SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST, FP&A (Operating) 

Victoria

The Opportunity 

We are seeking a financial management professional with strong analytical skills to join our Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team. The FP&A team is a group of highly motivated finance professionals, dedicated to supporting organizational budgeting, forecasting and reporting across all operating units and capital projects.

As a key player in the operating stream of FP&A, you'll support the Manager in facilitating the annual budget process, quarterly forecasting, and ongoing financial reporting. Your insights will drive decision-making on the company's operating, financial, and business activities. You'll work both independently and as part of multi-disciplinary teams, promoting fiscal responsibility through meticulous financial planning, analysis, and reporting.

You'll be a key team member, working directly with budget holders, departmental managers, executives, and other stakeholders from across the organization. Your work will encompass corporate-level planning and discrete analysis on key programs and initiatives, supporting planning and decision-making at all levels.

This position offers exciting growth opportunities, providing you with a broad range of experiences in different business units and cross-functional collaboration at all levels of the organization. 

The Role 

Reporting to the Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis (Operating), you add value and are energized by key areas of oversight such as:  

• Providing support, training, and expert advice to budget holders at all management levels in developing annual operating budgets, quarterly forecasts, and related metrics; 
• Supporting leadership on decisions impacting business units by providing financial analysis for operating initiatives, proposals, and business cases; 
• Conducting variance analysis for budget holders and diversional leadership, comparing actual performance to planned and historical financial results and key metrics, focusing on timeliness, risks, issues, and opportunities; 
• Creating, enhancing, and maintaining robust financial and business planning models that consider multiple drivers and translate those drivers into meaningful budgets; 
• Collaborating on FP&A process improvements, providing input to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of budgeting and reporting; 
• Advocating and modeling understanding and promotion of cost drivers and cost control; 
• Promoting and supporting financial awareness by providing training, advice, and assistance on financial and accounting policies, processes, and information systems functionality;

What you bring to the team 

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance or related field
• Professional accounting designation or related advanced degree is an asset
• 3 to 5 years of experience in a relevant finance role. Practical experience in a FP&A role is preferred
• An outside the box thinker with the ability to analyze complex issues and develop solutions by considering financial and non-financial perspectives
• Understanding of forecasting, financial modelling and management reporting
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, articulating ideas clearly and effectively
• Excellent interpersonal and proven relationship building skills
• Leadership skills that influence business decisions as a trusted advisor
• Strong financial modelling and Excel skills, with the ability to balance data analysis and information with timely decision making
• Experience with FP&A software like Adaptive Planning, an ERP system like Oracle and/or advanced analytics software (i.e. Power BI) is desirable

Join us! 

If this sounds like your next great career move, please submit your cover letter and resume by February 8, 2026 at 11:59pm.    

Additional information 

This is a regular full-time position with a target salary range of $105,200 to $131,500 per annum. The starting salary is determined based on the successful candidate’s knowledge, experience and internal equity.  

 “We connect communities and customers to the people and places important in their lives” 

 At BC Ferries, our employees are our most important assets in delivering on our commitment to customer safety, service and satisfaction. We support employment equity and diversity in the workplace and we encourage applications from all qualified individuals including women, visible minorities, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, persons of diverse sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (LGBTQ2S+), and others who reflect our ever-changing workplace. 

We appreciate the interest of all applicants; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.