Financial Analyst

The University of Alberta; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Alberta in Edmonton, North Campus is seeking a Financial Analyst to join the Finance Partnership Network. The role focuses on bridging post-award administration with finance, developing standard reporting templates, and building data-driven tools for budgeting, forecasting and reporting.

Responsibilities include data entry, journal entries, monthly reporting, account analysis, and preparing management reports and budgets.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement standard reporting templates.
• Generate financial data and reporting tools for budgeting, forecasting and reporting.
• Assess processes, determine requirements, and deliver data-driven recommendations to executives and stakeholders.
• Perform day-to-day data entry, journal entries and monthly reporting.
• Conduct account analysis and reconciliation; prepare and distribute management reports and budgets.

Skills

Data analysis

Financial reporting

Budgeting

Forecasting

Process improvement

Tools

Excel

reporting tools

Job description

Location - This role is in-person. Work primarily takes place 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.