Financial Analyst

The University of Alberta; Edmonton; Hybrid; CAD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Alberta is seeking a Financial Analyst for a hybrid role at North Campus Edmonton. The position supports the Finance Partnership Network within Finance, Procurement and Planning, bridging post-award administration with data-driven reporting and budgeting.

You will develop standard reporting templates, manage journals and monthly reporting, and provide guidance on financial reporting to executives and stakeholders. Emphasis on data management and trend analysis.

Qualifications

• Develop and implement standard reporting templates for budgeting, forecasting and reporting.
• Prepare and distribute management reports and budgets with accuracy.
• Provide guidance and training on financial reporting to stakeholders.
• Perform data entry, journal entries and monthly close duties.
• Analyze processes, collect data and produce trend reports for executives.

Responsibilities

• Assessment of processes and delivering data-driven recommendations.
• Building reporting tools and dashboards for the Finance Partnership Network.
• Ensure effective data management and handling of requests.

Job description

This competition will be used to fill multiple positions.

Location - This role is hybrid with a mix of remote and in-person work at North Campus Edmonton.

The Financial Analyst will play a key role in the Finance Partnership Network within Finance, Procurement and Planning in bridging the gap for research post-award administration, develop and implementation of standard reporting templates, generating financial data and building of reporting tools that will help support the finance partnership network in budgeting, forecasting and reporting.

The incumbent will assess processes, determine requirements, and deliver data-driven recommendations and reports to executives and stakeholders to achieve the goals of the department and division. In addition to day-to-day data entry support, journal entries and monthly reporting, this position will be responsible for account analysis and reconciliation, preparation and distribution of management reports and budgets while ensuring accuracy and consistency as well as making recommendations for improvement in financial reporting and providing guidance, advice and training to community members.

This position will ensure effective data and information management (collection, analysis and reporting),and is responsible for assessing requests, compiling statistical information, investigating, preparing reports and analyzing trend information.