BFA Accountant Job Listing at City of Edmonton in Edmonton, AB (Job ID 50903)

Description

Do you have what it takes to combine your financial expertise with quick business decisions to provide financial advice and stewardship? Do you possess the skill set to ensure resources are utilized and aligned to delivering the best value for each dollar? Be the financial expert who gives sound practical advice to your business partner. Use your innovative thinking and keen understanding of your business partner's operations to provide timely, meaningful and accurate financial information.

Within the Financial and Corporate Services Department, you will be part of the Business Financial Analytics team supporting the financial needs of the Parks and Roads Services branch within City Operations as they strive to create a safe, healthy, and vibrant city. 

Reporting to the Finance Manager and supporting the Senior Accountant, this position is responsible for delivering activities associated with the preparation of complex financial analytics and contributing to the development of financial recommendations or advice provided to clients in support of their operations.

What will you do?

• Provide financial analytics, strategic support and consultative services, facilitating a culture of strong financial governance and stewardship
• Contribute to the preparation and analysis of operating budgets, providing information to program managers to ensure accurate budget control and performance measurement
• Prepare a variety of management level reports, including monthly revenue and expenditure statements, reports on the financial implications of selected special projects, specialized statements, projections and estimated expenditures, with a focus on financial impacts related to changes and trends
• Conduct analysis of data to support budget adjustments ensuring that any rate/fee changes are considered; conducting comparisons, benchmarking, forecasting, projections, recovery ratios and links to agreements are all part of the considerations
• Contribute to the preparation of year-end financial statements and complete month-end and year-end closing of books, subject to review and approval, including preparing journal entries, analysis and meeting Corporate deadlines
• Provide support in preparing recommendations to Operations pertaining to financial policy and procedure,  analysis of cost drivers and identifying potential areas where financial issues may occur
• Work individually and as part of a team on specialized accounting assignments
• Provide technical and professional advice and assistance to department officials in matters pertaining to financial policy and procedure, cost analysis and budget preparation
• Provide cost accounting services to departments in areas of general cost reporting, inventory reconciliation and analysis of complex profit/cost relationships
• Perform other related duties