Senior Financial Analyst - Finance Operations

JOB SUMMARY

Reporting to the Director, Finance Operations, the successful candidate in this position will support and oversea the full Accounts Payables function, ensuring accuracy efficiency, compliance and strong internal controls. You will play a key role in monitoring, support and coaching EPC team.

You will act as a subject matter expert and point of escalation, ensuring operational excellence, compliance, and continuous improvement across freight payables processes.

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead, mentor, and develop the accounts payable team

• Promote a culture that emphasizes both individual accountability and a commitment to ongoing learning and development.
• Deploys associates and solutions to resolve urgent vendor payment matters, and support vendor payment and remittance requirements.
• Review and approve high-value or complex invoices, payment runs, journal entries, and exception items.

• Own end-to-end accounts payable operations, including invoice processing, payment execution and vendor maintenance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional leadership to resolve discrepancies and streamline invoice processing.
• Re-enforce and maintain payable’s function complies with company policies, internal controls, and industry best practices.
• Adhere to establish policies and procedures.
• Provides analytical support for Corporate Finance, Procurement, business process owners, and operations teams to drive timely decision making, procurement and resolution of vendors.
• Partner with Finance, and Financial Accounting leadership to ensure accurate journals, accruals, reconciliations, and timely month, quarter and year-end close.
• Liaise with system administrators and vendors to troubleshoot technical issues and support system enhancements.
• Ensure vendor relationships are maintained through timely communication and resolution of payment concerns.
• Conduct vendor management check-ins with the Expenditure Processing coordinators
• Perform other related duties as assigned by management.
• Adhere to established policies and procedures.

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

To perform this job successfully, the person must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable a person with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Thorough knowledge of accounting principles and standards.
• In-depth working knowledge and experience of full cycle accounts payable.
• People management skills including leading, interpersonal, customer service skills, performance management, mentoring, coaching, and developing teams.
• Effective communication (oral & written) skills. Ability to communicate with all levels of employees and management.
• Ability to navigate financial and operations applications; research variances and identify root causes of discrepancies
• Excellent organizational, problem solving, analytical and time-management skills.
• Proven ability to meet tight timelines in an environment with competing priorities.
• Be proactive and energetic in the work situation, seeking to get things done and able to multi-task
• Advanced proficiency in the use of Microsoft Suite (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excess, Access and PowerPoint).  Experience with advanced data / analytical software would be an asset.
• Strong Accounting (IFRS or U.S. GAAP) knowledge

WORK EXPERIENCE – MINIMUM REQUIRED

EDUCATION

CERTIFICATIONS DESCRIPTION

One or more accounting designations, such as CPA or CFA required.

COMPETENCIES