Title: FINANCIAL ANALYST
Duration: 12 Months
Location: Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3E4 (Hybrid)
Engagement: On-Demand Temporary Financial Staffing
Normal Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-4:30 PM Mountain Time
Experience Target: 5+ years progressive financial experience
Professional Designation: CPA or actively pursuing CPA

Role Overview
Health Shared Services Provincial Health Corporation is seeking an experienced Financial Analyst to provide on-demand financial accounting, analysis and reporting support across Alberta's provincial health system.

The Financial Analyst may support HSS and Provincial Health Agencies in areas including financial reporting, external audit support, general ledger accounting, revenue and grant reporting, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, internal controls, month-end/year-end activities and general accounting.

Key Responsibilities
The Financial Analyst may be responsible for:

• Prepare and support monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting.
• Prepare financial statements, supporting schedules and financial-statement notes.
• Perform general ledger account reconciliations.
• Prepare and process journal entries.
• Analyze and troubleshoot financial-statement variances.
• Perform balance sheet, cash flow, net debt and accumulated-surplus analysis.
• Support month-end and year-end close activities.
• Reconcile revenue accounts and restricted funding receipts.
• Assist with operating and restricted-fund accounting.
• Prepare variance analyses and complex financial reports.
• Support grant and restricted-fund reporting.
• Monitor deferred revenue and expiring grants.
• Assist with fixed-asset and capital-revenue accounting.
• Support payroll, banking and balance-sheet account reconciliations.
• Support subledger interfaces and billings/remittances.
• Assist with internal and external audit requests.
• Prepare supporting schedules, worksheets and documentation for auditors.
• Support Chart of Accounts maintenance.
• Assist with time-sensitive ministry reporting deliverables, including 1GX worksheets where applicable.

These activities come directly from the three HSS finance service areas identified in Schedule A.

Mandatory / Core Qualifications
Recruiters should target candidates with:

• 5+ years of progressive financial/accounting experience.
• CPA designation or currently working toward CPA designation.
• Strong financial accounting and reporting background.
• Experience analyzing financial statements.
• General ledger and account reconciliation experience.
• Month-end and year-end close experience.
• Journal-entry preparation and processing experience.
• Variance-analysis experience.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills.
• Experience with database applications and financial systems in a large organization.
• Ability to prepare complex financial reports and analyses.
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision.
• Ability to meet tight and time-sensitive deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Highly Desirable Skills
Strong preference should be given to candidates with:

• PSAS / Public Sector Accounting Standards
• Canadian public-sector accounting
• Healthcare finance/accounting
• Alberta public-sector or provincial-government experience
• Grant accounting/reporting
• Restricted-fund accounting
• External audit support
• Financial-statement preparation
• Deferred revenue
• Capital asset accounting
• 1GX worksheets/processes
• ASPE
• IFRS
• GAAP
• Internal controls over financial reporting

The RFP specifically says PSAS knowledge is preferred and calls for familiarity with ASPE, IFRS and GAAP.

Soft Skills
Look for candidates who demonstrate:

• High initiative
• Sound judgment
• Strong decision-making
• Attention to detail
• Deadline discipline
• Ability to prioritize competing assignments
• Professional communication
• Collaborative working style
• Stakeholder management
• Ability to explain financial information clearly
• Comfort working in a large, complex organization

Candidate Documentation to Obtain
For proposal purposes, obtain:

• Current detailed resume/profile
• Identification of the Service Category: Financial Analyst
• CPA designation/status or CPA-in-progress status
• Relevant education
• Years of progressive financial experience
• Recent comparable engagements
• Financial reporting/accounting accomplishments
• Public-sector experience, if applicable
• PSAS experience, if applicable
• Relevant financial systems and advanced Excel experience