Duties and Responsibilities
The role of FP&A will be to drive financial health by forecasting, budgeting and analyzing performance to guide executive decision making.
Weekly Store Performance Tracking & Variance Analysis
Standardize weekly Rx, front shop data and labour files
Flag variances vs prior year, budget, and post-acquisition baseline
Surface issues early (margin fluctuation, labour overspend, script/sales softness) and automate
Monthly Store P&L Review & Normalization
Prepare and review monthly store-level P&Ls for executive team
Identify anomalies (accrual misses, incorrect bucketing of expenses)
Normalize results for executive meeting (EBITDA + Net Income vs Budget)
Budgeting & Forecasting (Store-Level & Consolidated)
Build and maintain annual budgets by store
Update rolling forecasts based on actuals (build next year's budget on a 3-month rolling basis)
Incorporate new acquisitions and file buys
Post-Acquisition Performance Tracking
Track each store vs deal model assumptions (scripts, GP, labour)
Highlight underperformance early and quantify EBITDA gap
Support COO with data-driven make-better plans
Labour Analytics & Productivity Metrics
Monitor labour percentage of sales, scripts per labour hour, pharmacist OT
Track relief
Support labour budgets and headcount planning
Gross Margin
Identify rebate improvements ops, front shop resets, pricing issues (areas to increase / decrease pricing)
Support operational initiatives
Store-Level KPI Dashboarding
Maintain standardized KPI dashboards for scripts, GP per script, front shop margin and labor efficiency
COO Performance Deck Ownership
Monthly/quarterly COO performance deck
Translate raw data into insights, trends, and action items
Manual prep and reconciliation
Process Improvement & Automation
Improve data flows from POS, payroll, and accounting systems
Reduce manual tracking and spreadsheet dependency
Build repeatable templates