Senior Analyst, Financial Reporting

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) Société canadienne d'hypothèques et de logement(SCHL); Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 74,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) is seeking a Senior Analyst, Financial Reporting to lead data validation, dashboards, and reporting for the Business Optimization Planning team. You will verify data quality and oversee scheduled client data and ad hoc reports to ensure timely, accurate information across Ottawa, Montreal, and Toronto offices.

The role requires a three-year finance/reporting background, an undergraduate degree in accounting/finance/business, and proficiency with

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in accounting/finance/business administration or equivalent.
• Minimum of three years of related work experience in finance or reporting.
• Strong knowledge of financial statements, accounting principles, and regulatory environment.
• Ability to synthesize information and provide recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Provide analysis using various techniques to identify issues and options for informed decisions.
• Conduct complex analyses involving multiple stakeholders to assess trends and opportunities.
• Prepare and communicate financial information and reports for internal and external stakeholders.
• Produce comprehensive annual, monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc reports and support problem-solving.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Education

Undergraduate degree in accounting/finance/business administration

Tools

Microsoft Office

Databricks

Python

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Job Requisition ID: 12516

Position Status: Temporary Full Time

Position Type: Hybrid

Office Location: Ottawa (ON); Montreal (QC); Toronto (ON)

Travel Requirement: Limited

Language Designation: English Essential

Language Skill Levels (Read/Write/Speak): ZZZ

Security Requirement: Reliability Status

Salary: Our salaries generally range from $ 73555.31 to $ 91944.14 and are based on qualifications and experience.

About CMHC

The work you do and the work we do together matters. We come to work every day with a common purpose: to contribute to a well-functioning housing system.

At CMHC, we hold ourselves accountable for our results and support our colleagues in their achievements. We thrive on collaboration, connecting across CMHC and involving the right people to get our work done. Our leadership style is guided by trust, where our leaders favour an adaptive approach based on the needs of their teams.

Join us and be part of a team that's committed to making a real difference and be part of something meaningful.

Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

We're committed to advancing employment equity and fostering an inclusive workplace. To reflect the diversity of Canada’s population, we encourage applications from women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, 2SLGBTQI+ individuals, veterans, and racialized peoples. We also welcome applications from all individuals eligible to work in Canada.

We are also committed to advancing reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples and supporting the meaningful inclusion of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis voices and priorities. While this position is hybrid requiring some in-office presence, a work from home arrangement may be considered for First Nations candidates on reserve or Indigenous candidates that reside further than 125KM from a CMHC office.

Benefits

We’ve got the purpose, the people and the perks you need for a fulfilling career. Here’s the comprehensive and generous benefits you get when you’re a contract employee:

• Accrued vacation.
• Annual individual performance bonus.
• Support towards your personal and professional growth with training, mentorship and more.
• While positions at CMHC require some in-office presence, alternative work arrangements may be considered for Indigenous candidates.

About The Role

Join the Business Optimization Planning team, in the Senior Analyst, Financial Reporting position. In this role, you will lead the creation, validation, and ongoing monitoring activities to evaluate data quality, performance, and regulatory compliance. You will manage the oversight of scheduled client data, dashboards, and reporting to guarantee that all information is accurately processed and delivered punctually. You will also produce Ad/hoc report, strategy and tangible actions mined from multiple data sources.

This is a temporary position until November 2027.

What You’ll Do

• Provide analysis using a variety of analytical techniques, approaches, and methods and identify issues and options to make logical, well-reasoned, and effective decisions.
• Conduct complex analyses involving multiple stakeholders to identify trends, inform decision-making, and evaluate business opportunities and threats.
• Analyze financial and non-financial information using mainly standard tools and methods. Work on analysis of increased complexity, which could involve multiple stakeholders and/or dependencies.
• Produce comprehensive reports (annual, monthly, quarterly, ad hoc) and assist departments with problem-solving.
• Prepare and communicate financial information for internal and external stakeholders, including financial reports, ATIP’s, Parliamentary questions and complex reconciliations.
• Complete complex recurring or non-routine reconciliations and reporting following pre-established processes.
• Develop and analyze reports (financial, regular, and ad hoc) requiring further analysis from various systems.
• Participate in review of operational processes and policies to ensure sound and consistent financial and non-financial analysis protocol and document procedures to ensure business continuity and knowledge transfer within the team.
• Analyze various reports, data, and business processes to ensure compliance with business logic.

What You’ll Need

• An undergraduate degree in a related field such as accounting, finance or business administration.
• A minimum of three years of related work experience in finance or reporting. An equivalent combination of education and/or experience will be considered.
• Strong knowledge of the financial, legislative and regulatory environment.
• A good understanding of financial statements and general accounting principles.
• A strong ability to gather and analyze information, synthesize key elements and summarize with recommendations.
• Solid communications and strong organization skills to participate in several projects.
• The ability to work in a multi-demand environment.
• The ability to function in a sophisticated technological environment using quantitative and statistical analysis software such as the standard Microsoft suite, Databricks, Python, Power BI, Tableau as well as other consolidation and reporting tools.

It Would Be Great If You Also Had

• A Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation.
• Bilingualism (French/English).

Posting closing date

Note, the competition will remain active until filled.