Financial Analyst 2

Powertech Labs; Surrey; On-site; CAD 86,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading clean technology company is seeking a Financial Analyst to provide analytical and consultative services. The role involves assessing financial risks, developing proposals, and collaborating with senior management on major projects. Ideal candidates will have CPA qualifications and extensive experience in financial roles, contributing to a sustainable energy future.

Qualifications

• Five years of experience in financial and business accounting roles.
• Experience as a Financial Analyst 1 or equivalent for at least 18 months.
• Knowledge of GAAP and IFRS.

Responsibilities

• Analyze complex revenue and capital projects.
• Provide financial solutions and consultative advice.
• Assist in preparing and interpreting business cases.

Skills

Analytical skills

Financial planning

Budgeting

Reporting expertise

Project management

Education

Completion of CPA Elective modules

Job description

Powertech Labs Inc is a cleantech company with the mission of being a trusted innovation partner providing solutions, specialized testing, and technical expertise for a safe and sustainable global energy future. Powertech has a global reputation for delivering transformative solutions in both the electric power industry as well as the transport sector. A clean future will be driven by electric and hydrogen power, and we will help get there.

We are always guided by our values as a global clean-technology and engineering company:
• Safety: This top everything. We do our work safely or we do not do it at all.
• Challenges: We ready ourselves for the hardest challenges - through attaining accreditations, developing industry-leading innovative products & services, investing in our labs, hiring great people, and making them better.
• Diverse Teams: We are strongest together and capitalize on our varied attributes - together we are more than the sum of parts.
• Our customers: Customers fuel this company, and we constantly work with them to earn and retain their trust and loyalty. We expect that our customers hold us accountable to our commitments.
• Excellence: Striving for excellence, acting with integrity, and having the highest standards in quality are core to what we do.

Role:
Provides financial accounting, consultative, analytical services and advice to management and staff for an assigned responsibility area. Participates with senior analysts and managers in the study of complex and/or major revenue, capital projects, new business activity initiatives and projects with significant and long term impacts and/or political sensitivities.

Duties:
1. Participates with senior analysts and managers in the study of complex and/or major revenue, capital projects, operational, new business activities and other initiatives with significant and long term impacts and/or political sensitivities; analyzes and assesses short and long term business and financial risks and opportunities using established models; analyzes and reviews submissions for accuracy, completeness and compliance with Business Group and corporate policies and procedures; may develop and present proposals and recommendations on lower risk projects or work; may develop related financial and/or business solutions or program proposals, business cases, budgets and supporting justification analyses and documentation.

2. Provides financial and business solutions advice and recommendations to management, working groups or committees on financial and business operational or program issues; provides recommendations for improvement of existing processes and assists managers or guides clients to adopt the most efficient and prudent financial and business solution(s).

3. Assists and supports senior analysts and managers on working committees/meetings involving complex and/or major financial and business programs and activities; intervenes and follows up to escalate issues, confers with and offers solutions to senior management and committees to address major operational issues; and develops and expedites approved corrective action.

4. Liaises and participates with other Business Group and corporate financial consultants, project team members and consultants to define and develop specifications for new or revised operational, processing, procedural and/or computer systems changes; coordinates and organizes project implementation details, procedural changes, training and change management details; follows up to expedite the resolution of problems.

5. Performs all the same duties as the Financial Analyst 1 job. Provides technical direction, advice and/or training to management and lower-level financial accounting employees on financial policies, procedures, practices, systems, approval and reporting requirements and to project team members. May be required to provide work leadership over assigned staff.

6. Performs duties of a minor nature related to the above duties that do not affect the rating of the job.

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities Required:

• All the Skills, Knowledge and Abilities of the Financial Analyst 1 job.
• Well-developed ability to study, analyze and develop proposals or recommendations related to complex and/or major revenue, capital projects, operational, new business activities and other initiatives.
• Well-developed analytical, costing, control and reporting expertise to participate with senior analysts and managers in complex and/or major capital projects, financial evaluations, business cases and studies.
• Well-developed ability to provide financial support and consultative advice on business and financial planning, and management issues.
• Well-developed ability and knowledge of financial and management planning, budgeting, forecasting and reporting policies, procedures and systems.
• Excellent ability to assist senior analysts and managers in the preparation, analysis and interpretation of complex and/or major business cases and related justifications in specific financial justification and broader business case contexts.
• Excellent knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
• Excellent knowledge of cost and/or billing and revenue accounting procedures.
• Well-developed knowledge of financing, accounting, planning and budgetary control for major complex capital projects.
• Good knowledge of project management.
• Ability to redesign and improve processes.
• Ability to summarize information from detailed date for senior management reports.

Qualifications:
Completion of both CPA Elective modules or qualified/eligible to write the Common Final Exam (CFE).

Five (5) years of experience in progressively more responsible financial and business accounting roles, including 18 months as a Financial Analyst 1 or in an equivalent role.

What we offer:
MoveUp: Group 11
Annual Salary Range: $86K - $92K
Resident Role - required to be in the office

Powertech Labs is an equal opportunity employer. We include everyone. We welcome applications from anyone, including members of visible minorities, women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, and others with the skills and knowledge to productively engage with diverse communities. We are also happy to provide reasonable accommodations throughout the selection process and while working at Powertech Labs.

Maintaining customer-confidence and our reputation is key: To this end, all our campus and laboratories are accredited to ISO9001 (quality), ISO14001 (environment stewardship) and ISO45001 (safety) and IEC/ISO 17025 for over 100 standards. To complement the focus on accreditation, we encourage our experts to drive global standards and provide development opportunities for all staff to grow in their role and to advance in their careers.

Working at Powertech is not a job but a career. If you want to be a part of a growing clean technology company that is impactful and working towards a common goal of accelerating the world towards a net zero carbon future, come and join our team.