Accounting & Planning Analyst

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Please note this is a 1-Year contract opportunity ***
We are seeking a detailed-oriented and analytical Accounting Control Analyst to join our finance teams. You will support the Director Accounting and Controls for Group Retirement Services to ensure compliance and best practices are followed to strengthen enhance and maintain the effectiveness of the overall internal control environment. The accounting control analyst will have insight into process and controls for the administration of pension plans and reporting. You will be required to understand the process and controls in place to identify risks evaluate and report control weaknesses. This is a hands-on role to work closely with Operation CCC Business Development and various internal teams to complete operational risk assessment for control deficiencies report findings and remediation plan to solve problems.
This is a one-year contract position and this role offers you an opportunity to grow and share your experience and technical skills within a global financial institution.

Identify key risks and internal controls by understanding business processes.
Gather key information for Risk reporting to complete the Operational Risk Event (ORE) reporting template to record findings within 30 days from date identified.
Conduct root cause assessment to identify internal control gaps or weaknesses and develop action plan to mitigate the error.
Analyze data and gather information from various internal team to monitor errors and corrections used to support reports for internal management reports.
Prepare quantitative and qualitative monthly and quarterly reports of control weaknesses and action plans to internal management.
Regulate and monitor identified controls gaps to ensure action plans are executed.
Complete monthly ORE templates Canadian Finance and Risk reporting.
Support the quarterly provision and accrual process to evaluate amounts at risk.
Verify and reconcile the write off account to ensure transactions processed are valid accurate and properly approved in the general ledger.
Support other accounting teams with manual calculations prepare and process journal entries into the general ledger.
Support the fees and billing team to back fill for staff vacations for invoice production.
2 to 4 years of experience in a Finance and/or Operations role

• Bachelors degree in accounting Finance or related field.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with experience in accounting operations.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (experience with pivot tables and V-look ups) and financial software.
• Knowledge and understanding of control framework (e.g. Able to understand business and operation processes to identify key risks and controls.
• Proactive and self-directed with excellent organizing planning and time management skills.
• Excellent written and communication skills with ability to influence and manage a project.
• Team player ability to multi-task detail-oriented strong commitment to quality.
• Experience in operations processes and pension administration business is an asset.

15 vacation days

• Flexible Benefits from the day you join to meet the needs of you and your family
• The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential
• It may vary depending on the work location of the successful candidate or other addition to Base Pay eligible Sun Life employees participate in various incentive plans payment under which is discretionary and subject to individual and company performance. Diversity and inclusion have always been at the core of our values at Sun Life. A diverse workforce with wide perspectives and creative ideas benefits our Clients the communities where we operate and all of us as colleagues. Persons with disabilities who need accommodation in the application process or those needing job postings in an alternative format may e-mail a request to .

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