Senior Financial Analyst

Edmonton International Airport (YEG); Edmonton; On-site; CAD 55,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Dental coverage

Pension matching

Continuing learning opportunities

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Edmonton Airports is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to join the Finance team. This role partners with stakeholders, supports monthly and annual financial reporting, and helps maintain accounting systems.

You will prepare reconciliations, perform variance analyses, and assist auditors while mentoring junior staff. The ideal candidate has a university degree in Accounting/Finance, CPA near completion, and 3+ years of full-cycle accounting experience.

Qualifications

• Recognized University Degree in Accounting/Finance or related area.
• CPA designation or close to completion.
• 3+ years of full cycle accounting experience.
• Strong MS Excel and MS Office skills.
• Knowledge of Canadian GAAP; ASNPO/ASPE is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Provide analytical support for monthly and annual financial reporting.
• Generate monthly financial duties and ensure accuracy and timeliness.
• Produce ad-hoc reporting and assist with monthly close processes.
• Prepare reconciliations, variance analysis, working papers and journal entries.
• Liaise with internal and external auditors and stakeholders.

Skills

MS Excel

Power BI

Power Query

MS Dynamics AX

Analytical skills

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

University degree in Accounting/Finance

CPA designation (near completion)

Tools

Power BI

Power Query

MS Dynamics AX

Job description

People come together at Edmonton Airports. They connect. Learn. Imagine. We are an Airport for Everyone, uniting people for a world of possibilities. At Edmonton Airports, we aim to create a community of unique individuals to allow for expanded ideas, perspectives, collaboration and innovative business decisions. We do this by fostering positive, enthusiastic people who are excited take on challenges. As an organization, we value opportunities to create diversity within our team, including backgrounds, experiences, perspectives and ways of working together. True to our core values, we are invested in our talent and consider professional development, specialty training and career growth among the top priorities to expand team member skillset as we continue evolving with new technologies and forward-thinking ideas. As recipients of the 2024 Alberta Top 80 Employer Award, we work to elevate the experience even higher and facilitate new possibilities at our region’s airports.

Les personnes se rassemblent à Edmonton Airports. Elles nouent des liens. Elles apprennent. Elles imaginent. Nous sommes un aéroport pour tout le monde et nous unissons les gens autour d’un monde de possibilités. À Edmonton Airports, nous nous efforçons de rassembler une communauté de gens uniques pour permettre l’expansion des idées et des perspectives, favoriser la collaboration ainsi que la prise de décisions commerciales novatrices. Nous valorisons, comme organisme, les occasions de promouvoir la diversité au sein de l’équipe, notamment en termes d’origines, d’expériences, de perspectives et de façons de travailler ensemble. Fidèles à nos valeurs fondamentales, nous nous engageons à investir dans nos talents et considérons le développement professionnel, la formation spécialisée et l’évolution de la carrière comme des priorités absolues afin d’élargir l’éventail des compétences des membres de notre équipe et de continuer à évoluer au gré des nouvelles technologies et idées novatrices. Lauréate du 2024 Alberta Top 80 Employer Award, l’entreprise s’efforce constamment d’améliorer l’expérience et de favoriser l’émergence de nouvelles possibilités aux aéroports de notre région.

Senior Financial Analyst

1 Full-time, Permanent position

Is This Role for You?

The Senior Financial Analyst is a key representative of the Finance Function and contributes to establishing and maintaining long-term collaborative stakeholder relationships. They act as a trusted business partner and key contributor with the Finance Culture and Risk team.

Reporting to the Manager, Finance the Senior Financial Analyst, is responsible for providing analytical support for monthly and annual financial reporting. This individual will assist in generating monthly financial duties and ensuring accuracy and timeliness. They will also help produce ad-hoc reporting. The successful candidate possesses leadership and communication skills to complement their technical skills.

Day in The Life

Responsibilities

You might be wondering what you can expect in a typical day at work. Every day will bring new opportunities, focusing on key responsibilities, including:

• Understand source and flow of all financial and statistical data and ensure integrity and accuracy of data.
• Work closely with subject matter experts in other teams to develop and continuously improve reporting and help translate business needs into impactful reporting.
• Staying at the forefront of updates to the accounting standard and new system features and technologies.
• Helping to maintain financial reporting systems, including developing, improving and testing.
• Perform an integral role in the monthly close process by preparing reconciliations, variance analysis, working papers and preparing and posting journal entries.
• Liaise with internal and external auditors.
• Accountable for preparing monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports and financial statements in accordance with accounting standards. The quality and accuracy of financial information are significant output factors of this role.
• Act as the central liaison between the corporate finance team and operational business units by preparing, evaluating, interpreting, documenting and communicating financial reports to various internal and external stakeholders.
• Identify areas of inefficiencies in monthly, quarterly and annual processes and offer solutions to improve efficiencies.
• Provide guidance, direction and mentoring for staff members by providing high level technical expertise, assigning day to day tasks, reviewing their work, conducting regular briefings and making any relevant recommendation to the Manager.
• Review financial components of contractual agreements and ensure the recording of such transaction adheres to the applicable accounting standard.
• Maintain proper training documentation, and cross training with team members to provide vacation coverage.
• Adhere to procedures, policies, internal controls, and external financial accounting standards.
• Contributes to the ongoing development of systems and processes, identifies improvement opportunities, develops actionable solutions, and plan work and set priorities.

