Jobility Talent Solutions
Title: Financial Analyst
Location: (Hybrid) – The expectation will be for the resource to work from the office 3 days a Week – Edmonton AB (Work must be done within Alberta if working outside of the office)
Working Hours/location: Standard Hours of work are 8:15 AM to 4:30 PM with a 1 hr lunch break Alberta time, Monday through Friday excluding holidays observed by the province.
Duration: 6 months contract with 6 months extension
The candidate will apply their financial and accounting skills along with knowledge of IT to support financial and contract reporting, including conducting financial and contractual analyses, developing and implementing financial processes, producing internal and external reports, including building dashboards.
Duties will include, but are not limited to:
- Review and interpret financial, contractual, and operational data to monitor performance and compliance.
- Assist in preparing annual and project-based budgets and develop contract-level budget justifications in collaboration with program areas.
- Maintain and update a comprehensive contract inventory and conduct detailed spend analysis to assess compliance with contractual terms and value received for funds expended.
- Identify cost-saving opportunities through contract consolidation, renegotiation and elimination of underperforming contracts.
- Prepare and present comprehensive zero-based budgeting reports
- Evaluate contracts and programs from a zero-based perspective, and document justification for all expenditures.
- Collect and analyze data related to grant funding and assess financial impact outcomes associated with grants to determine value for money.
- Support compliance with internal and external grant reporting requirements.
- Develop dashboards and reports to support internal and external decision-making
- Provide recommendation to update and maintain financial policies and procedures related to contracts and grants.
- Identify and recommend to implement process improvements to increase efficiency and accuracy.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather, analyze, and disseminate budgeting and forecasting data.
- Support variance analysis and investigate abnormalities in budget execution.
- Perform other related duties as required.
Core Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; professional designations (e.g., CPA, CFA) are an asset.
- Minimum 3-5 years of experience in financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, especially in zero-based or performance-based budgeting environments.
- Demonstrated expertise in contract cost analysis, spend analysis, and cost allocation methodologies.
- Proficiency in financial modeling, forecasting, and scenario analysis.
- Advanced skills in MS Excel and financial/budgeting software (experience with ERP systems preferred).
- Ability to analyze complex contractual terms and provide recommendations for cost optimization.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills for reporting and presenting budget analysis findings to technical/non-technical audiences.
- Experience in process documentation and supporting audit/traceability requirements.
- Other duties as required.
