Senior Financial Analyst - Contract

Start date is March 1 and ending June 15 
Hybrid: 3 days in the office
 
 

Senior Financial Analyst (3.5-Month Contract)

Company: Emergitel
Location: Greater Toronto Area – Hybrid (3 Days In Office)
Contract Term: March 1 – June 15
Start Date: March 1

About the Opportunity

Emergitel is supporting a leading organization in hiring a Senior Financial Analyst for a 3 month contract engagement. This role will focus heavily on reconciliations, month-end activities, and financial analysis within a structured corporate environment.

This is a hands-on role suited for someone detail-oriented, analytical, and confident communicating financial impacts to both internal stakeholders and external vendors.

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Key Responsibilities

• Perform various account reconciliations (AR, AP, intercompany, and bank reconciliations preferred)

• Lead and support month-end close activities

• Prepare and post journal entries with clear supporting documentation

• Develop and maintain working papers to support financial reporting

• Translate business transactions into accurate journal entries and clearly explain financial impact in summary format

• Communicate with external vendors and service providers regarding financial matters

• Conduct actuals-to-budget and actuals-to-prior month variance analysis (nice to have)

• Support ad-hoc reporting and analysis as required

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Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive accounting or financial analysis experience

• Strong reconciliation experience (financial services experience preferred; transferable reconciliation experience considered)

• Solid month-end close experience including journal entries and working papers

• Advanced Excel skills (VLOOKUP, SUMIF, Pivot Tables required)

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to confidently ask clarifying questions and proactively resolve issues

• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to translate business activity into financial impact

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Nice to Have

• Experience with SAP ECC

• Experience with variance analysis (actual vs. budget / actual vs. prior month)

• Telecom industry exposure

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Ideal Candidate Profile

• Detail-oriented but able to communicate at a summary level

• Comfortable working independently in a hybrid environment

• Strong problem-solver who is not hesitant to seek clarification

• Able to hit the ground running in a short-term contract role