Senior Financial Analyst Team Lead Consolidations

Stantec Consulting Ltd.; Edmonton; Hybrid; CAD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst, Team Lead in their Corporate Financial Services Team located in Edmonton, Alberta. This hybrid role involves overseeing period-end processing and consolidation in Oracle, ensuring accurate internal financial statements, and providing guidance to team members. The ideal candidate has a CPA designation, strong leadership and Oracle expertise, and is skilled in financial reporting and analysis.

Qualifications

• A CPA designation or close to completion.
• Supervisory experience in accounting.
• Intermediate to advanced Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and approve journal entries for period end close.
• Oversee team responsible for period end processing.
• Maintain the chart of accounts and revaluation rules.
• Ensure compliance with Canadian and U.S. mandated surveys.
• Assist in the 5-day period end close process.
• Train staff for a high-volume, centralized environment.
• Assist with hiring technicians and analysts.
• Answer queries from auditors.
• Ensure SOX controls for financial reporting are effective.
• Assist with business process improvements.

Skills

Leadership skills

Oracle EBS proficiency

Microsoft Excel proficiency

Effective communication

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Ability to understand multiple levels of organization

Ability to work independently

Education

CPA designation or accounting degree/diploma

Tools

Oracle EBS

Microsoft Office

Blackline software

Job description

Grow with the best. Join a smart, creative, and inspired team that works behind the scenes to support operational excellence. Our functional services teams (FSTs) provide services to 34,000 employees in over 4,450 locations across 6 continents. Bringing together individuals with diverse backgrounds, talents, and expertise, our FSTs are vital to making our Company stronger. Explore opportunities in Financial Services.

Your Opportunity

An opportunity exists for a Senior Financial Analyst, Team Lead in our Corporate Financial Services Team (FST). As a key member of this team, your main responsibility is for the oversight of the period end processing and consolidation in Oracle to ensure that the internal financial statements are timely and accurate. In addition, you will provide guidance and direction to the Accounting Technicians and Analysts involved in the day-to-day operations of financial reporting adding value to the company by providing financial expertise. This hybrid opportunity is located in our Edmonton, Alberta, office.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Preparing and approving journal entries to support the period end close, including currency translation, allocations, and statistical metrics.
• Overseeing the team responsible for the period end processing, including posting entries, and maintaining the allocations.
• Maintaining the chart of accounts, revaluation rules and reviewing the monthly foreign exchange rates uploaded to Oracle.
• Ensure accurate, timely, and compliant completion of mandated surveys for Canadian and U.S. government agencies, including Statistics Canada and the U.S. Census Bureau.
• Assisting in the 5-day period end close process including identifying any issues and the action required to correct them to ensure that our financial statements are accurate.
• Ensuring staff are fully trained and equipped to perform in a high-volume, centralized environment.
• Assisting with the hiring of technicians and analysts within the Financial Reporting group and determining the best allocation of work given the resources available.
• Answering queries from Internal and External auditors.
• Ensuring key controls for financial reporting related to Stantec’s SOX and internal control program are effective and operational.
• Assisting with the review and implementation of various business process improvements.
• Various duties and projects as assigned by senior financial reporting staff

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Well-developed leadership skills, demonstrating initiative and assertiveness
• Proficiency in Oracle EBS (or other large Enterprise system)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office
• Experience with Blackline software (Journals, Account Reconciliations) is an asset
• Effective communication skills, including written and oral English language competency
• Experience working with multiple currencies
• Strong organizational skills to manage multiple competing priorities and firm deadlines
• Proactive with strong attention to detail
• Proven ability to understand multi levels of organization, disciplines, and entities
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment

Education and Experience

• A CPA designation or accounting degree/diploma and close to completion of CPA
• Supervisory experience working in a fast paced accounting environment
• Intermediate to advanced Excel skills