Senior Financial Analyst

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Coordinate or prepare complex financial and statistical analysis and reports, and interpret findings for business and external requirements.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements and other reporting for senior executives and the public.
• Assist with external audit planning, execution, fieldwork, and reporting of audit results.
• Research technical accounting issues, interpret applicability, and recommend financial statement treatment.
• Prepare regulatory returns and assist with external grant reporting as required.
• Work on budgets, forecasts, program or cost-efficiency recommendations, and process and control enhancements.
• Coordinate and monitor financial projects, and coach and guide Financial Analysts and other department staff.

Required qualifications

• Post-secondary degree specializing in accounting or a related field, such as economics or statistics.
• Knowledge of accounting principles and financial statement preparation for large, complex clients in a public-sector setting.
• Experience managing a single-entity financial statement audit, including preparation of audited financial statements.
• Knowledge of tax return preparation and ability to work with stakeholders to prepare effective analysis and financial reports.
• Ability to meet tight reporting deadlines and strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, specifically Excel and Word.
• Collaborative working ability, excellent communication, analytical, and organizational skills, and ability to work independently with guidance in complex situations.

Preferred qualifications

• Strong, current understanding of Public Sector Accounting Standards and other sections of GAAP is preferred.
• Three to five years of accounting or financial reporting experience is preferred, especially in a large, complex public-sector entity.
• CPA designation and experience mentoring junior staff are preferred.

Schedule and employment

• Regular full-time employee class; 1.00 FTE.
• Day shifts, 7.75 hours per shift, with 10 shifts in a two-week cycle and Saturdays and Sundays off.
• Expected start date is November 5, 2026; start date is negotiable.

Compensation

• The posting lists a minimum salary of $51.89 and a maximum salary of $62.78; it does not specify the pay period.

Workplace

• Currently a work-from-home position eligible for remote work within Alberta.