Jr. Financial Analyst

**About the Job**:
The Junior Financial Analyst position will be responsible for performing the day-to-day processing of various accounting transactions as well as providing support on improvement projects and initiatives to ensure the company’s financial processes, planning, reporting, and analytics are best in class.
- Have a passion for looking beyond the numbers to understand what drives business performance.
- Have a strong technical ability and a desire to learn new things.
- Enjoy working as part of a team.
- Be excited at the prospect of interacting with many areas of a business, not just the finance community.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Data entry of payroll information.
- Maintain listings of accounts payable and reconcile to General Ledger.
- Data Entry of Logistics Information.
- Preparation of Weekly Invoices.
- Verify that transactions comply with internal policies.
- Create and distribute financial and operational reports.
- Respond to and address any discrepancies on contractor invoices.
- Prepare and remit source deductions and payroll tax.
- Other duties as assigned.

**Management Accounting**:

- Create and distribute financial and operational reports and performance metrics.
- Work with existing software and recommend changes to systems and processes to create new and improved management and financial reports to better meet the information needs of our clients.

**Planning Budgeting and Forecasting**:

- Assist the client with the preparation of the annual budget and quarterly forecast updates.
- Calculate and explain the variance of actual to budget monthly.

**Audit and Assurance**:

- Research and understand accounting treatment of all routine transactions and review select internal policies and make recommendations for improvements.

**Taxation**:

- Prepare and remit source deductions, payroll tax and HST.

**Other duties as assigned**:

- Process review and improvement.
- Ad-hoc financial analysis.

**Qualifications**:

- Pursuing CPA designation or having obtained their CPA designation.
- University degree or equivalent.
- Minimum 6 months of experience in an entry-level or intern accounting position or related field.
- High attention to detail and maintains high levels of accuracy.
- Demonstrates confidentiality concerning financial and employee files.
- Analytical decision-making and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication skills (verbal, written, and interpersonal) and organizational skills.
- Strong teamwork skills, with the ability to work independently.
- Desire to learn.

**Technical Competencies**:

- Computer skills including the ability to operate computerized accounting, spreadsheet and word processing programs.

**Travel Requirements**:

- Access to vehicles is necessary as regional travel will be required.

Join the Part-Time CFO Services team We work with entrepreneurs, owners, and management to improve the long-term financial health of their companies, providing them with superior customer service and tangible results. We offer a work environment that is both professionally and personally fulfilling as well as a competitive compensation and benefits package.

**Other Details**:

- Location: Servicing our clients in Durham Region, Peterborough, Northumberland County.
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