Finance Operations and Controls Analyst

Role summary

Finance operations and payment processing

• Process and reconcile cheques, wire transfers, intercompany transfers, and other payment channels.
• Manage high-volume accounts payable and invoice processing; perform daily cash balancing and accurate transaction posting.
• Investigate payment discrepancies, invoice exceptions, chargebacks, and suspense items; verify invoice coding, approvals, documentation, and three-way matching.
• Respond to vendor and internal stakeholder inquiries about invoices, payments, and account balances.

Reconciliations and reporting

• Perform bank, accounts receivable, vendor statement, suspense account, and general ledger reconciliations.
• Prepare month-end journal entries, schedules, reports, management reporting, operational metrics, and ad hoc analysis.
• Investigate variances, resolve outstanding reconciliation items, and support month-end close and financial analysis.

Audit, controls, and improvement

• Prepare audit documentation, transaction samples, and control evidence; assist with SOX control testing, compliance monitoring, and audit readiness.
• Identify control gaps, operational risks, and inefficiencies; recommend corrective actions and maintain accurate records under accounting policies.
• Identify workflow standardization, automation, and continuous-improvement opportunities; participate in system enhancements and integration testing.
• Collaborate with finance and shared-services teams, maintain shared mailboxes, respond to inquiries, and support special projects.

Required qualifications

• Post-secondary degree or diploma in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• 2–5 years of experience in finance operations, accounting, accounts payable, cash operations, shared services, or compliance.
• Strong understanding of payment processing, reconciliations, accounts payable, general ledger accounting, invoice processing, and three-way matching.
• Experience with financial controls, audit documentation, and compliance processes; experience working with Oracle ERP.
• Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, macros, and data analysis.
• Strong attention to detail, accuracy, analytical problem-solving, written and verbal communication, independent work, prioritization, and deadline management.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with AS400, V21, SGI, Maestro, or similar financial systems; automated accounts payable workflows, OCR, Microsoft Access, or other Office applications.
• SOX compliance, risk assessment, internal control testing, system integration testing, process automation, or high-volume shared-services experience.
• Bilingual communication skills in English and French.