Title : Senior Analyst, Finance

Employee Working Location : Hybrid (Montreal, QC)

Employment Status : Permanent Full-time

Salary Band : $62,021.66 / year

The Canadian Red Cross (CRC) - an inspirational not for profit organization, helps people and communities in Canada and around the world in times of need and supports them in strengthening their resilience. As a Canada's Best Employers 2024, we are committed to having an accessible, diverse, inclusive, and barrier-free work environment.

In this role, you will :

• Provides program operational staff with up to date and relevant data, analysis, and reporting to aid in preparing both response and annual budgets for all revenues and expenditures.
• Reviews program response and annual budget submissions for completeness, accuracy, and reasonableness and collaborates to resolve any discrepancies or issues.
• Prepares related annual budget submission entries into the relevant database and reporting system.
• Ensures proper funding agreement financial structure set up, including but not limited to, bank accounts, trust funds, and financial dimension / billable coding, and that these are properly communication to relevant stakeholders.
• Identifies budgeting and projection deficiencies and recommends areas of improvement.
• Evaluates funds advanced to operational staff and the systems and controls in place to ensure completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of the related financial information being reported back
• Identifies risk exposure of programs and projects and provides scenarios and solutions to eliminate or mitigate these risks to program operational staff and senior management.
• Prepares monthly and quarterly project financial and statistical variance analysis and reports for program operational staff, senior management, and as required, external funders that may include government bodies.
• Prepare financial analysis, statistical variance analysis and reports for various programs and projects.
• Support the Finance Director during Provincial Disaster Coordination Team meetings.

What we are looking for :

• A university degree in Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Chartered Professional Accounting Designation or pursuing one is an asset.
• Minimum 5 years of job-related work experience.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of accounting theory, techniques, and policies.
• Working knowledge and experience with D365 is considered an asset
• Working knowledge and experience with BI360 is considered an asset.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office applications including Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Excel.
• Superior time management and organizational skills reflected in the ability to prioritize and multi-task.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with operational staff, senior management, and external parties. Fluency in French is required, English is an asset.

Working Conditions :

• As we work with and support people (managers, colleagues, beneficiaries/customers, volunteers, donors and external partners) and communities in Canada and around the world, applicants whose first language is not English may be required to perform the responsibilities of the role in English.
• Eligibility to work in Canada: At this time, we welcome applications from candidates eligible to work in Canada. If you are not a citizen or permanent resident of Canada, we encourage you to carefully review your visa to find out whether you are eligible to work in the job you are considering applying for. Refer to our FAQ for more information.
• If you are selected for this role, you will be required to complete a successful pre-employment screening process which includes a satisfactory Enhanced Police Information Check (E-PIC).

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Salary Band:
$ 62,021.66