Corporate Financial Analyst

Kassen Recruitment; Kitchener; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Kassen Recruitment is seeking a Corporate Financial Analyst to join its finance team in Canada. This role blends detailed financial analysis with broader business insight and exposure to senior leadership across corporate finance activities.

Reporting to the Finance Manager, you will support financial reporting, tax compliance, cash flow planning, and other corporate finance duties while collaborating with stakeholders across the organization. This is a hands-on, growth-oriented opportunity.

Qualifications

• Professional accounting designation required (CPA/CA).
• Minimum 3 years of accounting or financial reporting experience.
• Strong financial reporting and analytical skills.
• Advanced Excel proficiency with large datasets.
• Excellent organizational and time-management abilities.
• Clear written and verbal communication with senior leadership.
• High level of accuracy and professional judgment.
• Ability to balance detailed work with broader business objectives.
• Asset: experience in a project-based or asset-intensive industry.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and review periodic financial statements and working papers for multiple entities.
• Assist with management reporting packages for senior leadership.
• Prepare and analyze financial reports related to banking, inventory, costs, financing, and performance.
• Support cash flow forecasting and compare projections to actual results.
• Assist with financing activities and loan-related documentation.
• Analyze variances against budgets, forecasts and prior periods.
• Prepare and support corporate tax filings.
• Develop financial reports in response to management requests.
• Identify opportunities to improve financial processes and reporting.
• Process complex accounting transactions, journal entries, invoicing, and allocations.
• Support payments and fund-transfer activities as needed.
• Provide guidance to junior accounting team members.
• Contribute to special projects and corporate finance initiatives.

Skills

Accounting designation

Financial reporting

Analytical skills

Excel skills

Time management

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Cross-functional collaboration

Project experience

Education

CPA designation

Tools

Excel

Job description

A respected organization with a broad business portfolio is seeking a Corporate Financial Analyst to join its finance team. This role is ideal for an accounting professional who enjoys combining detailed financial analysis with broader business insight and wants exposure to senior leadership and a range of corporate finance activities.

Reporting to the Finance Manager, the Corporate Financial Analyst will support financial reporting, analysis, tax compliance, cash flow planning, and other corporate finance activities. The position works with stakeholders across the organization and offers the opportunity to contribute to both recurring reporting requirements and special projects.

What You'll Do

• Prepare and review periodic financial statements, supporting schedules, and working papers for multiple business entities
• Assist with management reporting packages and materials for senior leadership
• Prepare and analyze financial reports related to banking, inventory, costs, financing, and business performance
• Support cash flow forecasting and analyze projected results against actual performance
• Assist with financing activities, including reviewing financial documentation and supporting loan-related processes
• Analyze financial results and explain significant variances against budgets, forecasts, and prior periods
• Prepare and support various corporate and indirect tax filings
• Develop financial reports and analysis in response to management requests
• Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, reporting, and internal procedures
• Process complex accounting transactions, journal entries, invoicing, and financial allocations
• Support payment and fund-transfer activities when required
• Provide guidance and knowledge-sharing to junior members of the accounting team
• Contribute to special projects and other corporate finance initiatives as needed

What You Bring

• Professional accounting designation
• At least 3 years of relevant accounting or financial reporting experience
• Strong financial reporting, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Advanced Microsoft Excel capabilities, including experience working with large datasets and developing meaningful analysis
• Excellent organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage deadlines and competing priorities
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to clearly present financial findings and key issues to management
• High level of accuracy, professional judgment, and attention to detail
• Ability to balance detailed financial work with broader business objectives
• Collaborative, positive, and solutions-oriented approach
• Experience in a project-based or asset-intensive industry is considered an asset

Why Join

This is an opportunity to join a collaborative corporate finance team where your work will support financial reporting and business decision-making across the organization. The role provides broad exposure to financial reporting, taxation, cash flow, financing, and business analysis, along with opportunities to work closely with senior leaders and contribute to process improvements and special initiatives.