Senior Financial Analyst - 12 month contract

Vaco; Nashville (TN); On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonuses

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) retirement plan

Job summary

Vaco is seeking a Finance/Accounting Analyst for a 12-month contract in Canada with potential for permanent hire. You will extract, analyze, and reconcile financial data from SAP/S/4HANA, build advanced Excel models, and develop Power BI dashboards to deliver management insights.

You will collaborate with Accounting, IT, and Finance teams to ensure data accuracy, implement automation, and improve reporting efficiency.

Qualifications

• Strong background in Accounting and Finance with a focus on financial reporting.
• Experience with reconciling large data sets and translating data into stakeholder-friendly reports.

Responsibilities

• Analyze P&L, Balance Sheet, and other financial statements.
• Consolidate and reconcile data from multiple sources.
• Develop and maintain Excel financial models and reports.
• Create Power BI dashboards for management insights.
• Automate reporting processes using VBA and Power Query.
• Support inventory costing and manufacturing data analysis.

Skills

Financial data analysis

Advanced Excel

P&L and Balance Sheets

Financial reporting

Data reconciliation

Power BI

Power Query

VBA macros

Word & PowerPoint

Education

Degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

SAP

S/4HANA

Power BI

Power Query

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

VBA

Job description

This is a 12 month contract role with permanent potential at the end of the contract

About the Opportunity

• Work with SAP and S/4HANA systems to extract, analyze, reconcile, and report financial information (considered an asset).
• Work with large data files and develop efficient solutions to consolidate, validate, and reconcile data from multiple sources.
• Prepare and analyze financial information related to the Profit & Loss (P&L), Balance Sheet, and other financial statements. Ability to identify opportunities in current reporting to increase/improve visibility to key stake holders
• Investigate data discrepancies and perform financial reconciliations as required.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and improve reporting efficiency.
• Understanding of Inventory management and landed inventory costing principles
• Experience with physical inventory counts, cycle counts and reconciliation of physical counts to system on hand values. Variance analysis and corrective action initiative.
• Develop, maintain, and optimize complex Microsoft Excel financial models, reports, and analysis.
• Manufacturing experience, understanding of COGM, product costing, COGS, WIP, Finished Goods, Raw inventory handling
• Use Advanced Excel functions, formulas, pivot tables, data models, and other tools to analyze and report financial information.
• Develop and maintain Power Query processes and data connections to extract, transform, consolidate, and prepare data for reporting.
• Partner with Accounting and Finance teams to ensure data accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
• Prepare presentations and management reporting using Microsoft PowerPoint/Excel/Word.
• Work collaboratively with Finance, Accounting, IT, and other business teams on reporting and data-related projects.
• Develop and maintain Power BI dashboards and reports to provide management with meaningful financial and operational insights.
• Create and maintain VBA macros to automate repetitive processes and efficiently manage complex and large datasets.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Strong background in Accounting and Finance, with a good understanding of:
• Profit & Loss statements
• Balance Sheets
• Financial reporting
• Financial data analysis
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Experience with SAP and S/4HANA (considered an asset)
• Ability to work with and consolidate large data files and datasets.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.
• Ability to translate complex financial data into clear and useful reporting for business stakeholders.
• Inventory Management and reporting experience
• Manufacturing costing and reporting experience
• Power BI skills, including dashboard and report development. Knowledge of Power Query and data connections.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.

Preferred Qualifications

• Degree or diploma in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in financial reporting, financial systems, data analysis, or a related role.
• Experience working in a corporate Finance or Accounting environment.
• Experience automating financial reporting and accounting processes (considered an asset not a requirement)
• Experience integrating data from multiple financial systems and sources.
• Experience developing management dashboards and financial reporting solutions (considered an asset not a requirement)

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. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the 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.