Atlantic Central is currently accepting applications for a Financial Reporting Analyst.
WHO WE ARE:
Atlantic Central is the trade association for credit unions in Atlantic Canada, with offices in Halifax, Riverview and Charlottetown. We deliver quality results, and offer a collaborative and community focused work environment in which to do it. Our employees’ wellbeing is a top priority and we underscore that with flexible working arrangements, personal days, and even birthdays off, to enable employees’ to strike a balance that works for them. We strive to create an environment where all team members have opportunities for growth and feel welcome, valued, supported and connected.
If your values align with ours, consider joining our team as Financial Reporting Analyst!
A TYPICAL DAY:
Working as part of a team of nine, and cross-functionally with other departments, the Financial Reporting Analyst is responsible for analyzing and interpreting operating results and providing specific recommendations to Management as well as for the development, implementation, and maintenance of financial risk management processes and reporting. This also includes the development of data and business analytics tools. As a senior Finance and Accounting professional, the role also has the opportunity to mentor and train others and be involved in change management of reporting projects.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provides financial reporting and analysis to management, auditors, regulators, and others including monthly internal financial statements; variance analysis; and monthly and quarterly financial regulatory reporting.
- Provides support for the annual audit including the preparation and analysis of audit working papers, following up of Auditor queries, and the preparation of financial statements and notes, and other supporting working papers.
- Provides support for the annual budget process and the administration of financial accounting controls and processes.
- Provides input into the design and implementation of Finance departmental plans and objectives.
- Participates in the development, implementation and maintenance of policies and processes relating to financial reporting, budgeting, and accounting.
- Maintains an understanding of the overall business processes and existing data structures to effectively respond to the organization needs through reporting. Maintains an understanding of the multiple sources of data and the necessary relationships between the various sources.
- Develops and maintains automated processes that are improvements over current state, using programs such as Microsoft Access, Visual Basics for Applications (VBA), Microsoft Excel, Power BI, Other Databases (SQL) and XML.
- Designs, develops, and tests new solutions and/or modifies existing solutions to accommodate system requirements or restrictions in the areas of business process improvements, regulatory reporting, management reporting, data analysis, and ad-hoc requests. Provides training and support to end users of processes and reports.
TO BE SUCCESSFUL
As the ideal candidate you will have successfully completed a Bachelor’s Degree with a concentration in Accounting or Finance, a professional accounting designation CPA, and have 5-8 years experience in financial accounting/reporting, preferably in the financial services industry; or have an equivalent combination of education and experience.
You have a solid knowledge of accounting standards and financial principles; and the ability to analyze and interpret financial data, assess risk and prepare financial reports, statements, and projections and provide conclusions and recommendations. You must also be able to formulate policies and procedures and implement the new procedures; and have fiscal management and budget preparation experience. You have the ability to make sound business decisions; ability to learn new technologies and new industries and have a knack for staying organized through planning despite unexpected demands sometimes popping up.
LOCATION:
This position offers the ability to work remotely, but will be based out of any of our three Atlantic Offices.
COMPENSATION:
This is a permanent full-time position and is rated a Salary Level CU-8 ($77,471 – $91,142). Atlantic Central offers a competitive benefits package as well as the opportunity to participate in the Performance Sharing Incentive Plan.
TO APPLY:
Applications will close on February 21, 2022.
Please forward a cover letter highlighting why you are a strong fit, your résumé and salary expectations in MS Word or PDF format in confidence, to jobs@aclsm.ca.
WHAT WE DO:
Atlantic Central provides a range of services, leadership and advocacy at the provincial, regional and national levels. Collectively, the 42 credit unions we support are entrusted to manage $12 billion in mortgages, loans and deposits on behalf of 294,000 Atlantic Canadians.
The company’s operations also integrate those of our subsidiary, League Savings and Mortgage Company (LSM), a federally regulated provider of wholesale banking services to credit unions, with assets under administration in excess of $2 billion. LSM, a trusted credit union partner for over 50 years, is evolving its business model and is expanding into new markets and expected to experience significant growth over the next several years.
Curious about what else we do? Check out our website or LinkedIn page.
Atlantic Central and League Savings and Mortgage believes a vaccinated population is a vital part of protecting us, our friends, our families and communities from COVID-19 and the developing, fast-moving variants. With this in mind, we require all our employees to be fully vaccinated as a condition of employment, subject to the Company’s duty to accommodate under applicable human rights legislation. For clarity, “fully vaccinated” means having the full series of doses or combination of doses of a vaccine approved by Health Canada or applicable provincial health authority, and at least 14 days have passed since the last dose of the full series was received.