Financial Analyst I

Paymentus; Richmond Hill; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services company in York Region is seeking a Financial Analyst to evaluate financial data and support audit requests. The role requires a bachelor's degree and at least 2 years of experience, with a focus on analytical skills and proficiency in Excel. This full-time position involves collaboration with various departments to optimize financial processes.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of financial analyst experience required.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Ability to interpret large datasets and deliver insights.

Responsibilities

• Analyze cost of revenue procedures.
• Prepare and send cost reconciliations.
• Perform monthly and quarterly variance analysis.

Skills

Excel proficiency

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Economics, Finance, Business, Accounting

Working towards CPA

Tools

Sage Intacct

Tableau

SQL

VBA Macros

Job description

The Financial Analyst collects and analyzes internal and external financial information to evaluate the company’s financial position, how financial decisions will impact short- and long-term growth, and make financial recommendations. The Financial Analyst also supports other financial functions, including, support audit requests and the invoicing process, and works with the Finance Team to accomplish other interdepartmental goals and quotas.

Essential Functions/ Responsibilities

• Analyzing all cost of revenue procedures and identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Preparing, issuing, and sending cost of revenue reconciliations (external vs internal reports) to other internal departments as required.
• Perform and present detailed monthly and quarterly variance analysis of Cost of Revenue, highlighting key drivers, trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Perform and prepare agency commission reports for sales reps and key vendor partners.
• Communicating with account managers and other departments, resolving issues, and providing clarifications on commissions.
• Perform and/or review balance sheet reconciliations for key accounts related to COGS, prepaid assets, and fixed assets (depreciation).
• Prepare and submit journal entries as required, for COGS and other ad-hoc entries.
• Prepare detailed financial reconciliations and follow-up on the differences with different departments.
• Assist the Finance Team with month-end close and ad hoc projects.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position does not have any supervisory responsibility or direct reports.

Education and Experience

• A bachelor's degree in Economics, Finance, Business, Accounting, or related field.
• Working towards CPA is highly preferred.
• 2+ year’s financial analyst experience.
• Excellent proficiency in Excel with ability to query and analyze large amounts of financial data (pivot tables, complex formulas, vlookup/index-match, modeling,). Familiarity with CSV imports, VBA Macros, SQL, Sage Intacct and Tableau is preferred.
• Good organizational and time management skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to prioritize.
• Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and financial modeling skills with a proven ability to interpret large datasets and deliver clear, actionable insights.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills – proven ability to professionally interface with functional teams including Operations and IT, as well as third party providers/clients.

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as laptop computers, photocopiers and smartphones.

Physical Demands

This role requires sitting or standing at a computer workstation for extended periods of time.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, 40 hours per week. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand.

Travel

No travel is required for this position.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

EEO Statement

Paymentus is an equal opportunity employer. We enthusiastically accept our responsibility to make employment decisions without regard to race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, religion, marital status, disability, military service or veteran status, genetic information, medical condition including medical characteristics, or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws and ordinances. Our management is dedicated to ensuring the fulfillment of this policy with respect to hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, recruitment advertising, pay, and other forms of compensation, training, and general treatment during employment.

Reasonable Accommodation

Paymentus recognizes and supports its obligation to endeavor to accommodate job applicants and employees with known physical or mental disabilities who are able to perform the essential functions of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation. Paymentus will endeavor to provide reasonable accommodations to otherwise qualified job applicants and employees with known physical or mental disabilities, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on the Company or pose a direct threat of substantial harm to the employee or others.

An applicant or employee who believes he or she needs a reasonable accommodation of a disability should discuss the need for possible accommodation with the Human Resources Department, or his or her direct supervisor.