purchase up to 5 extra days off per year

• Multiple benefits offered to support physical and mental wellbeing, including telemedicine, Wellness account and much more

• Share plan & other savings: up to 12% of salary or even more (ask how you could earn guaranteed income for life)

Salary range (but not limited to):

Annual bonus target, based on the base salary, with a potential payout of up to double the target (subject to personal and company performance):

As part of our commitment to Win As A Team, we share our success with employees through our annual bonus plan and Employee Share Purchase Plan (ESPP) – with Intact matching 50% of your net shares.

Our pension offerings provide flexibility and long-term security for our employees beyond their careers. We are one of the few companies offering the opportunity to receive guaranteed income for life via our defined benefit pension plan.

Salary for the candidate will be determined taking into consideration a number of factors including: experience, skills, qualifications, anticipated contribution to role, internal equity, etc. The salary range presented above is based on a 35-hour workweek and would represent a majority of different candidate profiles. However, we encourage candidates who may fall outside of this range to apply as well.

About the role

We are seeking a Financial Analyst to join us in our Intact Insurance Finance team. In this role, you will be the contact point for your assigned region/tasks under your area of expertise. If you are detail oriented, interested in many aspects of the finance function (budget and expense management, month-end processes including journal entries, purchase orders and review of results, etc) and a team player, this may be the right opportunity for you!

This dynamic role will require a balance of technical numerical proficiency, strong relationship building skills, and a good knowledge financial management. You must possess strong organizational skills to lead and produce monthly reports for your areas of responsibility.

You will support the month end and budgeting process. You will have to extract, organize, analyze data from the system and use your power BI skills to improve the presentation of these results. You will be asked to communicate with various business units as needed to find additional information in explaining financial results.

What you’ll do here:

• Process monthly journal entries.

• Process Purchase orders, follow-up with users and review system generated entry from the procurement system.

• Review reporting suite and recommend improvement using tools such as power BI.

• Review expenses and UW results of your assign region and provide gap analysis monthly. This includes:

• • Analysis of monthly claims trends

  • Review actuals result vs. forecast for reasonableness

  • Review expenses and communicate to VP Finance and Regional VP

  • Provide sign-off on UW results

  • Provide comments on growth and profitability of the assigned region

• Contribute to the budget process for the tasks that will be specifically assigned to you (including working on the budget tool) and act as the key contact for the stakeholders of the regions pertaining to your responsibilities.

• Participate in special projects or mandates as requested 

What you bring to the table:

• Post secondary education in Finance and Accounting – is required.

• Working towards a designation: CPA/CFA is preferred.

• Minimum 3-years experience working in a finance and accounting role for a large organisation – is required.

• Experience in building Power BI reports/query and solid skills Excel, VBA and relational database.

• Skilled in data extraction / manipulation / synthesizing.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Can multitask and handle multiple priorities with time-sensitive deadlines.

• Can interact with people at all levels of the company, including senior management and external partners.

• For candidates located in Quebec, bilingualism is required considering the necessity to interact on a regular basis with English-speaking colleagues across the country.

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We are an equal opportunity employer

At Intact, our Value of respect is founded on seeing diversity as a strength. We strive to create an accessible workplace where employees feel valued, included and encouraged to share their unique perspectives.

We encourage applications from individuals who are members of equity-deserving groups, including but not limited to women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, Black people, and members of the 2SLGBTQI+ community.

As part of Intact’s commitment to reconciliation, we acknowledge that we work, meet and travel across the land currently called Canada, originally inhabited by First Nations, Metis and Inuit people. This history extends through many centuries and continues to evolve today.

We have policies to ensure equal access and participation for people with disabilities, including providing workplace adjustments (accommodations). A copy of applicable policies is available on request.

If we can provide a specific adjustment to make the recruitment process more accessible for you, please let us know when we reach out about a job opportunity. We’ll work with you to meet your needs.

Learn more about our recruitment process and your candidate journey here.

Please note that Intact does not provide sponsorship or other support for immigration-related matters including but not limited to employer-specific closed work permits. Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada from the anticipated start date and throughout their employment and are solely responsible for maintaining their work eligibility.

If you are an employee of Intact or belairdirect, please apply for this role on Internal Career Site.