Senior Financial Analyst - 6-month contract
- Mississauga, ON, Canada
Full-time
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Senior Financial Analyst
Six-month temporary position with potential to become full-time
Reports to: Controller
Summary
The Senior Financial Analyst is responsible for full-cycle accounting and financial analysis for the businesses. The role owns assigned reconciliations and month-end schedules, supports accurate accounting for service sales and rental contracts, and works with Operations to resolve transaction issues and explain financial performance.
What You’ll Do
Full-cycle accounting and close
Six-month temporary position with potential to become full-time
Reports to: Controller
Summary
The Senior Financial Analyst is responsible for full-cycle accounting and financial analysis for the businesses. The role owns assigned reconciliations and month-end schedules, supports accurate accounting for service sales and rental contracts, and works with Operations to resolve transaction issues and explain financial performance.
What You’ll Do
Full-cycle accounting and close
- Prepare and post journal entries, accruals, reclassifications, and other month-end adjustments.
- Reconcile assigned general ledger and subledger accounts, including intercompany balances, and resolve reconciling items promptly.
- Review transactions for accurate coding, completeness, and period cutoff.
- Prepare balance sheet schedules and supporting working papers for monthly, quarterly, and year-end reporting.
- Support year-end audit requests and follow through on questions or adjustments related to assigned accounts.
- Review service work orders, invoicing, credits, and open jobs to support complete and timely revenue recognition.
- Maintain lease schedules and related accounting for leased vehicles, including new leases and reconcile them to the general ledger.
- Reconcile service sales and related costs to operational records, investigating unbilled work, deferred revenue, and margin exceptions.
- Review rental contracts, billing periods, extensions, returns, and credits to support accurate rental revenue and cutoff.
- Reconcile rental fleet records to the general ledger and support accounting for fleet additions, transfers, disposals, and depreciation.
- Work with Service, Rentals, and Billing teams to resolve missing information and improve the handoff from completed work or rental activity to invoicing.
- Prepare monthly results and variance analysis for Service and Rentals, including revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, and key balance sheet accounts.
- Investigate trends and exceptions with operational leaders and provide clear commentary to the Controller.
- Support forecasts, budgets, and key performance reporting for the two businesses.
- Identify recurring accounting or process issues and help implement practical improvements.
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field.
- CPA designation or progress toward a CPA designation is preferred.
- At least three years of progressive accounting experience, including hands-on full-cycle accounting and month-end close.
- Experience with service, rentals, field operations, or a multi-branch business is an asset.
- Strong understanding of account reconciliations, revenue and expense cutoff, accruals, and fixed asset accounting.
- Strong Excel skills and experience working with an ERP system; Microsoft Dynamics 365 experience is an asset.
- Ability to investigate discrepancies, maintain clear supporting schedules, and meet close deadlines.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with both Finance and Operations.
- Six-month temporary assignment with potential for a full-time opportunity based on business needs and performance.
- Occasional overtime may be required during month-end, year-end, and audit periods.
- Work is primarily performed using a computer, with regular collaboration across Finance and Operations.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Manage full-cycle accounting, month-end close, reconciliations, and reporting for the Service and Rentals businesses, including revenue, lease, and fleet accounting. Analyze financial results, investigate discrepancies with operational teams, support forecasts and audits, and help improve accounting processes.
Requirements
A bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field and at least three years of progressive accounting experience, including full-cycle accounting and month-end close, are required. CPA designation or progress toward one is preferred; strong reconciliation, cutoff, fixed asset accounting, Excel, ERP, investigation, and communication skills are also sought.
Skills
- Full-Cycle Accounting
- Month-End Close
- Journal Entries
- Account Reconciliations
- Revenue Recognition
- Accruals
- Financial Analysis
- Variance Analysis
- Budgeting and Forecasting
- Fixed Asset Accounting
- Lease Accounting
- Rental Accounting
- Excel
- ERP Systems
- Microsoft Dynamics 365
- Cross-Functional Communication
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Categories
- Finance & Accounting
- Data & Analytics
- Manufacturing
Keywords
- Full-Cycle Accounting
- Month-End Close
- Journal Entries
- Accruals
- Reclassifications
- General Ledger
- Subledger
- Intercompany Reconciliations
- Balance Sheet Schedules
- Revenue Recognition
- Service Sales
- Rental Contracts
- Lease Schedules
- Fixed Asset Accounting
- Fleet Accounting
- Depreciation
- Financial Reporting
- Variance Analysis
- Gross Margin
- Forecasting
- Budgeting
- Year-End Audit
- Excel
- ERP
- Microsoft Dynamics 365
- CPA
- Machinery Manufacturing