Sr. Finance Process Excellence & Automation Analyst

Opportunity

What you will own

• Identify and prioritize process improvements by analyzing workflows and simplifying, standardizing, digitizing, or automating work.
• Lead automation, AI, reporting, and workflow solutions from requirements and design through development, testing, deployment, and post-implementation support.
• Build and improve solutions using Alteryx, Power BI, Power Automate, SQL, AI-enabled tools, and other platforms.
• Develop dashboards, KPIs, exception reporting, and analyses that make financial and operational data actionable.
• Measure initiative impact on efficiency, controls, process quality, and business outcomes.
• Engage stakeholders, communicate progress and risks, coordinate decisions, and maintain project momentum.
• Document requirements, processes, procedures, and user guidance; support change management, adoption, and ongoing refinement.
• Evaluate emerging technology and share knowledge about responsible automation and AI adoption.

Candidate qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, statistics, data analytics, information systems, business, or a related field.
• Four to six years of relevant experience in process engineering, finance transformation, management consulting, or data, automation, or BI analysis supporting finance or related functions.
• Finance or financial-services experience and understanding of finance processes, workflows, and business drivers.
• Experience simplifying, standardizing, digitizing, and automating processes to improve efficiency, controls, quality, and stakeholder experience.
• Hands-on Alteryx experience is required; experience with Power BI, Power Automate, and SQL is also requested.
• Knowledge of databases and query tools such as SQL and Snowflake, plus data extraction, transformation, analysis, and visualization.
• Practical exposure to AI tools and AI-enabled business, analytics, or process-improvement capabilities.
• Ability to gather requirements, translate business needs into technical solutions, and support delivery through testing and implementation.
• Strong analytical, root-cause, problem-solving, communication, documentation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to coordinate priorities independently and collaborate across finance, operations, technology, and senior stakeholders.
• Experience with finance improvement centres of excellence, automation, low-code/no-code, RPA, digital transformation, AI workflows, KPI reporting, data cleansing, SAP S/4HANA, or change management is preferred.

Location and arrangement

• The position is based at 1 Adelaide St. E., Toronto, Ontario.
• The working arrangement is hybrid.

Compensation

• The hiring base salary range is CAD 76,300 to CAD 104,900 annually.
• Eligible employees may participate in annual incentive programs; actual compensation depends on qualifications, experience, location, and other factors.

Benefits

• Benefits may include health insurance, tuition reimbursement, retirement savings, and paid time off, where applicable.

Work authorization

• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the country where the position is based; the employer does not provide work-authorization sponsorship.

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