Financial Analyst

Strad Inc.; Calgary; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Strad Inc. in Calgary is seeking a Financial Analyst to deliver financial and operational insight, partnering with finance, operations, and IT to drive improvements and reliable reporting.

You will develop annual budgets, multi-year forecasts, and financial models, and build Power BI dashboards and automated workflows to support decision-making and data integrity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, accounting or finance required.
• 3–6 years accounting experience required.
• CPA designation or in progress preferred.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Power Platform (Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate) preferred.
• Strong understanding of accounting theory.
• Intermediate to advanced Excel skills required.
• Oilfield services experience preferred.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve financial and operational reporting for senior management.
• Maintain automated reporting and reconciliation processes and schedules.
• Develop annual budgets, multi-year forecasts and financial models.
• Provide ad hoc analysis to resolve accounting and data questions.
• Develop Power BI reports, dashboards, data models and calculations.
• Build data extraction and transformation between NAV, Dataverse, Excel and SharePoint.
• Design and maintain workflows using Power Platform tools.
• Maintain asset and CAPEX reporting within the Power Platform.
• Support inventory and shipping data processes and reconciliations.

Skills

Analytical skills

Financial reporting

Power Platform

Advanced Excel

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/accounting/finance

CPA designation preferred/pursuing

Tools

Power BI

Power Apps

Power Automate

Dynamics NAV

Dataverse

Job description

Salary Range: CA$80,000.00 To CA$100,000.00 Annually

Reports To: Controller

Department: Finance & Accounting

Safety Sensitive: No

The Financial Analyst delivers financial and operational insight to support Finance, Operations, and senior management. The position partners with business users, finance leaders, and internal IT to identify process improvements and manage solutions from requirements and design through implementation, training, troubleshooting, and ongoing support, while providing backup coverage for reporting and fixed-asset functions as needed.

Major Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and improve financial and operational reporting to support Finance, Operations and senior management.
• Maintain and enhance automated financial reporting and reconciliation processes, including financial statements, month-end processes, and supporting schedules.
• Develop and maintain annual budgets, multi-year forecasts, and financial models incorporating operational drivers, capital expenditures, and scenario analysis.
• Provide ad hoc analysis and investigative support to the Controller and other finance leaders to resolve complex accounting, reporting, and data questions.
• Develop and maintain Power BI reports, dashboards, data models, and calculations.
• Build and support data extraction and transformation processes connecting Dynamics NAV, Dataverse, Excel, SharePoint, and other business data sources.
• Design, develop, and maintain business applications and automated workflows using Power Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse, and Excel Office Scripts.
• Maintain and enhance the fixed-asset Power Platform solution, including asset registers, amortization calculations, journal-entry generation, continuity schedules, and capital expenditure reporting.
• Maintain and enhance the shipping manifest and inventory-control Power Platform solution supporting field and office users, including data collection, approvals, document generation, and inventory reconciliation.
• Work with users to assess inefficient or inadequate processes, identify improvements, and develop practical solutions that reduce manual work and improve reliability.
• Manage solution delivery from requirements gathering and process design through development, testing, implementation, training, and ongoing support.
• Troubleshoot business application errors, failed workflows, data refresh issues, and reporting discrepancies.
• Liaise with Microsoft support and internal IT, as required, to investigate and resolve service outages, software bugs, and other technical issues affecting business processes.
• Build validation, reconciliation, and exception handling into reports, applications, and workflows to maintain data integrity and support financial controls.
• Participate in other finance, systems, and process-improvement projects as required.
• Additional duties based on business needs.

Knowledge, Education, Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, accounting or finance, required.
• 3-6 years accounting experience, required.
• CPA designated accountant, or working toward designations, preferred.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Power Platform applications (Power Bi, Power Apps, and Power Automate), preferred.
• Strong understanding of accounting theory.
• Good critical thinking and problem solving skills.
• Intermediate to advanced skills in Excel, required.
• Ability to meet assigned deadlines.
• Oilfield services experience is preferred.
• Strong organizational skills; task prioritization and effective time management.
• Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with all levels of employees, management and external agencies to maximize performance, creativity, problem solving and results.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a solution-oriented focus.

Health and Safety:

All Employees as a minimum must:

• Take reasonable care to prevent harm to themselves
• Consider the potential for harm to others or the environment that may be caused by their acts or omissions
• Work in accordance with information and training provided
• Refrain from intentionally misusing or recklessly interfering with anything that has been provided for Health, Safety and Environmental reasons
• Report any hazardous defects in plant, equipment and workplace, or shortcomings in the existing controls, to a responsible person without delay.
• Not undertake any task for which authorization and/or training has not been given.