Finance Coordinator

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As a Finance Coordinator, you will be a key liaison who provides strategic financial expertise and support to operational business units, external partners, and Corporate Finance. You will interpret financial policies, processes, and client needs with varying financial understanding. Primary duties include:
As a Finance Coordinator, you will be a key liaison who provides strategic financial expertise and support to operational business units, external partners, and Corporate Finance. You will interpret financial policies, processes, and client needs with varying financial understanding. Primary duties include:

- Communicate regularly with the business unit in order to provide financial analysis, training, professional judgment, process review, policy interpretation, and associated recommendations.
- Respond to a large volume and variety of client requests with competing deadlines.
- Review and evaluate financial processes and statements to ensure compliance with professional accounting standards, contractual, legislative obligations and corporate financial reporting requirements.
- Assist with streamlining and developing new processes to address changes in the business needs.
- Provide day to day financial systems support and work with I.T. to resolve system related issues and resolution of system errors.
- Research and analyze user reported system errors.
- Document system processes and support Finance group with system related training.
- Develop reporting and provide end-user support using the Business Intelligence Tool (Business Objects) and Query.
- Provide advice, guidance, training and coaching to Senior Financial Accountants, Junior Accountants, Senior Accountants and Capital Accountants to ensure smooth workflow and process.
- Act as Finance Lead for vacation relief.

**Qualifications**
- A Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation and at least 5 years of related progressive financial experience.
- Previous experience with PeopleSoft Financial Supply Chain Management (FSCM) is considered an asset.
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and in data analytics is also an asset.
- Success in this position requires strong financial, analytical, and computer skills; effective communication and organizational skills; and the ability to work as a part of a team.

**Pre-employment Requirements**
- Successful applicants must provide proof of qualifications.

**Workstyle**
- Union: CUPE Local 38
Business Unit: Finance

Position Type: 1 Temporary (up to 12 months)
Location: 800 Macleod Trail SE

Compensation: Pay Grade 12 $47.01 - 62.84 per hour
Days of Work: This position typically works a 5 day
work week, with 1 day off in each 3 week cycle.

Hours of work: Standard 35-hour work week

Audience: Internal/External

Job ID #: 312776