Financial Analyst Intermediate Jobs

Your New Company

A leading financial institute, with multiple offices across Canada and throughout the world are looking for a Financial Analyst – Intermediate for a 8 months contract. They have an excellent reputation within their sector and are known as a market leader.

Your New Role

• Analyze expense trends and recommend opportunities for savings
• Initiate Drive improvement projects for Finance, Monitor and deliver on agreed service level metrics.
• Collaborate with other Finance areas to support and promote process integration and efficiencies
• Investigate and effectively communicate expense variances against budget to business leaders, working closely with Business stakeholders to forecast for upcoming spend
• Automation to bring process efficiencies
• Prepare or assist in ad hoc analysis and projects as required by management
• Execute month-end close processes including accruals, expense transfers, and review of preliminary results for errors or unusual patterns in results
• Support the month-end reporting, forecasting, and budgeting process for expense management
• Prepare monthly reconciliations to ensure accuracy and completeness of accounts
• Provide ideas, solutions, and tools to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of FP&A function
• Provide accounting leadership on project spend, including calculating capitalization and amortization for various qualifying initiatives and maintaining supporting schedules

What You’ll Need to Succeed

• Strong financial analysis and model development skills
• Excellent PC skills (Role utilizes tools such as: MSOffice Suite, Oracle, Discoverer/Tableau
• VBA skills would be an added advantage (Preferred)
• Excellent MS Office (Excel and PowerPoint must) skills
• Highly motivated with the ability to consistently seek out improvements to current processes
• CPA or CPA in training
• Operates well in ambiguity and is resilient in changing situations
• Proactive and resilient. Flexibility in learning new topics, handling change and deadlines
• 3+ years of relevant experience leading and managing strategic initiatives and/or working in an FP&A role
• Proven ability to partner and build relationships
• Numbers savvy and eye for details
• Ability to work independently in high-pressure situations. Flexible for extended hour working, as per business needs
• A doer, self-driven and highly motivated
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (oral and written)
• Proven flexibility/adaptability/creativity to meet deadlines and manage priorities
• Knowledge of Oracle general ledger, Planning systems, Discoverer, Hyperion and BI tools (Tableau)
• Client first approach committed to quality deliverables and drive service improvements
• Thorough knowledge of Finance & Accounting processes

What you need to do:

If you are interested in having a confidential discussion, please email me your updated resume at [email protected],