Business Analyst -Financial Reporting & Analytics

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Job Title:

Financial Analyst – Financial Reporting & Analytics (Executive Support)

Location:

Calgary, Canada / Houston, TX

Employment Type:

Full-Time (Hybrid)

The Business Analyst will serve as a trusted analytical partner to Executive Leadership, responsible for delivering accurate, timely, and insightful financial reporting that supports strategic and operational decision‑making. This role combines strong financial and business understanding, exceptional communication skills, and hands‑on ownership of analytics platforms, including Power BI for executive dashboards and Azure Data Factory for financial data integration. The Business Analyst will ensure that financial data from multiple enterprise systems is consolidated, governed, and presented clearly on a recurring monthly cadence, while also supporting ad hoc executive analysis as needed.

• Executive Financial Reporting & Analysis:
  Act as a primary analytics support resource for Executive Leadership, delivering monthly financial reports, dashboards, and performance summaries.
• Translate complex financial and operational data into clear, executive‑ready insights, including trends, variances, and risks.
• Partner closely with Finance, Accounting, and Leadership teams to validate financial logic, assumptions, and interpretations.
• Proactively identify data inconsistencies, anomalies, or gaps and drive resolution with source system owners.
• Support ad hoc executive requests related to financial performance, forecasting, and strategic analysis.
• Power BI Reporting & Dashboard Ownership:
  Own the end‑to‑end lifecycle of Power BI reports and dashboards, including design, development, enhancement, and ongoing maintenance; data model optimization and performance tuning; documentation, version control, and access governance.
• Ensure dashboards follow best practices for usability, storytelling, and executive consumption.
• Maintain high standards for data accuracy, refresh reliability, and security.
• Continuously improve reports based on leadership feedback and evolving business needs.
• Data Integration & Azure Data Factory:
  Own and maintain Azure Data Factory (ADF) pipelines used to ingest, transform, and consolidate financial data; design and manage ETL/ELT workflows sourcing data from multiple internal financial systems; monitor data pipelines for failures, latency, and data quality issues, ensuring timely resolution; collaborate with IT and Finance system owners to onboard new data sources or modify existing integrations; maintain working knowledge of Azure Storage Accounts and SQL to support Power BI datasets and reporting infrastructure.
• Enterprise Systems & Data Management:
  Extract and validate data from enterprise systems such as ERP platforms and business applications (e.g., Oracle, Salesforce); navigate enterprise data warehouses and financial reporting tools to source official, governed company financials; organize, clean, and analyze large‑scale datasets, including tens of thousands of transactional or project‑level records; support system validations, reconciliations, and data audits as required.
• Financial & Forecasting Support:
  Support monthly project forecasting processes, including the collection and consolidation of forecast inputs from departmental Directors; apply sound financial understanding across P&L, revenue, costs, margins, and variance…