Location: Toronto, (WFH for now- will return to office eventually)
Duration: 12 months (potential for extension and perm)
Business group: Operations- Focusses on BAU finance related reporting, planning and forecasting within the digital banking division.
Candidate Value Proposition:
– Work for a top Canadian bank
– Potential for permanent opportunities within the department
– Work with a positive and hardworking team that helps one another
Typical Day in the role:
– Responsible for analyzing and communicating financial information to management/ clients
– Assemble spreadsheets and draw charts and graphs used to illustrate technical reports.
– Analyze financial information (specifically expenses) to produce forecast of business, industry and economic conditions for use in making investment decisions.
– Month over month reporting using data from Smartstream and Fieldglass
– Participate in daily team touchpoints to discuss deliverables as well as other department meetings
– Routine (ie accruals, entries) and ad hoq work
– Support leadership teams with their budgets and other requests (communication will be mostly through email and internal messaging)
– Create management reports using pre-established templates
Must have hard skills:
1. 2+ years of financial analyst experience
2. 2-4 years of advanced Excel skills
3. Strong accounting and finance knowledge (debit and credit, equity, financial markets, reporting of financial data etc.)
4. Approx. 2 years of statistical analysis and financial forecasting experience
5. Strong math skills- this is key in creating financial forecasting and performing trend analysis
Nice to have hard skills:
1. Trend analysis experience
Soft Skills:
– Ability to work independently and manage one's time
– Takes initiative
– Team player and gets along well with others
– Quick learner, open minded, adaptable
– Numbers oriented
– 5/5 communication skills (verbal and written)
Education:
– Bachelor's degree in accounting or related financial discipline
– ***Must be pursuing CPA***