Financial Analyst - Junior

Posted 6 days ago

Job Details

Contract

Location

Edmonton, AB

Salary

dollar sign 28 to 35 per hour

Job Description

This is a contract role | 10/01/2026 to 03/31/2027.

Who – The Company:
Our client is a large, complex public sector organization that delivers essential services to millions of people across the province. With a diverse workforce and broad operational mandate, the organization is committed to excellence, innovation, and providing high-quality services that support communities and drive positive outcomes.

What- The Role:
Candidate will apply their accounting skills to full-cycle accounting and financial reporting, including developing and executing month-end processes, financial analysis, dashboards and external/internal reporting.
Duties will include but not limited to:

Prepare journal entries.
Assist in preparation of month-end reporting, account reconciliations, bank reconciliations.
Assist in AP, AR, business partner maintenance, capital assets maintenance
Support variance analysis and investigate abnormalities.
Review and analyze accruals and other trial balance accounts, customer collections
Identify and implement process improvements.
Analyze and interpret financial information.
Work with business entities to gather and disseminate information for budgeting and forecasting purposes.
Other duties as required.

Who – The Candidate:

Bachelor degree or diploma in IT, Computer Science, Business, Accounting, Finance, Supply Chain, or equivalent experience
Knowledge of accounting principles and Canadian public sector accounting standards or equivalent.
Minimum 1 year of experience creating and using advanced Excel skills such as Pivot table, VLOOKUP etc.
Minimum 2 years of experience with and knowledge of financial transactions ensuring the accuracy and reliability of financial data, and using Microsoft Excel.

Nice to Have

Pursuing CPA designation.
2 years of experience applying financial audit, and/or financial controls, and/or financial reconciliation, and/or financial systems governance principles to large-scale data migration, data conversion, or ERP implementation projects.
2 years of experience with Accounts payable, Accounts receivable, Account reconciliation, and finding errors
1 year of experience with SAP Finance (FI), including financial postings, invoice processing, and integration points with procurement and supply chain.

How much:
$28-35/hr commensurate with experience + 4% vacation pay

Where:
Edmonton, AB, this is predominantly remote work with occasional in-office presence required.

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