Director - Financial Reporting & Controllership

The Mason Group Inc; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 55,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

The Mason Group Inc is seeking a Financial Reporting Analyst for a 6-month contract with hybrid work in Downtown Toronto. The role focuses on producing performance reports, reconciling data, and supporting senior management with ad-hoc analyses.

The ideal candidate will have strong Excel skills, experience with MS Access, and familiarity with Essbase/SmartView, Tableau, and Oracle. 1+ year in finance or data analysis is preferred.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of Excel.
• Experience with MS Access.
• Knowledge of Essbase/SmartView.
• 1+ years of related business experience (Preferably in finance, or data analyzing).

Responsibilities

• Produce regular performance and analytical reports for various groups and explain month over month and quarter over quarter fluctuations.
• Review and approve commission and Partner Referral adjustment submissions and prepare routine entries.
• Confirm and reconcile report results against information sources to ensure accuracy.
• Utilize Essbase, Tableau, and Oracle to resolve issues and generate reports.
• Develop new reports and support business projects and controls.
• Assist with validation and attestation processes for data adequacy.
• Analyze outputs of risk management reporting to identify weaknesses.

Skills

Excel

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Teamwork

Adaptability

Tools

MS Access

Essbase

Smart View

Tableau

Oracle

Job description

Financial Reporting Analyst (Contract – Hybrid)

Our client, a top banking client in Canada is looking to hire Financial Reporting Analyst for their team with a contract for 6 Months with potential extension or conversion to Permanent. Hybrid role, 1 to 2 days/week in office (Wed./Thu.) in Downtown Toronto.

Work Schedule (hours per week, start time): 37.5 hours per week; 9am-5pm; Monday - Friday. Potential for rotational Sunday shifts - Sunday shifts.

Job Description

The resource will provide individual, team and channel/segment reports for supported lines of businesses, including but not limited to Retail Market, Wealth Management and Business Banking.

Daily Job Duties/Activities

As a Reporting Analyst, Financial Reporting - Performance Reporting & Support, you will join Finance department to produce performance, recognition and partner referral reports, investigate report discrepancies, and provide analytical support for various stakeholders. You will complete period‑end reconciliation processes and required adjustment entries, and report verification. In addition, prepare ad‑hoc analysis and reports towards senior management to support timely and adequate decision making. As well, you will verify the accuracy of business partner provided data and ranking results, including, but not limited to investigations to resolve a variety of changing and diverse problems, in order to ensure that regulatory and reporting policies and procedures are met.

The successful incumbent will provide individual, team and channel/segment reports for supported lines of businesses, including but not limited to Telephone Banking, Customer Contact centers, Retail Market, Wealth Management, Business Banking and NSL.

Key Accountabilities

• Produce regular performance and analytical reports for various groups, prepare commentary of observations and analyses to explain month over month and quarter over quarter fluctuations, and produce weekly attestation packages.
• Review and recommend approval of commission and Partner Referral adjustment submissions. Prepare routine adjustment entries in accordance to reporting and process schedules, and adhere to regulatory guidelines and Partner Referral Program.
• Confirm and reconcile report results against information sources, to ensure proper control, reconciliation of systems, and accuracy.
• Utilize technical tools such as Essbase, Tableau, and Oracle to resolve business issues and produce reports with the use of pre‑coded Microsoft.
• Access queries, perform regular entries on the internal spreadsheets and/or database systems and provide analytical support to various internal user groups.
• Assist with the development of new reports, business projects/initiatives, control policies, and testing of new changes to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with regulatory bodies.
• Assisting in the development and implementation of validation and attestation processes and procedures to support adequacy of source data and metrics.
• Conduct in‑depth analyses of the outputs of operational risk management and reporting procedures to assess their effectiveness and identify potential weakness.

Must Haves

• Strong knowledge of Excel.
• Experience with MS Access.
• Knowledge of Essbase/SmartView.
• 1+ years of related business experience (Preferably in finance, or data analyzing).

Nice to have

• Smartview experience.
• Some SAS experience.
• Understanding of computer languages - (concepts, algorithms, understanding of how programing works).

Soft Skills

• Team player who is detail oriented.
• Ability to adapt and accept change/ respond quickly to changing priorities.
• Analytical and problem solving skills.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, and relationship building skills.