Financial Analyst

**Req ID**:134925**
**Company: Nova Scotia Health**
**Location**:Provincial** Zone, **Halifax Infirmary Robie Street Entrance - QEII**
**Department**:FI Financial Analytics CZ**
**Type of Employment**:Permanent** **Hourly FT** (**100%** FTE) x **1** position(s)**
**Status**:Management/Non Union** P**osition**
**Posting Closing Date**:28-Aug-22**

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators and creative thinkers today.

**Responsibilities**:
The Financial Analyst role is an important role across the finance portfolio, ensuring all processes and system technology is efficient and working to support stakeholders, customers, vendors, and employees.

The Financial Analyst will have key relationships across the Finance team and with senior leaders across NS Health and will be assigned accountability for initiatives and projects that involve coordination with key stakeholders.

Responsibilities include supporting financial, payroll, budget and cost decisions while dealing with accounting issues, financial planning, continuous quality improvements, forecasting, variance analysis, efficiency creation and other duties as assigned.

The analyst is responsible for the creation, management and dissemination of accurate and timely reporting and analysis for their department/service/zone. The analyst provides proactive expertise and advice in conducting analysis and developing recommendations to support provincial business decision making, reduce risks and assist in business initiatives that support and improve performance.

**Qualifications**:

- Graduate of a recognized post-secondary business and/or accounting program
- Undergraduate degree preferred
- Enrolment or completion of accounting designation considered an asset
- Minimum three (3) to five (5) years' strong functional system experience and knowledge of budget, corporate reporting, general accounting, financial analytics. Recent relevant experience within the last 5 years
- Possesses a solid understanding of the finance processes and key performance indicators
- Excellent collaboration, verbal and written communication skills
- Strong analytical, problem solving and conceptual thinking skills
- Strong working knowledge of MS Office, specifically Excel
- Experience in engaging, mentoring and empowering teams and stakeholders in a collaborative, participative manner to respond to the mission, vision, goals and objectives an organization
- Ability to prioritize workload, meet deadlines, and work effectively under pressure with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred.
- Successful applicants are required to provide a criminal record check (including Vulnerable Sector Search) before starting employment and assume any associated costs as a condition of employment.

**Hours of Work**:

- Permanent, Full-time position; 75 hours bi-weekly

**Salary Information**:
$31.08 - $38.85 hourly

**Once You've Applied**

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

As per the COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination Protocol in High-Risk Settings, Nova Scotia Health requires all team members to be fully vaccinated by November 30th, 2021.

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