Financial Analyst

About this role

Overview
At KPMG in Canada, our people bring their unique perspectives to Canada’s most important challenges. Here, you can build momentum that reaches beyond our business, develop skills for the future, and take ownership of your career with support at every stage. Join a firm where your career can make a difference.


Reporting to the Manager, Finance, the Financial Analyst is responsible for processing accounting transactions, analyzing data and preparing various monthly billings in support of our Business Enablement Services function – Finance and its client groups.


What You Will Do

• Prepare detailed analyses and reports for assigned groups. Investigate identified variances
• Prepare, analyze, book and reconcile monthly journal entries
• Allocate administrative expenses to various cost centres on monthly basis
• Prepare monthly billings
• Pull invoice backup to support or reconcile monthly transactions
• Liaise with Accounts Payable, Procurement and various client groups to follow up on time-sensitive queries
• Assist in month end close
• Depending on client group, may be involved with weekly cash forecasts, payroll funding, EFTs and Amex wires
• Ad-hoc projects or analysis as required.

At times, business needs arise and employees are required and agree to work beyond their normal work day or work week to fulfill the accountabilities required for their job. Likewise, people need time to devote to personal matters, and our approach to flexibility provides for this.


What You Bring To The Role

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance or equivalent
• 2+ years of financial analysis or accounting experience
• Robust knowledge of accounting principles and concepts, financial statements
• Strong customer focus, interpersonal skills and ability to work independently
• Strong analytical skills with an ability to get into the details, while also seeing and understanding the big picture
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills,...