Senior Financial Analyst (12 Month Contract)

Vaco by Highspring; Toronto; On-site; CAD 77,000 - 104,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonuses

Medical benefits

401(k) retirement plan

Job summary

Vaco/Highspring is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst for a 1-year contract in the Greater Toronto Area. The ideal candidate will develop and maintain financial reports, support budgeting and forecasting, and drive process improvements across finance functions.

Strong Excel skills and experience with Sage Intacct are highly valued. The role focuses on improving reporting accuracy, automating manual tasks, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver practical financial solutions.

Qualifications

• Proven experience with cloud-based financial management and ERP systems (Sage Intacct a strong asset).
• Advanced Excel skills for financial modeling, reporting, and analysis.
• Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, and management reporting.
• Proven ability to translate business requirements into practical system solutions.
• Excellent communication skills across finance and operations teams.
• Experience documenting processes and supporting user adoption is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain financial and operational reports, dashboards, and management reporting tools.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial planning activities.
• Improve reporting processes and automate manual tasks to enhance efficiency and data accuracy.
• Review and optimize financial system configurations, workflows, approvals, controls, and user access structures.
• Assist with process improvements across procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, project accounting, and financial reporting.
• Collaborate with finance, operations, and project stakeholders to gather requirements and implement practical solutions.
• Create documentation, procedures, and user guides to support knowledge transfer and long-term sustainability.
• Analyze existing processes and recommend best practices to streamline workflows and improve reporting capabilities.

Skills

Sage Intacct

Excel

Budgeting & forecasting

Process improvement

Requirements analysis

Communication

Documentation

Job description

Senior Financial Analyst – 1 year Contract

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain financial and operational reports, dashboards, and management reporting tools.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial planning activities.
• Improve reporting processes and automate manual tasks to enhance efficiency and data accuracy.
• Review and optimize financial system configurations, workflows, approvals, controls, and user access structures.
• Assist with process improvements across core finance functions such as procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, project accounting, and financial reporting.
• Collaborate with finance, operations, and project stakeholders to gather requirements and implement practical solutions.
• Create documentation, procedures, and user guides to support knowledge transfer and long-term sustainability.
• Analyze existing processes and recommend best practices to streamline workflows and improve reporting capabilities.

Qualifications

• Strong experience working with cloud-based financial management and ERP systems, Sage Intacct a strong asset
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including financial modeling, reporting, and analysis.
• Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, and management reporting.
• Proven track record improving financial processes, controls, and reporting frameworks.
• Ability to translate business requirements into practical system and process solutions.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to work across finance and operational teams.
• Experience documenting processes and supporting user adoption is considered an asset.

$90,000/ Year

By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions.

You must currently reside within the Greater Toronto Area and be permitted to work in Canada to be considered for this opportunity. A recruiter will be in touch with you if your profile meets our client’s requirements for this role.

This position for employment is for a current vacancy with Vaco/Highspring’s client. You must currently reside within the Greater Toronto Area and be permitted to work in Canada to be considered for this opportunity. A recruiter will be in touch with you if your profile meets our client’s requirements for this role

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco/Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual’s skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law in geographies that require salary range disclosure, Vaco/Highspring notes the salary range for the role is noted in this job posting.

• discretionary bonuses
• medical, dental, and vision benefits
• company’s 401(k) retirement plan

Additional disclaimer: Unless otherwise noted in the job description, the position Vaco/Highspring is filing for is occupied. Please note, however, that Vaco/Highspring is regularly asked to provide talent to other organizations. By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. Submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase within Vaco/Highspring will be otherwise assessed by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco/Highspring does not have knowledge of the tools used by its clients in making final hiring decisions and cannot opine on their use of AI products.