Senior Financial Analyst, Rapid Transit - Finance

Metrolinx is connecting communities across the Greater Golden Horseshoe. Metrolinx operates GO Transit and UP Express, as well as the PRESTO fare payment system. We are also building new and improved rapid transit, including GO Expansion, Light Rail Transit routes, and major expansions to Toronto’s subway system, to get people where they need to go, better, faster and easier. Metrolinx is an agency of the Government of Ontario.

At Metrolinx, equity, diversity and inclusion are essential to living our values of serving with passion, thinking forward and playing as a team.

Our Finance Office is seeking a highly motivated and analytical Senior Financial Analyst to establish and support inventory governance, controls, and financial oversight. The successful candidate will provide financially informed analysis and decision support to assigned business divisions, ensuring compliance with accounting standards, audit requirements, legal obligations, and corporate reporting requirements. This role requires a strong understanding of the financial and operational impacts of business processes and activities, with a focus on enhancing inventory management practices, strengthening internal controls, and driving operational excellence through timely, accurate, and insightful financial analysis.

What will I be doing?

• Inventory Governance, Controls and Compliance - Establish, maintain, and monitor inventory governance frameworks, internal controls, and risk management processes to ensure compliance with corporate policies, accounting standards, audit requirements, and vendor contracts. Assess existing processes, develop control documentation, recommend improvements, and support governance reporting to senior leadership.

• Inventory Accounting and Financial Stewardship - Provide accounting oversight and technical guidance for inventory related transactions, ensuring the appropriate classification and treatment of inventory, capital assets, impairments, write-offs, and operating expenditures. Review and validate inventory related invoices, reconciliations, and reporting to support accurate financial records and compliance with accounting requirements.
• Inventory Reconciliation and Reporting - Perform and document monthly inventory reconciliations between financial and operational systems, investigate variances, and ensure timely resolution of discrepancies. Develop, maintain, and analyze inventory scorecards, key performance metrics, and reporting to support business decision-making and operational performance.
• Physical Inventory Oversight - Coordinate and support inventory count activities, including cycle counts and annual physical counts. Review count results, assess financial impacts, validate variance explanations, and ensure inventory records accurately reflect physical inventory on hand.
• Audit and Stakeholder Support - Provide analytical support, financial reporting, and subject matter expertise to business partners. Prepare supporting documentation, respond to inventory accounting inquiries, and contribute to presentations, audits, and governance committees.
• Financial Planning, Analysis and Business Partnering - Lead the annual Budget, quarterly Forecast, and long-range planning processes for assigned portfolios, partnering with operational stakeholders to identify risks, opportunities, resource requirements, and cost optimization initiatives.

• Financial Reporting and Month-End Close - Lead month-end, quarter-end, and year-end financial close activities for assigned portfolios, ensuring the completeness, accuracy, and timely reporting of financial results. Analyze actual results against budget and forecast, investigate variances, identify key drivers, and provide meaningful commentary to management and business partners.

What Skills and Qualifications Do I Need?

• Completion of a degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Commerce, or a combination of education, training and experience deemed equivalent.
• Recognized professional accounting designation (i.e., CPA – CMA, CA, CGA) combined with progressive professional experience in business planning and financial management in a large public or private organization is an asset. 
• Demonstrated years’ progressive experience as a financial analyst.
• Experience with Canadian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) principles.
• Knowledge of business practices, financial analysis, and reporting; understands the financial and accounting impact of business processes to evaluate current and future business activities (e.g., audit, legal, and reporting requirements).
• Experience in the application of the principles and practices of operating and capital budget formulation, analysis, evaluation and controls, financial planning/management processes, generally accepted budgeting principles and techniques, and financial systems.  
• Extensive experience using MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) software tools.
• Knowledge of enterprise-wide financial, human resources and budgeting system, preferably Hyperion.
• Familiarity with MS Power BI or other dashboarding/reporting tools an asset.

• Highly developed interpersonal, and excellent oral/written/presentation communication skills.

Don’t Meet Every Requirement? 

If you’re excited about working with Metrolinx but your past experience doesn’t quite align with every qualification of this posting, we encourage you to apply. You just might be the right candidate for this or other roles. We are always looking for great talent to join our team.

We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from members of equity-deserving communities, including those who identify as Indigenous, Black, racialized, women, people with disabilities, and people with diverse gender identities, expressions and sexual orientations.

Accommodation:
Metrolinx is an equal opportunity employer and committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are also committed to offering reasonable accommodation to job applicants in accordance with applicable legislation. If you require assistance or an accommodation at any point during the hiring process, please contact us at: 416-202-5601 or email hr.recruitment@metrolinx.com.

Application Process:

All applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada. Metrolinx will be using email to communicate with you for all job competitions. It is your responsibility to include an updated email address that is checked daily and accepts emails from unknown users. As we send time-sensitive correspondence, we recommend that you check your email regularly. If no response is received, we will assume you are no longer interested in pursuing the opportunity. Please be advised that a Criminal Record Check may be required of the successful candidate.

For Internal applicants, with the recent implementation of the Internal Mobility Policy, the internal recruitment process has changed for non-union roles. Candidates must be in their current role for 12 months prior to applying for another role and each applicant must be in good standing (not participating in a Performance Improvement Plan). Please review all provisions of the policy before submitting your application.

Should it be determined that any background information provided is misleading, inaccurate or incorrect, Metrolinx reserves the right to discontinue with the consideration of your application.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

WE ARE AN EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE EMPLOYER.