Financial Reporting Analyst

Competition # 4012

Alberta Innovates is seeking a full-time Financial Reporting Analyst to join our Finance team, supporting both corporate and granting areas. In this pivotal role, you will drive financial excellence and contribute to strategic decision-making across the organization. Your responsibilities will include preparing and analyzing financial reports, ensuring compliance with accounting standards, and delivering insights that inform key business decisions.

As a full-time permanent role based in our Edmonton Research Park office, the successful candidate can look forward to a competitive pay and generous employment benefits package. This position is also eligible for hybrid work.

You would be a good fit for this position if you:

• Enjoy interpreting and analyzing financial data to empower managers in making informed decisions.
• Excel at delivering precise forecasting, budgeting, and reporting to corporate finance.
• Build strong connections between corporate finance and program team, using your strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Bring sharp attention to detail and advanced Excel expertise to every task.

We are game changers

Alberta Innovates is a provincially funded corporation with a mandate to deliver 21st-century solutions for the most compelling challenges facing Albertans. We do this by building on our province's research and technology development strengths in the core sectors of health, environment, energy, food and fibre, and platforms such as artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, and omics. We are working with our partners to diversify Alberta's economy, improve our environmental performance and enhance the well-being of Albertans through research and innovation.

Our subsidiary, InnoTech Alberta, offers a diversified range of scientific engineering and technological research and testing capabilities, and the facilities to support technology scale-up. Our multidisciplinary team has the depth of experience to work across all sectors, from energy to health to food and fibre. InnoTech Alberta offers you access to research talent, technical expertise, and unique facilities that can help accelerate technology development that serves both the private and public sector.

Here's some more information about the position:

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

Forecasting, Budgeting and Reporting

• Partner with business areas
  to prepare monthly forecasts and annual budgets, providing insightful advice and strategic recommendations to drive financial planning and decision-making.
• Create and deliver
  variance analysis reports to corporate finance and functional managers, explaining budget to forecast and forecast to actual at the program level.
• Identify
  trends and anomalies.
• Compile and present
  monthly reports and key information to managers, ensuring clarity and actionable insights.
• Interpret, analyze, and reconcile
  financial information to support accurate and informed decision-making.

Program Analysis and Contract Review

• Evaluate financial scenarios
  and offer expert consultation to functional areas.
• Prepare financial reports
  for various levels of internal and external stakeholders, ensuring compliance with accounting standards and regulations.
• Provide insightful analysis
  on program areas as needed.
• Examine contracts and amendments
  to verify payments, assess future commitments, and ensure compliance with the signing authority policy.
• Compile and present
  contractual rights and obligations for inclusion in the year-end annual report and audit.

Financial Advice

• Provide daily financial advice and support
  to program areas and functional managers, acting as a liaison between the finance department and functional areas.
• Translate complex financial information
  into clear, easily understandable terms.
• Act as a vital financial business partner
  for the program areas and corporate finance.
• Support
  internal and external audits by providing necessary documentation and explanations.
• Deliver ad hoc reports
  or information as requested.

Qualifications and skills we are looking for:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance.
• Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation required
• Minimum 3 years related accounting experience.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
• Strong analytical and detail-oriented skills
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Adaptability to work effectively in a changing environment.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with strong proficiency in English (verbal and written)
• Proficiency with MS Office software

Why Alberta Innovates?

We offer our employees opportunities to work on projects that will expand their skill sets while witnessing the visible impacts of their efforts. We value the development of our employees and create opportunities for working in capacities that allow new skills to be learned. We know that the wellness of our team is the most important part of our business, so we offer a strong benefits package, vacation starting at 3 weeks and paid time off programs to promote work-life balance.

The final candidate will be required to undergo a security clearance and provide credible references.

Deadline for submission of application will be on January 17, 2026.

Interested and qualified applicants are encouraged to submit a cover letter and resume to

referencing the competition title and number in the subject line.

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ALBERTA INNOVATES IS COMMITTED TO THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUITY IN EMPLOYMENT AND ENCOURAGES APPLICATIONS FROM ALL QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS. WE WISH TO THANK ALL APPLICANTS FOR THEIR INTEREST. HOWEVER, ONLY THOSE INVITED FOR AN INTERVIEW WILL BE CONTACTED.