Financial Analyst (Bilingual) Full-time Job
Feb 21st, 2025 at 13:20 Financial Services Montréal 24 views Reference: 11999Job Details
The Financial Analyst I provides standard transactional support for a process within an accounting cycle, can communicate with concerned parties pertaining to transactions and provides support/input for analysis.
KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Accounting
- Provides standard transactional support for a process within an Accounting cycle or client account / product line
- Ability to complete and resolve assigned basic account reconciliations independently.
- Identifies issues or discrepancies in basic transactional accounting.
Accounting Policy
- Understand GAAP requirements relevant to the financial cycle or portfolio supported
Audit Support and Controls
- Basic understanding of audit and internal control requirements
- Maintains accurate and complete records for audits
- Gathers audit support data upon request
Financial Systems
- Entry level knowledge of current accounting systems and MS Office suite of software
- Basic understanding of the interactions between financial systems related to the portfolio supported
- Able to work with IT and operational teams on basic system setups
Planning/Forecasting
- Simple data extracts to support the preparation of forecasts
- Provides relevant trending analysis to support the preparation of forecasts
Analysis
- Responds to internal requests for simple ad hoc analysis with guidance from senior team members
Reporting
- Support preparation of internal reports
- Provides support/input into basic business cases
Scope / Complexity
- Single, high volume or multiple, low volume portfolios
- With standard transactions
Interaction with Concerned Parties
- Some Concerned parties interaction with transactional level data
- Generate routine transactional data to support operational decision making
Financial Management/Contract Interpretation
- Awareness of financial obligations of portfolio
- Supports delivery of contract/portfolio deliverables of a financial nature in a timely and efficient manner, in areas of less complexity
Process Adherence / Implementation
- Understand basic business processes and ensures compliance and ensures appropriate documentation
Problem Solving
- Identification of basic issues or discrepancies
Technical and Business Knowledge
- Has demonstrated a curiosity for the industry and business which they support.
- Has made initial connections with operational counterparts in support of transactional processes.
KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS
- College/University graduation or professional certification (e.g., CPA, CMA, CGA or equivalent courses)
- Minimum of 1 to 3 years of related experience.
- Ability to prepare month end journal entries to support proper transaction reporting
- Basic understanding of the interactions between sub ledger and general ledger
- Understanding of audit requirements
- Ability to identify issues or discrepancies in basic transactional accounting
- Ability to communicate processes and procedures within the team and to internal customers
- Ability to prepare basic memos and provide basic variance explanations.
- Entry level knowledge of current accounting systems and MS Office suite of software
Licenses and/or Professional Accreditation
Registered in an Accounting designation program (CGA, CMA)
Company Description
BGIS is a leading provider of customized facility management and real estate services. With our combined team of over 6, 500 globally, we relentlessly focus on enabling innovation through the services we deliver, while actively looking for new opportunities that will enable innovation for our clients businesses. Globally, we manage over 320 million square feet of client portfolios across 30,000+ locations in North America, Europe, Middle East, Australia and Asia.
