Senior Financial Analyst - RD

Years of Progressive Financial Experience .The successful candidate will independently manage complex financial reporting and accounting assignments with limited supervision while working agai...

CA $31.36-CA $39.20 hourly

Full-time +1

Corporate Properties facilitates the process of appropriately planning for future civic developments and provides property and land management services for the City of Airdrie to maximize the value...

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

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
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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
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This role requires an individual who can own financial work streams, independently investigate accounting issues, develop recommendations, and communicate financial information effectively to stakeholders
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• Prepare and review complex monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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.

• 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
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• Advanced financial accounting and financial reporting experience.
• Strong financial statement preparation and analysis skills.
• 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
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• Experience working with enterprise financial systems and databases.
• Ability to independently research, investigate, and resolve complex accounting issues.
• Strong analytical, critical-thinking, and…