Financial Accountant

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority; Winnipeg; Hybrid; CAD 29,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in health services is seeking a dedicated financial accountant to enhance efficiency across various departments. This role involves maintaining journal entries, preparing financial reports, and analyzing accounts to support decision-making. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills and a solid understanding of accounting practices, particularly in the public sector. Join a team committed to delivering equitable health care and make a meaningful impact on the community. If you're ready to take your career to the next level in a supportive environment, this opportunity is for you.

Qualifications

• 3 years of experience in accounting and finance.
• Knowledge of financial reporting and operational metrics.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and ensure accuracy of monthly journal entries.
• Prepare financial and statistical reports for users.
• Identify and recommend improvements for financial services.

Skills

Leadership

Accounting Practices

Public Sector Accounting Standards

Education

CPA Professional Education Program

Formal Education in Financial Data Modeling

Tools

SAP

Great Plains

Job description

Requisition ID: 380017

Position Number: 20044649

Posting End Date: May 5, 2025

City: Winnipeg

Employer: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

Site: WRHA Corporate

Department / Unit: WRHA Accounting Services

Job Stream: Non-Clinical

Union: Non Union

Anticipated Start Date: 05/26/2025

FTE: 1.00

Anticipated Shift: Days

Work Arrangement: Hybrid

Daily Hours Worked: 7.75

Annual Base Hours: 2015

Salary:$29.582, $31.300, $33.112, $35.036, $37.052, $39.182

Grow your career in the Winnipeg Health Region! Our team provides a spectrum of health care services through an integrated network of sites, services and organizations. We’re united by a shared commitment to excellent and equitable health care.

Position Overview

Working as assigned with a customer-centric mindset, each position will be assigned to support various work areas, specialties, business units, services, projects and improvement initiatives. Independently or as part of a team, financial accountants support the assigned site/service areas to identify, design and suggest improvements which produce efficiency of the health services.

• Responsible for the maintenance and accuracy of monthly journal entries.
• Accurate and timely preparation of financial and statistical reports for internal and external users.
• Reconciles and analyzes general ledger financial and statistical accounts.
• Assist in creation and maintenance of year-end audit files.
• Maintains and monitors capital asset records.
• Responsible for the review of accounts receivable aging and trial balance on a monthly basis.
• Create financial reports and financial models to support decision-making.
• Preparation of monthly statistical reports.
• Identify, design and deliver recommendations for improvements to enhance efficiency of various financial services, systems, processes and procedures.
• Provide insight into problem identification, data interpretation, and the identification, investigation, testing and refinement of potential solutions to address systemic barriers to efficiency and quality care.

Experience

• 3 years of progressive experience in accounting and finance.
• 2 years’ experience of financial reporting and operational metrics tracking.
• Experience using the finance and accounting modules of a comprehensive ERP system (e.g., SAP and/or Great Plains) is considered an asset.

Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)

• Presently enrolled into the CPA Professional Education Program (PEP of the CPA designation); an equivalentcombination of education and experience may be considered.
• Additional formal education in diverse and innovative financial business data modeling, funding and commissioning models in the public sector, and systematic process improvement methodologies (such as the lean transformation framework) are assets.

Certification/Licensure/Registration

Not Applicable

Qualifications and Skills

• Demonstrated comprehensive mid-level leadership capabilities.
• Knowledge of business accounting practices and Public Sector Accounting standards is an asset.

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to work safely in a typical computerized office environment with frequent meetings at multiple sites throughout the organization, and to lift and carry items of up to approximately 25 pounds.

This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Golden West Centennial Lodge, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services.

Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.

Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition.

Wewelcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodationsare available upon request during the assessment and selection process.