Financial Analyst

**About Mayk**:
Mayk Ideas is a marketing and growth advisory consultancy, providing firm, brand and talent strategies and execution capabilities that impact revenue, brand visibility and equity, talent perception, M&A, and succession. We serve challenger brands and industries ranging from financial and professional services, technology, and impact sectors.

**What you bring**

Your proven **Financial Analyst** knowledge and experience gained working to ensure that the organization operates as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible, while still meeting its financial objectives.

**What you’ll do**

Cost Analysis: Analyze costs related to products, services, or business units and identify ways to reduce costs or improve profitability. This may include identifying cost-saving opportunities and negotiating better prices with suppliers, streamlining processes, or implementing new technology.

Performance Measurement: Develop and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to track the project performance of the organization. Report and present findings that support decision making through the preparation and presentation of reports to communicate findings and recommendations to senior management and other stakeholders, including variance analysis and recommendations for improving.

Data Analysis: Collect and analyze financial data from various sources to support decision-making and identify trends.

Communication and Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams to provide financial insights and support business initiatives.

Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities for process improvement and development and implementation of solutions to enhance financial operations.

Financial modeling: Create financial models to evaluate the impact of potential changes to the organization's cost structure.

Risk Management: Identify and analyze potential financial risks to the organization and develop plans to mitigate those risks.

**What you’vegot**
- 3+ years of accounting experience including data entries, accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing, HST, corporate tax, and payroll.
- Accounting degree/working towards a CPA designation.
- Good understanding of GAAP/IFRS. Ability to investigate and research updated policies and regulations.
- GL account reconciliations and financial analysis experience
- Proficient in QuickBooks and/or other ERP systems
- Proficiency with Excel level, pivot tables, advanced formulas, experience using power query, and/or Power BI
- Ability to manage multiple companies’ financial data and information in a timely manner.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills; ability to prioritize.
- Willingness to learn and grow outside of the assigned duties and to strive for improvements.

**Let’s Get this Started**

Please submit a cover letter, copy of your resume and/or a short video pitch. The link to your video (approx. 1-5 min) should be included in your resume or cover letter.

Why are you the right person for the role? In cover letter and/or video this is what we are expecting:

- Two or three sentence summary about your academic and/or professional background.
- Tell us about a special project you worked on and what your biggest accomplishment was.

Please remember to submit your resume, link to your video pitch and include answers to the questions above. There is no word limit for your letter, but we would prefer that you limit your answers to one page.

We look forward to meeting you

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Paid time off
- Vision care

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Kitchener-Waterloo, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

**Education**:

- Bachelor's Degree (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Accounting: 3 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (required)

Work Location: In person