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 Req ID: 186903
Location: Western Zone, Kentville
Department: FI Accounts Payable & Banking
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100%) x 1 
Management/Non Union Position
Posting Closing Date: 10-Sep-24

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing, and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres, and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators, and creative thinkers today.

Nova Scotia Health employs professionals in all corners of our beautiful province. We believe there's a place here for everyone to call home, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint towns with picturesque trails. The work-life balance that comes with a Nova Scotia Health role means you'll have the time to explore, discover, and participate in that coveted Atlantic lifestyle. Visit us today and check out www.novascotia.com to see why more people from across the globe are moving here.

The Financial Analyst role is an important role across the finance portfolio, ensuring all processes and system technology is efficient and working to support stakeholders, customers, vendors, and employees.  
The Financial Analyst will have key relationships across the Finance team and with senior leaders across Nova Scotia Health and will be assigned accountability for initiatives and projects that involve coordination with key stakeholders.  

Reporting to the Manager of Accounts Payable, the AP Financial Analyst will be assigned accountability for analytical work as well as strategic initiatives. The Analyst is responsible for the creation, management and dissemination of accurate and timely reports and analysis for their department.  The Analyst will provide proactive expertise and advice in conducting analysis and developing recommendations to support business decisions, improve performance, reduce risks and assist in developing business cases to support and improve performance.

We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

• Graduate of a recognized post-secondary business and/or accounting program
• Undergraduate degree preferred
• Enrolment or completion of accounting designation considered an asset
• Minimum three (3) years' strong functional system experience and knowledge of accounts payable, budget, corporate reporting, general accounting and financial analytics. Recent relevant experience within the last 5 years
• Possesses a solid understanding of accounts payable processes and key performance indicators
• Excellent collaboration, verbal and written communication skills
• Strong analytical, problem solving and conceptual thinking skills
• Strong working knowledge of MS Office, specifically Excel
• Experience in engaging, mentoring and empowering teams and stakeholders in a collaborative, participative manner to respond to the mission, vision, goals and objectives of the organization
• Ability to prioritize workload, meet deadlines, and work effectively under pressure with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred.

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.

• Permanent, full-time position, 75 hrs bi-weely

$33.14 - $41.42 Hourly

Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan.

Once You've Applied

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. 

Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity, and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.