The Opportunity
Company, Department: Nova Scotia Power, Capital Accounting
Location: Lakeside, Nova Scotia
Type of Employment: Regular, Full-Time
Closing Date: November 17th, 2026
Are you passionate about turning financial data into meaningful insights that drive business decisions? As a Financial Analyst on our Energy Delivery Capital Finance team, you'll play an important role in supporting capital investment decisions, financial planning, performance analysis, and regulatory reporting that help enable the delivery of critical infrastructure projects.
In this role, you'll partner with leaders across the business to provide financial guidance, analyze performance, and support long-term planning. You'll have the opportunity to work on a broad range of activities, from budgeting and forecasting to capital project reporting, financial analysis, and process improvement initiatives.
Key elements of this role include:
- Partner with business leaders to develop budgets, forecasts, and long-term capital plans that support strategic priorities.
- Build and maintain financial models and reporting tools that provide accurate insights for planning and decision-making.
- Monitor capital spending and financial performance, identifying trends, risks, opportunities, and areas for improvement.
- Deliver meaningful variance analysis, financial reporting, and presentations that help stakeholders understand business results.
- Support monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close activities, including reconciliations, accruals, and account analysis.
- Provide financial and accounting support for capital projects and ensure the integrity of financial information within reporting systems.
- Contribute to regulatory and capital planning submissions by preparing analysis, reports, and supporting documentation.
- Help maintain strong internal controls and compliance practices, including support for SOX-related requirements.
- Identify and implement process improvements that enhance efficiency, accuracy, and overall financial effectiveness.
- Collaborate across Finance and business teams while balancing competing priorities and delivering high-quality results.
These skills will make you successful:
- Degree in Business, Commerce, Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
- CPA, CFA, or active pursuit of a CPA designation is preferred.
- Approximately 2-4 years of experience in financial analysis, accounting, budgeting, forecasting, or a related finance role.
- Strong financial modelling and advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
- Experience working with financial and accounting systems; familiarity with Oracle Financials is an asset.
- Exposure to reporting and analytical tools such as Tableau, PowerPlan, PeopleSoft, or Maximo is considered an asset.
- Strong analytical thinking with the ability to interpret data, identify trends, and provide practical recommendations.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain financial information to a variety of stakeholders.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Collaborative mindset combined with the ability to work independently and take ownership of deliverables.
- Commitment to quality, continuous improvement, safety, and responsible business practices.
Learn more about our culture and values
At the Emera Group of Companies, you’ll be part of an inclusive, respectful workplace where everyone is welcomed and supported. Come build a career as unique as you are: making an impact from Atlantic Canada to the world. Your experience and perspective will help us to safely deliver cleaner, more reliable energy to our customers.
If working in an innovative environment, challenging yourself, and shaping a cleaner energy future inspires you, we want to hear from you. Apply by November 17th, 2026 and let us know why this role is right for you.
The perks of joining our team? We offer:
- Flexibility: One flexible remote workday.
- Health & Wellbeing: A comprehensive benefits plan, 24/7 access to virtual health care services for you and your family through Dialogue, Employee and Family Assistance Program, parental leave top-up plan and wellness benefits.
- Grow Your Career: Opportunities to advance within and between our affiliate companies, a focus on employee development and available sponsored education programs.
- Community Engagement & Care: Corporate investments in the places where our people live and work, mentoring opportunities, fundraising-matching, volunteer programs, various committees and employee resource groups, and scholarships for children of employees.
- Competitive Compensation: Short-term incentive plan and a Defined Contribution Pension Plan.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Emera
As one of Atlantic Canada’s largest publicly traded companies, we are ranked one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, Top Employers for Young People and Top Diversity Employers. We know our success is driven by our dedicated teams and we strongly encourage applications from all qualified candidates, including persons who identify as racially visible, Indigenous, persons with disabilities, women in underrepresented roles and members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community.
Applicants from these equity groups may self-identify through the online application process. We support candidates and employees with access and accommodation needs and encourage you to let us know when you require accommodation.
Recruitment & Promotion Policy
The success of the Emera Company is driven by its people: a strong team with a shared commitment to support the Emera Company mission and values. The purpose of our recruitment policy is to provide a consistent framework to support fair and equitable attraction, hiring, and retention of the best talent for vacant positions. We are dedicated to maintaining a fair hiring process that provides equitable opportunities to all our applicants and is guided by our company values.
If you have any questions about this opportunity or if you are experiencing any technical difficulty with the application process, please email careers@nspower.ca
