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. + Overseeing the team responsible for the payroll/fringe journal entries, reconciliations and analysis. + Review payroll fringe forecasts, including presentation to the management team on a quarterly basis. + 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 accurate. + 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. **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. + Supervisory experience working in a fast paced accounting environment. + 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 global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what’s previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what’s possible. **Pay Transparency:** In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, 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 (working at least 20 hours per week) will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health care spending account, wellness spending account, 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 | AB | Edmonton **Organization:** BC-1195 Financial Services-CA Finance & Treasury **Employee Status:** Regular **Travel:** No **Schedule:** Full time **Job Posting:** 23/07/2025 09:07:17 **Req ID:** REQ250001Y2