Senior Financial Analyst - ( 250001Y2 ) **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 32,000 employees in over 450 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, Team Lead in our Financial Services Team (FST). As a key member of this team, you will be responsible for reviewing and maintaining various balance sheet account reconciliations. In addition, you will provide guidance and direction to the Accounting Technicians and Analysts involved in the day-to-day operations of financial reporting, adding value to the company by providing financial expertise. This hybrid opportunity is located in our Edmonton, Alberta office. **Your Key Responsibilities** + Reviewing various balance sheets and income statement account reconciliations. + Assisting in the 5-day period end close process including identifying any issues and the action required to correct them to ensure that our financial statements are properly stated. + Reviewing and approving journal entries. + May include preparing financial statement note disclosures. + Ensuring staff are fully trained and equipped to perform in a high-volume centralized environment. + Assisting with the hiring of technicians and analysts within the Financial Reporting group and determining the best allocation of work given the resources available. + Mentoring staff, including those working towards CPA designation. + Answering queries from Internal and External auditors. + Ensuring key controls for financial reporting related to Stantec’s SOX and internal control program are effective and operational. + Assisting with the review and implementation of various business process improvements. + Various duties and projects, as assigned by senior financial reporting staff. **Qualifications** **Your Capabilities and Credentials** + Well-developed leadership skills, demonstrating initiative and assertiveness + Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office + Experience with Blackline software (Journals, Account Reconciliations) is an asset + Effective communication skills, including written and oral English language competency + Strong organizational skills to manage multiple competing priorities and firm deadlines + Proactive with strong attention to detail + Proven ability to work well across multi levels of organization, disciplines, and entities + Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment **Education and Experience** + A CPA designation or accounting degree/diploma and close to completion of CPA. + Minimum 5 years of relevant experience working in a fast-paced accounting environment with supervisory experience. + Intermediate to advanced Excel skills. + Experience with Oracle or other large Enterprise system is preferred. 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. Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best. **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 **Organization** : BC-1195 Financial Services-CA Finance & Treasury **Employee Status** : Regular **Job Level** : Individual Contributor **Travel** : No **Schedule** : Full-time **Job Posting** : May 26, 2025, 9:39:08 AM **Req ID:** 250001Y2 Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with local, state and federal laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans