This is a 12 month contract with permanent potential at the end of the contract
Key Responsibilities
Finance Operations and Month-End Close
- Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities.
- Prepare journal entries, reconciliations, schedules, working papers, and related documentation.
- Analyze balance sheet and income statement results and resolve variances.
- Maintain audit-ready documentation and support internal controls, regulatory needs, and annual close.
- Provide flexible backfill support during peak periods, vacations, resource gaps, and project demands.
Financial & Regulatory Reporting
- Prepare internal, external, and management reporting deliverables.
- Support insurance regulatory reporting and filing requirements.
- Contribute to IFRS 17 reporting, analysis, reconciliations, and process support.
- Coordinate audit, review, leadership, and reporting information requests.
Financial Planning, Analysis & Business Support
- Support budgeting, forecasting, planning, and financial review processes.
- Build financial models, dashboards, scenarios, and executive reporting packages.
- Analyze performance, explain variances, and identify emerging trends.
- Prepare ad hoc analysis, Board materials, and leadership presentations.
- Partner with Finance and business stakeholders to gather, validate, and interpret information.
Project and Cross-Functional Support
- Support finance transformation, reporting, systems, controls, and process improvement initiatives.
- Assist with new reporting tools, finance processes, testing, data validation, and documentation.
- Provide hands‑on support through key project milestones and shifting business priorities.
- Apply broad finance experience flexibly across recurring, project-based, and ad hoc work.
Qualifications
- Degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, Economics, or related field.
- CPA required or strongly preferred; CFA or equivalent designation an asset.
- 5+ years of progressive experience in accounting, reporting, FP&A, corporate finance, or financial analysis.
- Insurance or financial services experience strongly preferred.
- IFRS 17 knowledge or experience strongly preferred.
- Strong Excel, financial modeling, analytical, and problem‑solving skills.
- Experience with financial systems, dashboards, reporting tools, and management reporting.
- Excellent communication, presentation, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
- Flexible, detail‑oriented, independent, and comfortable managing competing priorities.
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Senior Finance Manager - 12 month contract employer: Vaco by Highspring
As a Senior Finance Consultant at our company, you will thrive in a dynamic and collaborative work environment that prioritizes employee growth and development. We offer competitive benefits, including professional development opportunities and a strong emphasis on work-life balance, all while being located in a vibrant area that fosters innovation and creativity. Join us to make a meaningful impact through your financial expertise and be part of a team that values accountability and excellence.
