Financial Analyst

People come together at Edmonton Airports. They connect. Learn. Imagine. We are an Airport for Everyone, uniting people for a world of possibilities. At Edmonton Airports, we aim to create a community of unique individuals to allow for expanded ideas, perspectives, collaboration and innovative business decisions. We do this by fostering positive, enthusiastic people who are excited take on challenges. As an organization, we value opportunities to create diversity within our team, including backgrounds, experiences, perspectives and ways of working together. True to our core values, we are invested in our talent and consider professional development, specialty training and career growth among the top priorities to expand team member skillset as we continue evolving with new technologies and forward-thinking ideas. As recipients of the 2024 Alberta Top 80 Employer Award, we work to elevate the experience even higher and facilitate new possibilities at our region’s airports.
Les personnes se rassemblent à Edmonton Airports. Elles nouent des liens. Elles apprennent. Elles imaginent. Nous sommes un aéroport pour tout le monde et nous unissons les gens autour d’un monde de possibilités. À Edmonton Airports, nous nous efforçons de rassembler une communauté de gens uniques pour permettre l’expansion des idées et des perspectives, favoriser la collaboration ainsi que la prise de décisions commerciales novatrices. Pour y parvenir, nous encourageons l’attitude positive et l’enthousiasme de personnes motivées à relever des défis. Nous valorisons, comme organisme, les occasions de promouvoir la diversité au sein de l’équipe, notamment en termes d’origines, d’expériences, de perspectives et de façons de travailler ensemble. Fidèles à nos valeurs fondamentales, nous nous engageons à investir dans nos talents et considérons le développement professionnel, la formation spécialisée et l’évolution de la carrière comme des priorités absolues afin d’élargir l’éventail des compétences des membres de notre équipe et de continuer à évoluer au gré des nouvelles technologies et idées novatrices. Lauréate du 2024 Alberta Top 80 Employer Award, l’entreprise s’efforce constamment d’améliorer l’expérience et de favoriser l’émergence de nouvelles possibilités aux aéroports de notre région.
Career Opportunity
Financial Analyst
1 Full-Time, Term (18 months) position
Is This Role for You?
The Financial Analyst is a key representative of the Finance Function and contributes to establishing and maintaining long-term collaborative stakeholder relationships. He or she acts as a trusted business partner and key contributor with the Finance team.
Day in The Life
You might be wondering what you can expect in a typical day at work. Every day will bring new opportunities, focusing on key responsibilities, including:

- Understand source and flow of all financial and statistical data and ensure integrity and accuracy of data.
- Staying at the forefront of new system features and technologies.
- Helping to maintain financial reporting systems, including developing, improving and testing.
- Perform an integral role in the monthly close process by preparing reconciliations, working papers and preparing and posting journal entries.
- Liaise with internal and external auditors.
- Contribute to monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports and financial statements.
- Act as the central liaison between the corporate finance team and operational business units.
- Identify areas of inefficiencies in monthly, quarterly and annual processes and offer solutions to improve efficiencies.
- Maintain proper training documentation, and cross training with team members to provide vacation coverage.
- Adhere to procedures, policies, internal controls, and external financial accounting standards.
- Contributes to the ongoing development of systems and processes, identifies improvement opportunities, and develops actionable solutions.

**You Have**:

- Degree or diploma in Business/Commerce/Accounting/Finance
- CPA designation is considered an asset.
- A minimum of 3+ years of full cycle accounting experience.
- Understanding of Canadian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Experience working with ASNPO or ASPE is an asset.
- Experience with a monthly close cycle and preparation of financial statements is an asset.
- Strong analytical capabilities, problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to grasp new concepts quickly and efficiently.
- Self-motivated and able to work with mínimal supervision.
- Effective at managing multiple projects and tasks of varying complexities, meeting deadlines and working well under pressure.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Adaptable and eager to learn new systems. Experience with Caseware and MS Dynamics AX considered an asset.
- Ability to develop and sustain cooperative working relationships; team player
- Must secure and maintain appropriate airport security clearance and acceptable criminal recor