Job Title: Financial Analyst

Location: Edmonton, AB

Employment Type: Contract

About the Role

We are seeking a Junior Financial Analyst to support full-cycle accounting, financial reporting, reconciliation, and financial analysis activities. The successful candidate will work with accounting and business teams to ensure accurate financial information, support month-end processes, and contribute to budgeting, forecasting, and process improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

- Prepare and post journal entries and support month-end accounting activities.
- Assist with month-end financial reporting, account reconciliations, and bank reconciliations.
- Support Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), business partner maintenance, and capital asset maintenance.
- Review accruals and trial balance accounts and investigate discrepancies or abnormalities.
- Support customer collections and related financial activities.
- Perform variance analysis and identify areas requiring further investigation.
- Analyze and interpret financial information to support business decisions.
- Work with business teams to gather information for budgeting and forecasting.
- Identify opportunities to improve financial processes and controls.
- Support financial operations and reporting requirements across the organization.
- Perform other accounting and financial analysis duties as required.





Mandatory Skills & Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree or diploma in IT, Computer Science, Business, Accounting, Finance, Supply Chain, or equivalent experience.
- Knowledge of accounting principles and Canadian public-sector accounting standards, or equivalent.
- 10+ year of experience using advanced Microsoft Excel functions such as PivotTables and VLOOKUP.
- 12+ years of experience handling financial transactions and ensuring the accuracy and reliability of financial data.
- 12+ years of experience with Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, account reconciliation, and error identification.
- 10+ year of experience with SAP Finance (FI), including financial postings, invoice processing, and integration with procurement/supply chain.
- 12+ years supporting diverse financial operations.
- Solid analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- High attention to detail and accuracy.

Preferred Qualifications

- Currently pursuing a CPA designation.
- 2+ years applying financial audit, financial controls, reconciliation, or financial governance principles to large-scale data migration, data conversion, or ERP implementation projects.
- Experience working in public-sector or highly regulated financial environments.
- Experience supporting process improvement and financial systems governance.

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