Bhjob15656_20171 - Finance Analyst (Revenue & Margin)

Finance Analyst (Revenue & Margin)

Location: Maritimes, Quebec, Ontario (Hybrid)

Contract Term: 12 Months

Key Responsibilities:

• Driving a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence
• Partnering with internal stakeholders to investigate and resolve issues and provide information related to revenue and cost of sale transactions
• Applying expertise around IFRS accounting standards
• Preparing journal entries and supporting files related to revenue and cost of sales accruals and related intercompany transactions as part of the month end close process including revenue and cost eliminations for consolidated reporting
• Key contact to stakeholders across the business for revenue and cost of sales related queries and reporting:
• Identifying areas to derive process efficiencies including streamlining activities, removing waste from processes, and the deployment of Robotic Process Automation
• Lead and/or assist on special projects regarding revenue and cost of sales, including continuous improvement and automation initiatives.
• Ensuring the financial accounting for revenue and cost of sales related transactions within the company is accurate and complete by:
• Providing guidance to the billing and IT teams for the monthly revenue feeds from the billing system to ensure accurate reporting
• Provision of information for completion of year-end audit, statutory account audits, tax filings and other ad hoc requests
• Preparing monthly balance sheet reconciliations and other supporting working papers
• Preparing revenue by customer and product margin analysis for key products and other ad hoc reporting and analysis as needed during month end cycles;
• Regular review of all key processes to ensure internal controls are strengthened where required

Essential Knowledge and Skills:

The candidate must be able to demonstrate advanced skills and knowledge at the depth and scope required for the position.

• An undergraduate degree in Business Administration supplemented by a professional accounting designation or equivalent
• Strong technical accounting skills
• Strong people skills, confident and comfortable at engaging collaboratively in an intellectual and multinational environment
• Solid appreciation of core best practice financial accounting standards, policies, processes & systems
• Excellent analytical and decision-making skills
• Self-motivated with excellent organisational skills
• A minimum of three years of work experience in similar accounting roles; with experience in accounting for revenue and cost of sales transactions specifically desired
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel (intermediate level of knowledge)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Results driven
• Proactive individual with the ability to effectively manage various projects while adhering to deadlines
• Experience in continuous improvement and operational excellence initiatives

Desirable Knowledge and Skills:

• Experience using SAP would be an asset