Vehicle Gross Profit Analyst, Finance

Location(s): Mississauga

Job Schedule: Full Time, Hybrid

Degree Level: Bachelor

Sponsorship: No

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We are currently looking for a Vehicle Gross Profit Analyst to join our team in Mississauga Ontario. This role will be responsible for the planning, analyzing, and reporting of Vehicle Gross Profit. The area of responsibility is financially significant, and output will be used to support strategic, cross-functional decision making. The role involves analysis during the month-end closing process, monthly and quarterly financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting preparation, and other vehicle Gross Profit (GP) related cross-functional coordination and tasks.

A Day in the Life: 
 

• Prepares and validates Vehicle Gross Profit (GP) data during month-end closing. This involves extracting vehicle revenue and cost data from various operational and financial systems, ensuring the data is aligned and accurate from a revenue and cost control perspective. Investigates discrepancies with operational teams in a timely manner.
• Performs Gross Profit related analysis in actual and planning, such as GP impact from sales mix (volume/mix) and profitability analysis (GP Rate per Model). Further analysis is typically done through reviews of changes in vehicle pricing impacts, changes to vehicle content, foreign exchange (F/X) and Internal Transfer Price (ITP).
• Identifies and communicates causes for variances with related counterparties, and work with various teams to develop and development countermeasures if necessary.
• Manage GP related reporting to internal and external. For reporting, prepare and submit various reports through various systems. Ensure all reports' integrity and accuracy in a timely manner.
• Periodically review and validate vehicle cost data and internal transfer prices (ITP). Represent Finance in a cross-functional setting in the development of standardized costing of vehicles. Validate cost-changes through benchmarking and communication with various operating teams. Ensure transfer cost (ITP) is accurately implemented and investigates any unexpected variances.

Who We're Looking for: 
 

• A relevant business, finance, accounting or economics degree, involvement in a professional accounting designation is a preference.
• 1 to 3 years demonstrated experience in finance, budgeting, or business planning.
• Proficiency in forecasting, business plan evaluations, finance and accounting principles, as well as proficiency with office software applications is required. Advanced in Excel skills (or other spreadsheet software application) in excel modelling is also required.
• Knowledge of business application like SAP, Tableau, Hyperion (or other Database applications) is a plus.
• Incumbent is able to comfortably communicate financial information to "non-financial" people and interact with related divisions, and be an effective communicator of financial and business issues.

What You'll Look Forward to as a [Vehicle Gross Profit Analyst] at Nissan:

Career Growth: Gain access to immense career path options to grow at Nissan with international & domestic career growth opportunities + cross-departmental career opportunities available on a regular basis. 

Autonomy and Impact: You'll have real autonomy to drive changes in the business and the opportunity to develop and expand your skills. From day one you'll have responsibility to tackle problems and use your unique problem-solving approach with support from your team to solve challenges across our organization.

Rewards: Be supported with a Comprehensive Benefits Package, including medical, mental health, parental leave, retirement savings & unique Nissan perks, including discounts on lease vehicles as part of our Employee Lease Program and a Vehicle Purchase Program (VPP). https://publications.livewellatnissan.com/wp-content/uploads/Nissan-2024-RecruitmentOverview.pdf

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All employment is contingent upon successful completion of background screenings in accordance with Nissan policies and as permitted by applicable statutes and regulations. 

It is Nissan's policy to provide Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of race, gender, military status, disability, or any other status protected by law. Candidates for this position must be legally authorized to work in Canada and will be required to provide proof of employment eligibility at the time of hire.

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Nissan is committed to creating a culture where everyone belongs and employees, customers, and partners feel respected, valued, and heard. We have over 10 Business Synergy Teams (BSTs) across the U.S. and Canada that connect employees - with shared characteristics or interests - build allies, and foster a company culture where all employees feel supported and included.

Nissan also values inclusion in all areas of our business as we strive to mirror the diversity of our customer base and the communities where we do business. We are committed to procuring innovative goods and services, retailing our products and communicating from a diverse perspective which will help us continue to offer our customers competitively designed, market-driven products.

Join us as we carry our commitment to diversity and inclusion into the future.

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