Financial Analyst

**All referred applicants must first be submitted through Workday by a current Loblaw Colleague.**

**Location**:
500 Lakeshore Blvd. West, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 2V9

**When you hire great people, great things can happen.**

PC Financial offers unprecedented value to Canadians through payment products. We’re a different kind of bank with a different type of team—we’re collaborative and supportive and have the freedom and responsibility to thrive. Our purpose is to make the everyday simple and better for our customers, and we strive to make every dollar worth more.

Proudly serving over 3 million customers, PC Financial continues to grow by offering payment solutions and services that reward our customers every day. As a subsidiary of Loblaws Company Inc., we share the CORE values of Care, Ownership, Respect and Excellence. We are dedicated to helping Canadians Live Life Well. Join us on our journey.

**Why This Role is Important**:
Reporting to the Senior Manager of the Accounting Operations team, the Finance Analyst role involves managing daily accounting, settlement, and reconciliation activities performed by the finance team. This role encompasses a broad scope and requires an excellent understanding of accounting policies, processes, and controls, as well as their operation within the credit card environment. It also necessitates ensuring the integrity of the reported financial data. Additionally, this role supports the Senior Manager with business projects to ensure the effective and efficient integration of new product offers and accounting policies into existing accounting processes.

**What You’ll Do**:

- Responsible for accounting processes related to PC Financial products (PC Money Account and PC Mastercard)
- Provide guidance to outsourced accounting vendors and communicate the changes related to their day-to-day processes and create procedural manuals for them
- Monitor and highlight items requiring further investigation into outstanding balances and issues
- Prepare Balance Sheet reconciliations monthly and additional commentary on a quarterly basis as required
- Liaise with business partners and other lines of business to obtain relevant data, solve problems and create efficient processes
- Coordinate with Treasury, Shared Services, SAP and Business Project Teams to ensure accurate set up of finance processes
- Focus on a continuous improvement mindset, offering alternatives for creating process efficiencies and reducing manual work
- Ad hoc requests and reporting as required

**What You’ll Need**:

- Post-secondary education in Business, Accounting or Finance
- Completion of CPA designation, or in advanced stages of program
- A minimum of 1 years of accounting and finance experience
- Retail banking and TSYS experience would be an asset
- Strong technical skills (IFRS, audit, SAP, excel, database etc.)
- An aptitude for figures and attention to detail
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Effective verbal and written skills
- Excellent planning, organizational and analytical skills
- Demonstrated ability to interact with people at various levels of an organization

**Number of Openings**:
1
- PC Financial recognizes Canada’s diversity as a source of national pride and strength. We have made it a priority to reflect our nation’s evolving diversity in the products we sell, the people we hire, and the culture we create in our _organization. Accommodation_ is available upon request for applicants and colleagues with disabilities._

In addition, we believe that compliance with laws is about doing the right thing. Upholding the law is part of our Code of Conduct - it reinforces what our customers and stakeholders expect of us.