Position Description:
We have a challenging and rewarding career opportunity for a Financial Analyst based in the Ottawa area.
You will be primarily responsible for collaborating with business unit leadership and finance colleagues to deliver accurate, timely and highly valued accounting and financial support.
Your future duties and responsibilities:
- Analytical support of the budgeting and forecast process, delivering well supported and documented financial plans;
- Working closely with business unit partners to understand their business, help them understand their financial drivers, and challenge their assumptions;
- Delivering accurate, insightful and timely analysis of financial results compared against forecasts and budgets as well as presenting these to business unit stakeholders;
- Managing project and client financials according to contract; understanding key terms in contracts, financial implications of changes in those terms and the technical accounting impact of contracts;
- Propose improvements to the supporting analyses in order to improve accuracy and efficiency;
- Analysis of Balance sheet entries ensuring balance sheet integrity;
- Manage special requests and collaborate on in-house projects.
Required qualifications to be successful in this role:
- Post-secondary education in Accounting;
- 2-4 years’ experience, ideally in a business partnership role;
- CPA accounting designation or soon-to-be completed;
- Proven analytical skills and ability to communicate to non-finance stakeholders;
- A strong work ethic and flexibility to meet dynamic business needs;
- Advanced skills in MS Excel and ERP aptitude;
- Knowledge of PeopleSoft, an asset;
- Knowledge of Hyperion application (Oracle), an asset;
- Experience, proficiency and comfort in communicating and working effectively at various levels, including senior management;
- A sense of autonomy, initiative and responsibility;
- A motivated self-starter that takes initiative to bring issues to resolution;
- Quality oriented strategy;
- Strong English communication skills;
- Bilingual French & English an asset.
What you can expect from us:
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CGI is an equal opportunity employer. In addition, CGI is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities in accordance with provincial legislation. Please let us know if you require a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during any aspect of the recruitment process and we will work with you to address your needs.