Financial Analyst

Position overview

Financial accounting and reporting

• Perform month-, quarter-, and year-end close activities, including journal entries.
• Prepare and maintain balance-sheet and general-ledger reconciliations; investigate reconciling items.
• Own assigned accounting processes and accounts, with complete supporting documentation.
• Prepare reporting schedules and analyses; perform expense reconciliations and general accounting duties.
• Maintain capital asset records and reconcile the subledger to the general ledger.
• Support project accounting and revenue recognition, including percentage-of-completion accounting and ASC 606 where applicable.
• Assist with SR&ED documentation, cash-reconciliation backup, and the weekly cash-flow model.

Cost accounting and manufacturing

• Assist with standard costing and periodic cost updates; analyze material, labor, and overhead variances.
• Support inventory accounting, reconciliations, reserves, valuation, and physical counts.
• Analyze product costs, gross margins, and profitability; support pricing proposals and manufacturing analyses.

Planning, controls, and systems

• Support budgets, forecasts, actual-to-budget analysis, management reporting, and ad hoc financial analysis.
• Evaluate capital proposals using ROI, payback, and sensitivity analysis, and monitor approved spending.
• Support internal controls, audits, corrective actions, and Finance-related ERP activities.
• Assist with system testing and data validation; identify opportunities to standardize or automate recurring processes.
• Maintain process documentation and provide backup to Finance colleagues.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related discipline; equivalent education and experience may be considered.
• At least three years of progressive accounting or financial analysis experience.
• Demonstrated experience with general-ledger accounting, journal entries, reconciliations, and month-end close.
• Experience with ERP systems and Microsoft Excel; advanced Excel skills are required.
• CPA designation or active progress toward it is preferred.
• Manufacturing, cost, inventory, project accounting, budgeting, or forecasting experience is preferred.
• Microsoft Dynamics 365, OneStream, Power BI, or comparable systems experience is an asset.
• Strong financial reporting and accounting knowledge, attention to detail, communication, organization, and ability to meet deadlines.

General responsibilities