26-75 Corporate Financial Analyst (18 months, Casual)

Technical Safety BC; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 56,000 - 79,000; Full time

Job summary

Technical Safety BC is seeking a Corporate Financial Analyst to serve as a financial business partner across the organization. You will build advanced financial models, conduct budgeting and forecasting, and provide CEO/Board-ready analyses from Vancouver, BC, reporting to the Leader, Financial Sustainability.

You will work with Workday Adaptive Planning and Qlik, support budgeting processes, and help translate strategic plans into financial actions while communicating insights to diverse teams.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years’ related experience in a financial or analytical accounting position.
• University degree in Business, Accounting or equivalent.
• CPA designation or equivalent. MBA with finance background also considered.
• Experience preparing and analyzing complex financial reports, schedules, proposals and models.
• Understanding of accounting principles (Not-for-Profits).
• Experience creating financial/fee models, budgets and forecasts and reports.
• Demonstrated business partnering skills.
• Experience with complex spreadsheets and BI tools.
• Ability to prepare various statistical and financial reports.
• Experience using Workday Adaptive Planning or similar.

Responsibilities

• Develop complex financial models for budgeting, forecasting, revenue analysis and BI insights.
• Prepare detailed written analyses for executives and board material.
• Act as business partner to support leaders in budgets and forecasts.
• Assist in the annual budget process and capital expenditure planning.
• Maintain salaries and benefits costing models with HR.
• Validate revenue models with Product Leadership and maintain fee schedules.

Skills

Financial analysis

Budgeting

Forecasting

Workday Planning

Qlik

BI tools

Communication skills

Education

University degree in Business/Accounting

CPA or MBA finance

Tools

Workday Adaptive Planning

Qlik

Job description

Job Category: Finance

Requisition Number: 2216C002312

• Full-Time
• Hybrid

Locations

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Description

The Opportunity

The Corporate Financial Analyst is accountable to the Leader, Financial Sustainability for being a business partner to all areas in the organization by providing financial analysis, insights & recommendations, as well as developing efficient financial and operating models that support excellence in business decision making.

Status: Casual, Full-Time, Union
Number of Positions: 1
Pay Grade: 16, Starting at $49.09/hour
Location: Vancouver, BC
Reports to: Leader, Financial Sustainability

As a Corporate Financial Analyst, you will:

• Develop complex financial models for budgeting, forecasting, trending and analyzing of revenues (operating and investment related) including use of Business Intelligence tools, analyzing market trends, consulting SMEs and analyzing data.
• Prepare detailed written analysis reports for presentation to Executive, various committees of the Board of Directors and the Management Discussion and Analysis report.
• Act as a business partner to support Leaders in all areas of financial management, including preparing and maintaining their annual budgets and forecasts.
• Assist in preparing and maintaining the annual budget process for the organization, management of submissions and comparing to business plans and corporate strategy.
• Act as system administrator and subject matter expert with Workday Adaptive Planning, the financial reporting and budgeting software, including creating models, designing reports, troubleshooting integration issues and facilitating training sessions for budget users.
• Create and maintain, in conjunction with Human Resources, salaries and benefits costing and forecasting models.
• Calculate forecasted centralized operating costs for reporting and budgeting purposes.
• Support Leaders in forecasting and budgeting for annual capital expenditures and creating and maintaining models to estimate amortization.
• Support Leaders in the development and implementation of business cases, proposals, contracts, business process improvements and initiatives by providing assessment, advice, analysis and recommendations to assist in the achievement of business objectives consistent with the strategic plan and with budgets.
• Perform financial analysis for purchases and other expenses to assist Leaders with financial negotiations, purchase and operating decisions.
• Work closely with the Product Leadership team to validate revenue models for new and changing product lines and to maintain the fee schedule.
• Prepare ad hoc and regular working papers, reports and analysis for presentation to internal and external stakeholders.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience you have:

• Skills for this role are typically acquired through 5-7 years’ related experience in a financial or analytical accounting position.
• University degree in Business, Accounting or equivalent.
• CPA designation or equivalent. MBA with finance background with also be considered.
• Considerable experience preparing and analyzing complex financial reports, schedules, project proposals, business cases and models.
• Considerable understanding of accounting principles and practices (Accounting Standards for Not for Profits).
• Experience in creating financial and fee models, budgets and forecasts and developing financial reports.
• Demonstrated business partnering skills.
• Considerable experience working with complex spreadsheet applications.
• Ability to prepare a variety of statistical and financial reports.
• Experience using financial reporting and budgeting software, preferably Workday Adaptive Planning or similar.
• Experience using business intelligence tools, preferably Qlik.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, as well as presentation skills, to be able to have impact and influence with a diverse group of individuals with varied levels of financial/business backgrounds.

About Technical Safety BC

Technical Safety BC is an independent, self-funded organization that oversees the safe installation and operation of technical systems and equipment across the province. In addition to issuing permits, licenses and certificates, we work with industry to reduce safety risks through assessment, education and outreach, enforcement, and research. Through simplification of our initiatives, we promote understanding and engagement, making safety accessible to everyone. As society changes, we create and adopt new ideas, skills, and tools that will enable us to meet the safety challenges of a highly-connected world.

We're always looking for exceptional people to bring new ideas, fresh thinking and the motivation to help shape the safety system in B.C. We are strongly committed to fostering diversity within our community. Technical Safety BC welcomes those who would contribute to further diversifying our organization, as we are an equal opportunity employer.

• We See Genius in Diversity
• We Foster Confidence
• We Make the Complex Simple
• We Adapt