Your Opportunity

Activity and Costing provides valuable activity, utilization, and patient-specific costing information to support operational and strategic decision-making and external reporting requirements. The team works with complex provincial data environments, including Oracle financial and costing systems, Connect Care, multiple interfaces, and large volumes of patient-specific utilization, workload, financial, supply, drug, and costing data.

The Senior Financial

Analyst performs complex and multidimensional work related to the preparation, analysis, validation, and reporting of financial, statistical, and Clinical Activity Based Case Costing information. The position supports provincial costing requirements and the costing needs of Acute Care Alberta while working within applicable organizational policies, Alberta Government financial requirements, CIHI standards, MIS Standards, and generally accepted accounting principles. This role has a strong financial-systems and technical focus.

The successful candidate will be cross-trained on existing provincial costing system functions to support knowledge continuity, ongoing operations, troubleshooting, maintenance, and future modernization. The position will also contribute to the transition of Oracle-based costing data and processes to Snowflake. The successful candidate will be a self-starter with an inquisitive mindset, strong analytical and technical skills, and the ability to work effectively with both business and technical stakeholders.

The position location is flexible. Working hours offer flexibility, with core business hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.





Description

As a Senior Financial Analyst, you will coordinate and/or prepare complex financial and statistical analysis and reports, along with providing interpretation of analyses and reports to support business and external requirements. Your work will be focused on budgets, forecasting, recommendations for program and/or cost efficiencies and development or enhancements to processes and controls. In addition, you will coordinate and monitor progress of financial projects, as well as coach and guide other department staff such as Financial Analysts.

Classification: Sr Financial Analyst Union: AUPE GSS Unit and Program: Corporate Financial Planning Primary Location: Seventh Street Plaza Location Details: Eligible to work hybrid (on/off site) within Alberta Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 1.00 Posting End Date: 21-OCT-2026 Employee Class: Regular Full Time Date Available: 02-NOV-2026 Hours per Shift: 7.75 Length of Shift in weeks: 2 Shifts per cycle: 10 Shift Pattern: Days Days Off: Saturday/Sunday Minimum Salary: $51.89 Maximum Salary: $62.78 Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications

Post secondary degree specializing in accounting or related field (e.g. economics, statistics).





Additional Required Qualifications

Completion of a post-secondary degree or diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Analytics, Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related discipline. A combination of relevant education and experience may be considered.

Experience working with complex databases, applications, or information systems. Demonstrated programming experience with C++ and Python.

Experience with Snowflake or another cloud data platform. Strong SQL skills and experience querying and analyzing large and complex datasets. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to investigate complex system, data, and business-rule issues. Demonstrated ability to understand complex business processes and translate requirements into technical solutions.

Experience validating and reconciling data across systems and identifying data-quality issues. Ability to learn complex legacy systems, understand existing program logic and business rules, and apply that knowledge to new technology environments. Solid documentation, interpersonal, and communication skills. Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team. Ability to manage competing priorities and meet defined deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications

Healthcare financial or information-systems experience is an asset. Knowledge of healthcare costing, patient-level costing, CIHI MIS Standards, or healthcare functional centre structures is an asset.

📌 Senior Financial Analyst (Edmonton)
🏢 Alberta Health Services
📍 Edmonton