Financial Analyst

About This Role

Behind every success is a team of dedicated experts driving us forward. From HR professionals who shape our culture, to IT innovators driving technological advancements, Finance leaders ensuring our growth, Communicators shining a light on our story, and Legal experts safeguarding our future —every role is essential. Our enterprise functions don’t just support; they lead, playing a critical role in shaping the company’s path forward and ensuring both clients and employees are ready for the moments that matter. Be part of a team where your work makes a difference. You’ll work on impactful projects and turn ideas into reality while enjoying growth opportunities, teamwork, and a balanced work-life.

Accountability:

The Finance Analyst owns, analyzes, and supports project accounting governance. This role will play a critical part in ensuring financial discipline across projects, managing and reporting backlog data, and consolidating financial information to support strategic decision-making. This role will work closely with the business and Finance leadership to ensure accuracy, implement best practices, streamline processes and enable efficient workflow to ensure timely reporting.

Main Tasks:

• Partner with Finance leadership to ensure financial reports comply with IFRS
• Proactively anticipate business partner questions when new or changing business trends are identified
• Retain industry and company knowledge to enhance variance explanations and financial reporting
• Collaborate with business partners to ensure forecasts and analysis are relevant and any gaps to financial targets are identified
• Own ad hoc projects or analysis to enhance financial performance and better understand business drivers
• Monitor and track project expenditures across multiple projects
• Enforce compliance with internal controls and accounting standards for project-related financials
• Partner with project managers and accounting teams to ensure accurate cost tracking and reporting
• Review and validate project financials, including accruals, commitments, and actuals
• Maintain and update project backlog reports
• Analyze backlog trends and provide insights on project pipeline and financial impact
• Collaborate with operations and finance teams to ensure backlog accuracy and completeness
• Consolidate financial data from various sources for monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc reporting
• Prepare dashboards, variance analyses, and executive summaries
• Forecast, review, and report any related variance analysis with the above duties
• Any other tasks or duties as agreed with FP&A Manager

Qualifications & experience:

• Minimum 8 years of experience in accounting, finance or related field required
• CPA required
• Excellent analytical skills, conceptual thinking, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Able to thrive in an often fast paced and deadline-oriented business requiring development and refinement of processes and procedures
• Essential knowledge and experience in Hyperion Planning and Hyperion Enterprise preferred
• Expert knowledge of Microsoft Applications required (Excel, Word, Power Point, Access)
• Knowledge and experience in Oracle financial suite preferred
• University degree in accounting, finance or related field required

Capabilities & competencies:

• Effectively manage stress and work well under pressure
• Meet deadlines within prescribed timeframes
• Ability to learn financial requirements of existing/new/different countries
• Able to thrive in a team environment and contribute to team objectives
• Knowledge and skill to break down complex concepts into easy to understand action items
• Excellent presentation skills
• Experience presenting and overseeing financial statements, reports and models
• Develop reporting and effectively present ad hoc and diverse information to leaders
• Effectively analyze business financial performance and implement appropriate measures to maximize financial performance
• Able to work flexible hours (may include weekends and/or public holidays)
• Some travel required (up to 10%)