Financial Analyst

Job title: Financial Analyst
Duration: Six-month contract with potential for extension
Role status: Current opening

This role supports monthly and quarterly accounting, financial reporting, reconciliations and process improvement activities within a large, complex financial services environment.

Principal tasks and responsibilities include:

• Support monthly and quarterly accounting processes, including journal entries, trial balance activities, account reconciliations, disbursements and financial control checks.
• Prepare and maintain account reconciliations, supporting schedules and documentation to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Assist with consolidated financial reporting deliverables, including financial disclosure requirements, account schedules and asset roll-forwards.
• Prepare supporting documentation and respond to internal and external audit requests.
• Partner with affiliated entities and internal business units to investigate accounting issues, resolve discrepancies and provide financial reporting support.
• Review financial information for accuracy, completeness and compliance with established accounting processes and controls.
• Identify opportunities to standardize, automate and improve manual accounting and reporting processes.
• Participate in financial reporting, accounting and continuous improvement projects as required.

Our client:

Our client is a large, established organization within the financial services sector. They are seeking an experienced Financial Analyst to support their accounting and financial reporting function on an initial six-month contract, with the possibility of extension.

Qualifications and pre-requisites:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, Business or a related discipline.
• Approximately two to four years of progressive accounting, finance or financial reporting experience.
• Hands-on experience supporting month-end and/or quarter-end close activities, including journal entries and account reconciliations.
• Experience preparing financial reports, account schedules, roll-forwards or other financial reporting deliverables.
• Experience supporting audit requests and maintaining appropriate accounting documentation and controls.
• Experience working within an ERP environment; SAP experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience with financial reporting tools such as Workiva is considered an asset.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills and proficiency with Microsoft Office.
• Progress toward a CPA or other recognized accounting or finance designation is strongly preferred.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to investigate and resolve accounting discrepancies.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Must be legally eligible to work in Canada.

Additional information or perks:

• Initial six-month contract with potential for extension.
• Hybrid working arrangement requiring three days onsite per week, with flexibility in the selection of onsite days.
• Opportunity to gain exposure to complex accounting and consolidated financial reporting within a large financial services environment.
• Exposure to cross-functional accounting, audit, controls and process improvement initiatives.
• Opportunity to contribute to automation and continuous improvement projects.