Senior Financial Analyst

Accounting & Finance; British Columbia; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst in Vancouver. This role involves financial analysis and revenue accounting, working closely with project teams. The ideal candidate has at least 5 years of experience in the AEC industry, advanced skills in Excel and Power BI, and holds an undergraduate degree in a relevant field. The position offers a competitive salary of $80,000-$95,000 with additional benefits and a hybrid working model.

Benefits

Competitive salary

RSP

Discretionary bonus

Health spending account

3 weeks vacation

Qualifications

• CPA designation is an asset.
• 5+ years of financial accounting and reporting experience.
• Strong grasp of accounting standards and internal controls.

Responsibilities

• Drive financial insights, accuracy, and reporting.
• Perform revenue recognition and analyze WIP and deferred revenue.
• Collaborate with Operations and Finance teams for reporting improvements.

Skills

Financial analysis

Project revenue accounting

Advanced Excel

Power BI

Data visualization

Detail-oriented

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Education

Undergraduate degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or Computer Sciences

Tools

ERP systems

Project management systems

Microsoft Power Platform

Job description

Overview

Senior Financial Analyst

Play a key role in shaping project success - drive financial insights, accuracy, and reporting that impact major initiatives across the organization. If you’re a detail-oriented finance professional who thrives in a fast-paced, project-based environment, this role is for you.

Who – The Company

One of Canada’s premier engineering firms, with offices across Canada and the United States. They continually invest in their company and people to remain a leader in the industry.

Role

We’re looking for a Senior Financial Analyst to join our client’s finance team in supporting the financial health and integrity of projects across the organization. Reporting to the Operations Finance Controller, this role provides financial analysis, project revenue accounting, reporting, and decision-making support.

• Perform revenue recognition (POC and T&M) and analyze WIP, unbilled, deferred revenue, AR, and holdbacks.
• Maintain controls over project EACs, margins, fees, and contract values.
• Support project setup, closure, and maintenance within project / accounting systems.
• Partner with billing and AR teams, manage invoice formats, and calculate special billing rates.
• Ensure integrity between project management and accounting data.
• Collaborate with Operations and Finance teams to improve project accounting and reporting.
• Perform project time and labor costing, including transfers / reclasses.
• Ensure accurate accounting of subconsultant costs and streamline data collection.
• Support audits (financial and project delivery).
• Design and implement Power BI reporting, automation, and process improvements.
• Provide back-up support within the Finance team as needed.

Who – The Candidate

• CPA designation an asset.
• Undergraduate degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or Computer Sciences.
• 5+ years’ financial accounting and reporting in a project-based, fast-paced environment (AEC industry highly preferred).
• Skilled with financial models, consolidating data, and creating actionable analysis.
• Advanced Excel; strong Power BI and data visualization experience.
• ERP and project management systems knowledge.
• Understanding of relational databases and Microsoft Power Platform.
• Strong grasp of accounting standards and internal controls.
• Detail-oriented, analytical, and proactive problem-solver.

How much

Competitive salary in the range of $80,000-$95,000 commensurate with level of experience, RSP, discretionary bonus, health spending account, 3 weeks’ vacation

Where

Vancouver, hybrid working model of 3 days’ onsite.

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