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Our client, a premier tier-one Canadian bank, is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst, Consolidation (internal title mapped from Senior Accountant) to join their Finance and Controllership team. This is a net-new, business-critical contract role approved by the VP of Controllership. In this role, you will play a key part in the bank’s consolidated financial accounting close cycle and statutory reporting process. Your primary focus will be managing the accounting and reporting activities for non-trading foreign currency exposures and their related hedging strategies. Leveraging your advanced technical accounting knowledge, you will analyze complex financial results, prepare consolidation accounting adjustments, resolve intercompany transaction breaks, and validate foreign exchange revaluations. This position requires strong collaboration across various teams to ensure the absolute integrity of financial records while actively contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.
Job Responsibility
Contribute actively to the month-end close cycle, preparing complex consolidation accounting adjustments and maintaining balance sheet continuity schedules
Validate foreign exchange revaluations and oversee accounting/reporting activities for non-trading foreign currency exposures and associated hedging strategies
Investigate and resolve intricate intercompany transaction breaks across multi-currency environments and complex organizational structures
Structure, assess, and manipulate high-volume data from diverse sources to extract meaningful financial insights and communicate findings clearly to stakeholders
Partner closely with a tight-knit team of 6 and report directly to the Senior Manager to ensure data integrity and compliance across the bank
Identify efficiencies in data management, utilizing advanced Excel tools to automate and streamline reporting workflows
Requirements
Minimum of 4+ years of hands-on financial accounting experience, specifically including month-end close, balance sheet reconciliations, and financial analysis
Proven expertise in foreign exchange accounting, intercompany accounting/eliminations, and working within a multi-currency environment
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (complex formulas, pivot tables) and data management tools like Power Query to handle large datasets
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a closely related field
Must hold a CPA designation or have active, verifiable status as a candidate (e.g., Verification of candidacy in CPA Ontario required upon start)
Nice to have
Direct experience with statutory reporting
Hands-on experience navigating the SAP General Ledger system
What we offer
Elite Institutional Experience
Hybrid Work Flexibility (2 days in-office, 3 days remote)