Financial Analyst - Finance

WorkplaceNL; San Juan de Terranova; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A public sector organization in Canada is seeking a Financial Analyst to manage its financial reporting and budget preparation processes. The role requires a Bachelor's degree in Commerce, a professional accounting designation, and over five years of relevant experience. Key responsibilities include preparing financial statements, developing asset tracking systems, and collaborating closely with management. The ideal candidate possesses strong analytical and organizational skills, and is proficient with financial modeling and PC applications.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years related experience in financial statements and statistical analyses.
• Experience with advanced personal computer applications.

Responsibilities

• Prepares annual financial statements to report funding position.
• Participates in the preparation of annual budgets.
• Develops tracking system for fixed assets.
• Creates and maintains financial models.
• Works closely with Manager of Accounting on financial details.

Skills

Organizational skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor of Commerce degree

Professional accounting designation

Job description

As WorkplaceNL’s Financial Analyst you will be accountable for monitoring and reporting WorkplaceNL's financial position. Through participation in the preparation of annual financial statements, administration of the budget process, implementation of timely stewardship reporting, effective investment and asset management and use business case analysis, you play a key role in assisting the organization in monitoring and achieving corporate goals.

Role Responsibilities

• Prepares documents to assist in the preparation of the annual financial statements which report WorkplaceNL’s funding position to all its stakeholders. Through this process, you will be responsible for providing WorkplaceNL's actuary with the necessary historical data to be used in the liability valuation and for preparing the liability working papers and schedules.
• Participates in the preparation of the Annual Consolidated Administrative, Capital and Project Budgets. Through direct communication with managers and directors, you relay the significance/impact of executive management directives concerning budgetary requirements.
• Develops a working knowledge of the comprehensive tracking system for WorkplaceNL’s fixed assets. The system ensures the safeguarding of WorkplaceNL’s fixed assets and provides adequate controls to prevent theft and fraud.
• Creates financial models and ensuring that the financial models established and maintained by the department accurately reflect the financial, economic and business conditions facing WorkplaceNL. WorkplaceNL utilizes financial modeling techniques and tools to determine expected future outcomes, evaluate alternatives and assist with mapping organizational goals and direction.
• Works closely with the Manager, Accounting, on a daily basis regarding details of accounting practices benefit payment systems, actuarial data requests and findings, revenue requirements and auditors’ requests. With increased emphasis on accountability and outcome-based measures, the Finance Department plays a larger role in financial and statistical reporting to all levels of the organization.

Essential Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor of Commerce degree, supplemented by a recognized professional accounting designation and a minimum of five years’ related experience in the preparation of financial statements and various statistical analyses.
• The successful candidate must have excellent organizational, analytical, oral and written communication skills and experience with advanced personal computer applications.

What success looks like in this role

• Building collaborative partnerships with internal teams.
• Being aware of various policies and procedures that affect the Finance Department in providing support to internal stakeholders.
• Being effective in dealing with a variety of clients and ensure problems are addressed in an effective manner.

An eligibility list may be established from this competition to fill future vacancies within a period of six months from the date of this posting.

We thank all candidates for their interest; however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

For more information, please visit www.workplacenl.ca