Senior Financial Analyst
Job Summary
We are seeking a highly analytical and collaborative Senior Financial Analyst for a 1-year contract in downtown Toronto. This role focuses on ensuring accurate corporate reporting, navigating complex regulatory accounting landscapes, and driving process efficiencies. The ideal candidate will combine strong technical accounting skills with the ability to translate financial data into actionable business insights.
Responsibilities
- Manage corporate reporting and consolidated financial statement disclosures
- Oversee general ledger entries and account reconciliations
- Produce regulatory filings and management reports
- Drive process improvement and automation initiatives
- Ensure IFRS compliance and manage internal controls
Required Skills
- Active CPA designation in Canada
- 5+ years of corporate financial analysis experience
- Strong knowledge of IFRS
- Proficiency in complex ERP systems
- Experience with financial automation and reporting tools
Job Details
Position Overview: This pivotal role focuses on ensuring accurate corporate reporting, navigating complex regulatory accounting landscapes, and driving process efficiencies across the organization.
Responsibilities:
- Corporate Reporting: Manage the preparation and detailed review of quarterly inputs required for consolidated financial statement note disclosures.
- General Ledger & Reconciliations: Oversee the accurate and timely completion of both standard and complex, non-routine journal entries, alongside monthly and quarterly account reconciliations.
- Regulatory & Management Reporting: Produce reliable financial data, analytical insights, and operational support to satisfy electricity regulatory filings and internal management reporting needs.
- Performance Analysis: Evaluate and discuss financial performance relative to the business's core value drivers, clearly articulating the underlying story and analysis behind the figures.
- IFRS Compliance: Stay at the forefront of emerging IFRS guidelines, ensuring continuous compliance and leading the implementation of new accounting standard updates.
- Process Improvement: Drive continuous improvement and productivity gains by evaluating existing financial workflows, re-engineering processes, and leveraging IT tools for automation.
- Internal Controls: Execute risk management frameworks and internal controls; continuously assess, monitor, and ensure the effective design and operation of existing control mechanisms.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Lead meetings and cross-functional initiatives with various business units, utilizing strong communication and influence to secure timely inputs and achieve strategic project outcomes.
Qualifications:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Business Administration, or a related field.
- Designation: Active Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation in Canada is required.
- Experience: 5+ years of progressive experience in corporate financial analysis, financial reporting, or a similar corporate accounting role.
- Technical Skills: Strong working knowledge of IFRS and experience working with complex ERP systems and financial automation/reporting tools.