Job Description
Financial Analyst (12 Month Contract/Acting)
Rank 4
Scarborough, ON (Hybrid)
Deadline: This posting will close by July 30, 2026 at 11:59 PM EST.
The anticipated annual base salary for this position is $79,400 - $104,300. The offered salary will be based on the candidate’s experience, knowledge, skills and qualifications.
Toyota Canada Inc. (TCI) currently has an exciting opportunity for a highly analytical and collaborative finance professional to join the Finance & Accounting team. This is a 12-month contract opportunity and will report to the Manager of Financial Reporting and Cost Management.
The selected candidate will take ownership of accounting and forecasting processes, with a strong focus on data accuracy, detailed analysis, and financial controls, deliver meaningful insights to stakeholders, and help influence business outcomes through strong cross-functional partnerships. This role plays a key part in ensuring the integrity, accuracy, and transparency of financial results across assigned business areas, supporting both operational and financial reporting needs.
What We’ll Bring:
Company & Culture
- A hybrid work environment
- A work environment built on teamwork, flexibility and respect
- Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career
- A focus on respect for people and continuous improvement
- Summer Hours – condensed work week during the summer
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package
- Extended health care and dental benefits effective immediately
- Associate vehicle discount program
- Paid holiday shutdown and competitive paid time off benefits
What You’ll be Doing:
Accounting & Financial Reporting
- Prepare and review journal entries and support month-end close processes for assigned business areas in accordance with IFRS
- Perform monthly account reconciliations, investigating complex account movements and explaining key variances
- Lead monthly variance analysis, identifying key drivers, trends, and accounting implications
- Translate financial results into clear narratives that support decision-making and business understanding
- Own the Monthly Financial Review (MFR) process for assigned business areas, including analysis, preparation of insights, and reporting deliverables
- Ensure timely and accurate month-end and year-end close processes and reporting to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and process consistency
Business Partnering & Financial Insights
- Serve as a finance contact for assigned business areas, providing accounting guidance and supporting financial insights
- Own and manage current-year forecasting and reporting activities, including monitoring performance against forecast and budget, identifying key variances and underlying drivers of performance
- Partner with business units to explain financial results and provide insight into current-year performance trends, including key risks and opportunities
- Analyze large and complex data sets to identify trends, anomalies, and drivers of performance, supporting data-driven decision-making across operational and financial areas
- Assist in preparing reports and dashboards for leadership and business reviews to enhance reporting and analytics related to operational metrics, improving visibility into performance, efficiency, and cost management
- For evolving business areas, assesses accounting treatment, controls, and reporting implications and provides guidance to ensure accuracy and completeness of accounting records and reporting.
- Perform ad hoc financial analysis and support as required
Controls, Compliance & Process Improvement
- Ensure adherence to accounting policies, internal controls, and financial governance standards
- Act as a key contributor during internal and external audits, preparing documentation and responding to audit inquiries
- Support regulatory and financial reporting requirements with a high degree of accuracy and judgment
- Identify and implement opportunities to enhance accounting processes, improve data integrity, and increase reporting efficiency
- Lead and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen financial processes, controls, and reporting capabilities
What You’ll Bring:
- Post-secondary education in Business, Accounting, or a related field
- CPA designation (CPA/CA/CMA/CGA) completed or in progress
- 3–5 years of progressive experience in accounting and/or financial planning and analysis
- Experience working with large data sets and strong attention to detail in data validation and analysis
- Strong analytical capability with proven ability to work through complex or ambiguous financial issues
- Advanced Excel skills and experience with ERP systems (SAP preferred)
- Strong business partnering mindset with demonstrated ability to translate financial data into meaningful insights and recommendations
- Ability to communicate and present financial results clearly to non-finance stakeholders and senior business partners
- Self-starter who is comfortable operating in a dynamic, evolving environment with competing priorities
- Commitment to continuous improvement (Challenge, Kaizen, Genchi Genbutsu)
About Us
Toyota Canada Inc. is the exclusive Canadian distributor of Toyota and Lexus vehicles. Toyota Canada's head office is in Toronto, with regional offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal and Halifax. Toyota parts and accessories are distributed through TCI's Parts Distribution Centres in Bowmanville and Vancouver. TCI supports over 287 Toyota and Lexus dealers in Canada with services that include training, sales, marketing, environmental and customer satisfaction initiatives.
What Sets Us Apart?
A focus on people, passion for Toyota, innovation and continuous improvement have made us an award-winning company, recognized worldwide for our technological leadership and superior standards of quality, community involvement and environmental responsibility.
What You Should Know:
Our success begins and ends with our people. We embrace diverse perspectives and value unique human experiences. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer that celebrates the diversity of the communities where we live and do business. Applicants for our positions are considered without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, religion, or any other characteristics protected by law. Please advise us at any point during the recruitment and selection process or your employment if you require accommodation. Please note TCI may use AI-powered tools to assist us with initial screening and assessment. Talent Acquisition Specialists always review all applications and Hiring Managers always make final hiring decisions throughout the selection process.
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