Senior Financial Analyst - 1008 RD #2

Senior Financial Analyst  

Location: Alberta, Canada 
Job Type: Contract / Temporary 
Experience: 7+ Years of Progressive Financial Experience 
Professional Designation: CPA or CPA-in-Progress 

Position Overview  

We are seeking an experienced Senior Financial Analyst to provide advanced financial accounting, analysis, and reporting support within a large and complex organization. 

The successful candidate will independently manage complex financial reporting and accounting assignments with limited supervision while working against demanding month-end, year-end, regulatory, and audit deadlines . 

The ideal candidate will combine strong technical accounting expertise with hands-on experience in financial statement preparation, public-sector accounting, complex reconciliations, grant and revenue accounting, variance analysis, and audit support . 

This role requires an individual who can own financial workstreams, independently investigate accounting issues, develop recommendations, and communicate financial information effectively to stakeholders . 

Key Responsibilities  

• Prepare and review complex monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports . 

• Prepare and review financial statements and accompanying notes. 

• Perform complex financial statement and variance analysis. 

• Research accounting issues and prepare accounting research memoranda. 

• Investigate and resolve financial reporting discrepancies. 

• Prepare and review complex General Ledger (GL) reconciliations . 

• Review journal entries and supporting documentation. 

• Support and coordinate month-end and year-end close activities. 

• Prepare and review regulatory and management reporting deliverables. 

• Support financial reporting worksheets and related reporting requirements. 

• Manage restricted and operating revenue accounting. 

• Prepare grant and restricted-fund reporting. 

• Reconcile restricted funding receipts. 

• Monitor deferred revenue and expiring grants. 

• Review funding proposals and agreements from a financial and accounting perspective. 

• Support capital asset, payroll, banking, and general ledger accounting . 

• Prepare year-end schedules, worksheets, supporting documentation, and financial statement notes. 

• Coordinate internal and external audit requests. 

• Work with operational stakeholders and funding recipients to investigate and resolve financial issues. 

• Provide guidance on financial policies, accounting procedures, and reporting requirements. 

• Identify opportunities to improve financial reporting processes, controls, and efficiencies. 

• Provide recommendations to finance leadership on complex accounting and reporting matters. 

Required Qualifications & Experience  

• Minimum 7 years of progressive financial/accounting experience , preferably in financial reporting or an equivalent senior-level role within a large, complex organization. 

• CPA designation or actively pursuing CPA designation . 

• Advanced financial accounting and financial reporting experience. 

• Strong financial statement preparation and analysis skills. 

• Extensive General Ledger experience. 

• Advanced reconciliation and variance-analysis capabilities. 

• Hands-on month-end and year-end close experience. 

• Experience supporting internal and external audits. 

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel . 

• Experience working with enterprise financial systems and databases. 

• Ability to independently research, investigate, and resolve complex accounting issues. 

• Strong analytical, critical-thinking, and decision-making skills. 

• Ability to deliver accurate, high-quality work under tight and time-sensitive deadlines. 

• Strong written and verbal communication skills. 

Highly Preferred Qualifications  

• Completed CPA designation . 

• Strong knowledge of Public Sector Accounting Standards (PSAS) . 

• Experience with public-sector financial reporting. 

• Experience within the healthcare or public-sector environment . 

• Experience with grant and restricted-fund accounting. 

• Experience coordinating or managing external audits. 

• Experience preparing accounting research and technical accounting memoranda. 

• Knowledge of internal controls over financial reporting. 

• Experience with government financial reporting processes. 

• Knowledge of ASPE, IFRS, and GAAP . 

• Experience with large-enterprise ERP and financial systems . 

• Experience with complex financial reporting and regulatory deliverables. 

Core Competencies  

• Strong professional judgment and accountability. 

• High level of initiative and ability to work autonomously. 

• Strong critical-thinking and problem-solving skills. 

• Excellent written and verbal communication. 

• Ability to present and explain complex accounting matters clearly. 

• Strong stakeholder-management skills. 

• Ability to collaborate effectively with finance, operational, and business teams. 

• Ability to prioritize urgent and competing deliverables. 

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy. 

• Ability to make sound recommendations based on financial analysis. 

• Comfortable working in a complex, deadline-driven environment.