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senior financial analyst

Posted on August 31, 2026 by Employer details La Rocca Creative Cakes

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*COMPANY OVERVIEW:* The La Rocca tradition of dessert making began 60 years ago in Naples, Italy. Our family?s passion for the art of baking inspired the many original and unique recipes we have today. In 1986, La Rocca Creative Cakes was established in Canada. Over the last forty years, we?ve grown to become one of the most respected artisanal dessert manufacturers in North America. Today, as part of the Sammontana Italia family, La Rocca brings together European craftsmanship and modern scale to deliver premium cakes to thousands of grocery, foodservice, and fine food partners. We are entering an exciting phase of growth and modernization under La Rocca. *ROLE PURPOSE:* Support the month-end close process and prepare group financial reporting packages for the head office in Italy, ensuring accurate, complete, and timely financial results in compliance with internal and external standards. Beyond close and compliance reporting, this role is expected to build and own recurring financial analysis and dashboards that reduce reliance on senior finance leadership for routine business insight, and to act as a finance business partner to Operations and Supply Chain. *REPORTS TO:* Assistant Controller *ANNUAL COMPENSATION:* Competitive compensation starting at $80,000 per year. A higher starting salary may be offered based on the successful candidate's experience, qualifications, and demonstrated expertise, plus a potential performance bonus. *KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:* _The following is not intended to be all inclusive or restrictive; other duties may be assigned as necessary._ *- Month-End Close & Reporting (? 40%)* * Perform the month-end close process, working with accounting and operations teams to ensure financial results are accurate, complete, and delivered on schedule. * Prepare and review journal entries, accruals, and account reconciliations to support a clean and audit-ready close. * Ensure close and reporting activities comply with internal controls, GAAP/IFRS, and group accounting policies. * Ensure the accuracy, cleanliness, and timely reconciliation of all balance sheet accounts. * Execute monthly and yearly reconciliations as mandated by the Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC). * Support regulatory and tax filings, including monthly HST returns. * Support audits, policy compliance, and continuous improvement of financial reporting processes and controls. *- Financial Analysis & Business Partnering (? 30%)* * Prepare monthly variance analysis on P&L and balance sheet results, translating drivers (volume, mix, input cost, labour) into plain-language explanations for management and corporate leadership. * Support annual budgeting and rolling forecasts, including cost center-level input and consolidation. * Build and maintain recurring dashboards (e.g. margin by SKU/category, cost center spend vs. budget, industrial KPIs) in Power BI to give Operations and Supply Chain self-serve visibility, reducing ad-hoc data requests to Finance. * Partner directly with Operations and Supply Chain on cost and margin questions, acting as first point of contact before issues are escalated to the Assistant Controller or CFO. *- Compliance and Reporting Support (? 30%)* * Execute monthly and yearly reconciliations as mandated by the Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC). * Support regulatory and tax filings, including monthly HST returns. * Prepare the full monthly, quarterly, and annual group reporting packages, including sales reporting, board business review, cash forecasts, inter-company, workforce/FTE, and industrial KPI reporting. * Ensure all financial and compliance reporting to the head office in Italy meets internal and external standards and regulatory requirements. * Support audits, policy compliance, and continuous improvement of financial reporting processes and controls. * Manage and respond to ad-hoc financial requests and projects as needed, providing flexibility and support to the finance department *CORE COMPETENCIES: