Senior Financial Analyst

Location: Alberta, Canada

Job Type: Contract / Temporary

Experience: 7+ Years of Progressive Financial Experience

Professional Designation: CPA or CPA-in-Progress

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior Financial Analyst to provide advanced financial accounting, analysis, and reporting support within a large and complex organization.

The successful candidate will independently manage complex financial reporting and accounting assignments with limited supervision while working against demanding month-end, year-end, regulatory, and audit deadlines .

The ideal candidate will combine strong technical accounting expertise with hands-on experience in financial statement preparation, public-sector accounting, complex reconciliations, grant and revenue accounting, variance analysis, and audit support .

This role requires an individual who can own financial workstreams, independently investigate accounting issues, develop recommendations, and communicate financial information effectively to stakeholders .

Key Responsibilities

- Prepare and review complex monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports .
- Prepare and review financial statements and accompanying notes.
- Perform complex financial statement and variance analysis.
- Research accounting issues and prepare accounting research memoranda.
- Investigate and resolve financial reporting discrepancies.
- Prepare and review complex General Ledger (GL) reconciliations .
- Review journal entries and supporting documentation.
- Support and coordinate month-end and year-end close activities.
- Prepare and review regulatory and management reporting deliverables.
- Support financial reporting worksheets and related reporting requirements.
- Manage restricted and operating revenue accounting.
- Prepare grant and restricted-fund reporting.




- Reconcile restricted funding receipts.
- Monitor deferred revenue and expiring grants.
- Review funding proposals and agreements from a financial and accounting perspective.
- Support capital asset, payroll, banking, and general ledger accounting .
- Prepare year-end schedules, worksheets, supporting documentation, and financial statement notes.
- Coordinate internal and external audit requests.
- Work with operational stakeholders and funding recipients to investigate and resolve financial issues.
- Provide guidance on financial policies, accounting procedures, and reporting requirements.
- Identify opportunities to improve financial reporting processes, controls, and efficiencies.
- Provide recommendations to finance leadership on complex accounting and reporting matters.

Required Qualifications & Experience

- Minimum 7 years of progressive financial/accounting experience , preferably in financial reporting or an equivalent senior-level role within a large, complex organization.
- CPA designation or actively pursuing CPA designation .
- Advanced financial accounting and financial reporting experience.
- Strong financial statement preparation and analysis skills.
- Extensive General Ledger experience.
- Advanced reconciliation and variance-analysis capabilities.
- Hands-on month-end and year-end close experience.
- Experience supporting internal and external audits.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel .




- Experience working with enterprise financial systems and databases.
- Ability to independently research, investigate, and resolve complex accounting issues.
- Strong analytical, critical-thinking, and decision-making skills.
- Ability to deliver accurate, high-quality work under tight and time-sensitive deadlines.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Highly Preferred Qualifications

- Completed CPA designation .
- Strong knowledge of Public Sector Accounting Standards (PSAS) .
- Experience with public-sector financial reporting.
- Experience within the healthcare or public-sector environment .
- Experience with grant and restricted-fund accounting.
- Experience coordinating or managing external audits.
- Experience preparing accounting research and technical accounting memoranda.
- Knowledge of internal controls over financial reporting.
- Experience with government financial reporting processes.
- Knowledge of ASPE, IFRS, and GAAP .
- Experience with large-enterprise ERP and financial systems .
- Experience with complex financial reporting and regulatory deliverables.

Core Competencies

- Strong professional judgment and accountability.
- High level of initiative and ability to work autonomously.
- Strong critical-thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication.
- Ability to present and explain complex accounting matters clearly.
- Strong stakeholder-management skills.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with finance, operational, and business teams.
- Ability to prioritize urgent and competing deliverables.
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
- Ability to make sound recommendations based on financial analysis.
- Comfortable working in a complex, deadline-driven workplace.

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