Associate Financial Analyst

Agricorp is looking for an **Associate** **Financial Analyst** to join our Finance department in the Corporate Services division. Agricorp’s Finance department is a dynamic, professional team responsible for day-to-day financial operations, including treasury, investments, budgeting, and reporting and financial analysis, that support Agricorp’s overall strategic plan.

**The Role**:
As the Associate Financial Analyst, you will be responsible for the delivery of specific Finance services, such as treasury, budgeting and reporting. You will also interpret and execute plans to ensure accuracy and timeliness, adhering to Agricorp policies, procedures, and standards and industry standards. In this role, you will:

- Be responsible for daily outputs, such as transaction processing and recording, government remittances, account analysis and reconciliations, variance investigations and analysis, and peer reviews
- Prepare and develop new financial and management reporting, analytical commentary, and ad hoc analysis as required by management and stakeholders
- Research and investigate accounting and operational issues
- Participate and support efforts related to preparation of financial statements and schedules, including supporting working papers, for audit purposes
- Participate in finance and company projects and initiatives (e.g. quality and efficiency improvements)
- Use knowledge and expertise to promote financial understanding across the organization
- Establish and maintain strong working relationships with appropriate levels of personnel across Agricorp, including management, the senior management team and non-management personnel

**Job status**: Permanent
**Salary**: $62,463 - $73,485
**Work status**: Hybrid work week - combination of remote and 2 days in office (Guelph, ON)
**Location**: Must live in Ontario to perform this role

**Qualifications**:

- Post-secondary degree in business, accounting, finance or equivalent
- Minimum 2 years relevant experience
- Understanding specific financial or accounting systems for planning, reporting and analysis
- Experience with Microsoft Office, Microsoft Dynamics GP, Power BI and IBM Cognos software preferred
- Experience in the public sector is an asset
- Current enrollment in CPA program encouraged to apply

**Key Competencies**:

- **Technical/professional knowledge - **Understands and applies accounting and finance concepts and methodologies
- **Attention to detail - **Is conscientious, consistent, accurate and thorough
- **Analytical thinking - **Interprets, links, and analyzes information and situations by breaking them down into component parts and identifying patterns, connections, and underlying issues
- **Critical judgement and problem solving **- Exercises sound judgement in new situations in the absence of specific guidelines and/or direction
- **Creativity and innovation** - demonstrates curiosity, digging for information below the surface; suggest improvement to current approaches.
- **Initiative - **Identifies and deals with situations and issues proactively and persistently, seizing opportunities that arise
- **Achieving quality results - **Focuses efforts on managing one’s self to achieve high quality results consistent with the organization’s standards and measures, while managing risk
- **Communication - **Listens to others and communicates effectively, fostering open communication
- **Planning and organizing - **Develops, implements and adjusts plans to reach goals, able to multi-tasks and prioritize

**Background**:
**Agricorp, an agency of the government of Ontario.**

Agricorp delivers government programs. These programs help protect the livelihood of over 47,000 Ontario farmers against the many risks farm businesses face every day. Our employees are skilled professionals who respond when industry and government need us, manage public funds with great care and integrity, and deliver a quality customer experience.

Agricorp helps grow Ontario agriculture. We underwrite $7 billion in risk each year. The agency was established in 1997, and in our first 25 years we made $7.5 billion in payments to farmers when they needed it most.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted directly.