Financial Analyst

Position overview

Position activities

• Prepare financial reports for Senior Management and Council; analyze results, explain unusual variances, and identify root causes.
• Support planning and decisions, and recommend accounting treatment for new transaction types.
• Coordinate external audit requirements and year-end activities; reconcile accounts, determine accruals, and prepare adjusting entries.
• Prepare year-end working papers and financial statements, accounting entries, reconciliations, and supporting documents.
• Maintain internal-control policies and procedures and improve financial processes and controls.
• Partner with Planning & Performance on corporate reporting and provide professional financial advice to senior leaders.

Education, experience, and skills

• A four-year bachelor’s degree is required; business, finance, or accounting concentration is preferred.
• CPA designation and at least four years of relevant experience in a similar role are required.
• Extensive knowledge of enterprise financial applications, including system administration, and advanced Microsoft Excel skills are required.
• Experience with senior management, staff, and diverse stakeholders is required.
• Workday Financials, Cognos, query/reporting tools, property management accounting, and pension financial statements are assets.
• English/French bilingualism is an asset. Strong analytical, communication, confidentiality, judgment, and time-management skills are needed.

Work arrangement

• Hybrid, primarily remote, with a home-based office in Ontario or Québec and regular onsite attendance at the CMPA office one to two days per week.
• Employees may choose to work from the Ottawa office.

Salary range

• The stated salary range is $85,500 to $114,400; the pay cadence is not specified.

Employment and posting details

• Regular full-time opportunity for an existing vacancy.
• The posting lists an application deadline of October 27, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. EST.