You Have

• Recognized University Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or in a related area.
• CPA designation or close to completion
• A minimum of 3+ years of full cycle accounting experience.
• Intermediate to advanced experience with MS Excel and intermediate experience with other MS Office based applications (e.g. PowerPoint, Word, Outlook).
• A thorough knowledge and understanding of Canadian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Experience working with ASNPO or ASPE is an asset.
• Experience with a monthly close cycle and preparation of financial statements is a requirement
• Strong analytical capabilities, problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to grasp new concepts quickly and efficiently.
• Self-motivated and able to work with minimal supervision.
• Effective at managing multiple projects and tasks of varying complexities, meeting deadlines and working well under pressure.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Adaptable and eager to learn new systems. Experience with PowerBI, Power Query and MS Dynamics AX considered an asset.
• Ability to develop and sustain cooperative working relationships; team player

REPORTS TO: Manager, Finance

BAND: Band 6

SALARY: $45.33 hourly

POSTING DATE: October 14, 2026 (Internal/External)

CLOSING DATE: October 23, 2026 (Internal/External, or until a suitable candidate is found)

Applicants from this competition may be utilized to fill future vacancies of a similar nature.

Edmonton Airports Offers

• Challenging, rewarding opportunities that allow team members to thrive in what they do.
• Continuous learning: we are invested in our talent, offering continued learning opportunities for our team members.
• Competitive Health & Dental coverage as well as a Health Spending Account, allowing you to spend where you and your family need.
• Retirement program including pension matching as well as financial and retirement planning services.
• An environment of collaboration, team building and growth opportunities.

About Edmonton Airports

Edmonton International Airport (YEG) is driving economic prosperity for the Edmonton Metropolitan Region and beyond. It is Canada's fifth-busiest airport by passenger traffic and the largest Canadian airport by land area, generating an economic output of over $5.3 billion and supporting over 23,500 jobs.

YEG's Airport City Sustainability Campus is a living lab for innovation and sustainability, including hydrogen and drone technology, supporting our advancements toward net-zero by 2050. As an Airport for Everyone, YEG provides a welcoming space that fosters diversity, equity and inclusion. For more information: www.flyeia.com

“At Edmonton Airports, the horizon captures our imaginations. Surrounded by expansive prairies, our eyes are constantly drawn to that distant place where the sky meets the earth. It’s a place where possibilities can take flight — and we help them get off the ground. None of us can fly alone. But together, we can soar.”

– Myron Keehn, President & CEO

Edmonton Airports is an equal opportunity employer.

Edmonton Airports Offre

• des perspectives stimulantes et gratifiantes qui permettent aux membres de l’équipe de s’épanouir dans leurs fonctions.
• formation continue : nous investissons dans nos talents et offrons des possibilités de formation continue aux membres de notre équipe.
• une assurance maladie et dentaire concurrentielle ainsi qu’une allocation de dépenses pour les soins de santé, ce qui vous permet de dépenser en fonction de vos besoins et de ceux de votre famille.
• un programme de retraite, y compris un régime avec contribution correspondante de l’entreprise ainsi que des services financiers et de planification pour la retraite.
• un milieu propice à la collaboration, à l’esprit d’équipe et aux possibilités de croissance.

Au Sujet D’Edmonton Airports

L’Aéroport international d’Edmonton (YEG) favorise la prospérité économique de la région métropolitaine d’Edmonton et d’ailleurs. Il est le cinquième aéroport du Canada en ce qui concerne le trafic de passagères et de passagers et le plus grand aéroport canadien en matière de superficie. Il génère une production économique de plus de 5,3 milliards de dollars et appuie plus de 23 500 emplois. Le Campus de durabilité de la Cité de l’aéroport de YEG est comme un laboratoire vivant en matière d’innovation et de durabilité, notamment en ce qui concerne la technologie liée à l’hydrogène et aux drones, ce qui contribue à la progression vers l’atteinte de la carboneutralité d’ici à 2050. Comme aéroport pour tout le monde, YEG est un lieu accueillant qui favorise la diversité, l’équité et l’inclusion.Pour obtenir de plus amples renseignements : www.voyageryeg.com.

À Edmonton Airports, l’horizon saisit notre imagination collective. Entourés d’une vaste étendue de prairies, nous avons les yeux constamment attirés vers ce lieu lointain où se rejoignent le ciel et la terre. Il s’agit d’un endroit où les possibilités prennent leur envol – et nous les aidons à s’envoler. Aucun d’entre nous ne peut faire cavalier seul. Mais, ensemble, nous pouvons atteindre les étoiles.

– Myron Keehn, président et chef de la direction, Edmonton Airports

Edmonton Airports est un employeur qui souscrit au principe de l’égalité d’accès à l’emploi.