Senior Financial Analyst - Team Lead

Senior Financial Analyst - Team Lead - ( 23000532 )
Description
Grow with the best. Join a smart, creative, and inspired team that works behind the scenes to support operational excellence. Our functional services teams (FSTs) provide services to 28,000 employees in over 400 locations across 6 continents. Bringing together individuals with diverse backgrounds, talents, and expertise, our FSTs are vital to making our Company stronger. Explore opportunities in Financial Services.
Your Opportunity
An opportunity exists for a Senior Financial Analyst in our Financial Reporting department to lead a high performing team responsible for the accounting and financial reporting related to Stantec's global corporate real estate portfolio and equipment leasing activities. This is a permanent position in the Edmonton office.
Your Key Responsibilities
The key responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to:

• Supervising and mentoring Accounting Technicians and Analysts
• Reviewing lease contracts and checklists to ensure compliance with IFRS
• Reviewing sublease contracts and related cease use or sublease calculations
• Chairing quarterly conference calls with Corporate Real Estate
• Verifying the accuracy of updates in CoStar, our lease management database
• Reviewing and approving complex journal entries.
• Reviewing numerous related balance sheet reconciliations and continuities
• Preparing and reviewing related financial statement note disclosures
• Contributing to the 5-day period end close process, identifying and correcting issues timely
• Reviewing all recurring lease payments for North America
• Performing key controls over financial reporting and certifying they are operating effectively
• Coordinating lease accounting support for global finance services teams and the acquisition and annual budget processes
• Responding to Internal and External audit requests and remediating deficiencies
• Identifying and implementing process improvements and maintain related documentation

Qualifications
Your Capabilities and Credentials
The ideal candidate has attained or is close to attaining a professional accounting designation and has progressively responsible work experience in accounting and financial reporting.
Other required qualifications include:

• Effective communication skills, including written and oral English language competency
• A very high degree of accuracy in analyzing contracts and financial information
• Strong organizational skills to manage multiple competing priorities and firm deadlines
• Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Teams and Oracle
• Well-developed leadership skills, demonstrating initiative and assertiveness
• Ability to work independently and foster collaboration both in person and while remote
• Proven commitment to the ongoing development of themselves and others

An understanding of real estate or other leases agreements and experience with lease accounting in accordance with IFRS 16, CoStar Real Estate Manager, and BlackLine would be considered assets.
Education and Experience
An accounting degree or diploma and a minimum of three years' experience working in Accounting and Financial Reporting
Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time.
This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.
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Salary Range(s):

• $76,100 - $110,300 Min/Max Pay Range for postings located in BC

The final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible.
Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a well-being program, health care spending account, wellness spending accounts, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off.
Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.
The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.
Primary Location : Canada-Alberta-Edmonton
Other Locations : Canada-Nova Scotia-Dartmouth, Canada-British Columbia-Vancouver, Canada-Alberta-Calgary, Canada-Ontario-Waterloo
Work Locations :
Edmonton AB
Organization : BC-1195 Financial Services-CA Finance & Treasury
Employee Status : Regular
Job Level : Individual Contributor
Travel : No
Schedule : Full-time
Job Posting : Dec 20, 2023, 10:42:40 AM
Req ID: 23000532
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