Experis Financial Analyst – Intermediate Contract in Ontario

Overview

Experis

Branch ON CA

Position:
Financial Analyst – Intermediate
Location:
Ontario

Analysis behind budget management. Reporting (initiative based) – financial program. To get approval from executive management)….

Summary: Responsible for analyzing financial information and prepare financial reports to determine or maintain record of assets, liabilities, profit and loss, tax liability, or other financial activities within an organization.

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related financial discipline required.
• An advanced degree in a financial discipline is preferred.
• Exposure to or experience in a business analyst role
• 2 to 4 years financial and/or accounting experience required.
• Banking experience a definite asset

Skills and Competencies:

• Verbal and written communication skills, attention to detail, and critical thinking.
• Ability to work independently and manage one’s time.
• Ability to apply accounting and mathematical principles to work as needed.
• Ability to analyze business trends and project future revenues and expenses preferred.
• Knowledge of legal and company policies, procedures and regulations as related to accounting.
• Previous experience with computer applications, such as Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and any other related accounting software.

Major Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Prepare, examine or analyze accounting records, financial statements or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.
• Develop, maintain, and analyze budgets, preparing periodic reports that compare budgeted costs to actual costs.
• Develop, implement, modify, and document recordkeeping and accounting systems.
• Compute taxes owed and prepare tax returns, ensuring compliance with payment, reporting or other tax requirements.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Day to day:

• Corporate real estate group – global facilities management
• Analysis behind budget management
• Trend analysis
• Reporting (initiative based) – financial program
• Developing reports (template developing) – what does it look like, what info is required, who is the viewership?
• Ensuring accuracy and timely delivery
• Business case development – ad-hoc reporting (i.e. to get approval from executive management)

Must Have Skills:

• Advanced Excel skills* – macros, pivot tables, v-lookup
• PowerPoint presentations* – developing and running this presentations – need to be a confident presenter (to senior management)
• Business Intelligence tools – Tibco: *Spotfire*
• Accounting background
• Corporate real estate experience would be a major asset
• Someone who is working towards an accounting designation

Experis is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE/AA)