Financial Analyst Contract

The Role

In this role, you will:

• Manage assigned programs, including understanding all aspects of the program, cash flow management and forecasting, financial reporting and audit, and management reporting and analysis
• Prepare and develop new financial and management reporting, analytical commentary, and ad hoc analysis as required by management and stakeholders
• Research, collaborate and advise on financial and accounting issues
• Investigate operational issues, including coordination and follow up, leading to issue resolution
• Conduct reviews of internal controls and processes, provide recommendations and implement improvements to promote effective and efficient processes
• Oversee financial systems management, recommend improvements and upgrades, and support implementation of new financial and reporting solutions
• Use relationship and knowledge expertise to promote financial understanding across the organization and influence internal and external outcomes
• Participate as a key finance resource on projects to ensure solution development meets Finance department needs, ensuring complete understanding of process implications for new initiatives
• 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:
12-month contract (posting for an existing vacancy)

Work status:
Full time in office

Salary:
$70,757 - $83,243

Location:
Must live in Ontario to perform this role

Qualifications

• Post-secondary degree in business, accounting, finance, or equivalent experience
• Minimum 3 years' relevant experience at the intermediate to senior level
• CPA (CA, CMA, CGA) designation preferred
• Experience with Microsoft Business Solutions, such as Microsoft Office, Dynamics GP, Power BI and IBM Cognos software preferred

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; questions conventional methodologies and creates new solutions or approaches to ongoing challenges
• Initiative –
  Identifies and deals with situations and issues proactively and persistently, seizing opportunities that arise
• Achieving personal 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 $6-8 billion in risk each year. The agency was established in 1997, and since then we've made over $8 billion in payments to farmers when they needed it most.

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