The General Financial Analyst provides expertise in financial analysis and day-to-day reporting operations. The responsibilities for this role will focus on revenue recognition, financial risk management and budget development. This role will collaborate internally to support financial forecasting, budgeting, contract reviews, internal and external audits, and financial planning. The General Financial Analyst contributes to the consistent monitoring and evaluation of SkyAlyne’s financial status, which includes discovering problem areas and developing actionable plans.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Review draft financial statements, perform monthly departmental variance analysis, and prepare month-end reconciliations.
- Develop and continuously improve upon financial policies concerning financial planning and analysis.
- Collaborate with both internal and external auditors on specific requests.
- Support development and documentation of accounting policies and procedures.
- Assist in the implementation of the ERP system and contribute to the integration of financial processes into daily operations.
- Support in the development and revision of quarterly financial forecasts and annual operating,
shared services, and capital budgets.
- Support other Financial Department team members and subcontractor financial teams with ad hoc financial analysis and reports expertise.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor's degree preferably in finance, accounting, or economics.
- Five (5+) years of extensive experience as a Financial Analyst or diverse financial management experience in a large and complex program or organization.
- Possess or actively pursuing the Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA).
- Be able to utilize analytical skills to perform and interpret advanced financial data with MS Excel/ BI tools.
- Strong proficiency in financial modeling and analysis.
- Excellent oral and written English language communication skills.
- Strong leadership, communications, interpersonal, decision-making, judgment, and problem-solving skills.
- Robust business acumen.
- Previous experience working with, or for, the Government of Canada would be an asset.
- Experience in the Defence and Aerospace industries would be an asset.
- Be able to hold a Government of Canada Security Clearance (Secret level) and Controlled Goods Clearance.
- Eligible to work in Canada.
- Fluency in French would be an asset.