Financial Analyst

Financial Analyst/Senior Financial Analyst

Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal

Reference # AC - 17925

Meridia Recruitment Solutions has partnered up with Canada's leading intellectual property firm to recruit a Financial Analyst and/or a Senior Financial Analyst to join their National Finance Team.

Responsibilities:

• Support the integration of financial accounts into a global public company, ensuring seamless processes, data accuracy, and compliance
• Develop new integrated financial metrics to foster next-level business performance and enable data-driven decision-making
• Perform account reconciliations of selected asset and liability accounts, collaborating with stakeholders to resolve outstanding items promptly
• Prepare monthly and quarterly journal entries related to banking transactions, intercompany billings, expense allocations, and routine accruals
• Contribute to regular budgeting and forecasting activities
• Assist with sales tax compliance and prepare monthly filings
• Conduct monthly variance analysis of expenses, comparing actual results to budgeted figures and presenting findings to management
• Establish ongoing data collection mechanisms for newly established corporate reporting
• Assist with the first IFRS annual financial statement audit and fulfill half-year public company reporting obligations
• Generate monthly and quarterly financial reports
• Provide support for ad-hoc financial requests and finance projects as needed

Your Requirements:

• Previous experience working in a finance or accounting environment
• Post-secondary education with a focus on accounting
• A Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation or is in the process of pursuing a CPA designation
• Experience or knowledge of international finance reporting standards (IFRS).
• Experience with Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) accounting would be an asset but not required
• Experience or understanding of strong internal controls
• High proficiency in Excel including pivots, complex formulas, etc.
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills and a desire to learn and grow professionally
• Effective communicator amongst other finance and accounting professionals.
• A strong work ethic and attention to detail
• The ability to work independently, multitask, and deliver timely results with high quality
• Aptitude for automating and streamlining financial processes and procedures
• Proficiency with Power Query is an asset