senior financial analyst, consolidation - 104255.

Our client, a premier tier-one Canadian bank, is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst, Consolidation (internal title mapped from Senior Accountant) to join their Finance and Controllership team. This is a net-new, business-critical contract role approved by the VP of Controllership.

In this role, you will play a key part in the bank’s consolidated financial accounting close cycle and statutory reporting process. Your primary focus will be managing the accounting and reporting activities for non-trading foreign currency exposures and their related hedging strategies. Leveraging your advanced technical accounting knowledge, you will analyze complex financial results, prepare consolidation accounting adjustments, resolve intercompany transaction breaks, and validate foreign exchange revaluations. This position requires strong collaboration across various teams to ensure the absolute integrity of financial records while actively contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.

Advantages
Elite Institutional Experience: Gain high-visibility experience at a major financial institution within a highly specialized corporate consolidation team.

Hybrid Work Flexibility: Enjoy a hybrid schedule (2 days in-office, 3 days remote) working from a flagship office at Toronto.

Extension & Conversion Potential: This is a 6-month contract with a strong likelihood of extension and potential for future permanent conversion.

Fast-Track Interview Process: Skip the multi-stage fatigue with a streamlined 1-round virtual interview via MS Teams.

Immediate Onboarding: A target start date of mid-July allows you to hit the ground running, with the flexibility to begin working while background and credential verifications are being finalized.

Responsibilities
Consolidation & Close: Contribute actively to the month-end close cycle, preparing complex consolidation accounting adjustments and maintaining balance sheet continuity schedules.

FX & Hedging Oversight: Validate foreign exchange revaluations and oversee accounting/reporting activities for non-trading foreign currency exposures and associated hedging strategies.

Data & Intercompany Reconciliation: Investigate and resolve intricate intercompany transaction breaks across multi-currency environments and complex organizational structures.

Analytical Insights: Structure, assess, and manipulate high-volume data from diverse sources to extract meaningful financial insights and communicate findings clearly to stakeholders.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with a tight-knit team of 6 and report directly to the Senior Manager to ensure data integrity and compliance across the bank.

Process Optimization: Identify efficiencies in data management, utilizing advanced Excel tools to automate and streamline reporting workflows.

Qualifications
Must-Have Requirements
Experience: Minimum of 4+ years of hands-on financial accounting experience, specifically including month-end close, balance sheet reconciliations, and financial analysis.

Specialized Knowledge: Proven expertise in foreign exchange accounting, intercompany accounting/eliminations, and working within a multi-currency environment.

Technical Toolkit: Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (complex formulas, pivot tables) and data management tools like Power Query to handle large datasets.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a closely related field.

Professional Credentials: Must hold a CPA designation or have active, verifiable status as a candidate (e.g., Verification of candidacy in CPA Ontario required upon start).

Nice-to-Have Assets:

Direct experience with statutory reporting.

Hands-on experience navigating the SAP General Ledger system.

Summary
Role: Senior Financial Analyst, Consolidation (Senior Accountant)

Location: Toronto, ON – Hybrid (Monday & Tuesday mandatory in-office; standard 37.5 hours/week, 9 AM – 5 PM).

Duration: 6 months (High potential for extension/FTE conversion)

Target Start Date: Mid-July 2026 (Note: Interviewing will accommodate the Canada Day holiday week).

If you are a detail-oriented financial professional with a knack for FX accounting and a solutions-oriented mindset, apply today to join a collaborative team shaping the financial baseline of a major financial institution.

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