Markham, ON, Canada
8 days ago
Senior Financial Analyst

ABOUT US

BGIS is a leading provider of customized facility management and real estate services. With a combined team of over 10,000 professionals worldwide, we relentlessly focus on enabling innovation through the services we deliver. We actively seek new opportunities that drive innovation for our clients’ businesses. Globally, we manager over 320 million square feet of client portfolios across 30,000+ locations in North America, Europe, Middle East, Australia, and Asia. For further information, visit www.bgis.com.

OUR CULTURE

At BGIS, our culture is built on three foundational pillars:

Culture of Care: We deeply care for each other, our clients, partners, and the communities we serve. High Performing Teams: We go Above and Beyond to deliver exceptional services. INTEGRITY, OWNERSHIP, RESPONSIVENESS, INITIATION, VISIBILITY, DRIVE, and INTEGRATION are core to high performance. Unwavering Commitment to Sustainability: We conduct every action with a focus on preserving our earth. 

SUMMARY

The Senior Financial Analyst provides complex transactional support for a process within a full accounting cycle and is knowledgeable in the full transactional details and accounting cycle and can effectively review all transactions within the portfolio and can communicate recommendations to senior stakeholders. Provides analysis, takes leads and makes recommendations for areas such as planning, forecasting, reporting, audit and process improvements. 

This role will work in collaboration with all key BGIS departments to ensure full support of all activities and play a key role in our INTEGRATED approach to operating buildings.   

Opportunities for Development:   

At BGIS we are committed to the development of our people – offering them opportunities to learn and grow into various roles.  Success in the role offers Team Members the opportunity to explore various roles – some include:  

Finance roles for different industry workstreams On account operations leadership roles in both Facility Management and Project Management

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES 

Safety Ownership and Regulatory Compliance: 

Comply with all internal and external requirements including but not limited to environmental, health and safety, fire protection and mandated by BGIS Health Safety and Environment Teams and enforced by law. 

Accounting  

Complex transactional support for a process within an accounting cycle  Completes and resolves assigned complex or high volume account reconciliations   Identifies and resolves complex transactional accounting discrepancies.  Recommends solutions for accounting discrepancies and seeks involvement of management, where required 

Accounting Policy 

Understand GAAP requirements relevant to the financial cycle or portfolio supported 

Audit Support and Controls 

Intermediate understanding of internal/Client control requirements and seek guidance on complex areas. In addition to ensuring compliance.  Maintains accurate and complete records for audits  Gathers audit support data upon request  Liaises with auditors to review audit support 

Financial Systems 

Intermediate level knowledge of current accounting systems and MS Office suite of software  Intermediate understanding and ability to document the transactional and financial data flows between relevant financial systems  Able to work with IT and operational teams on intermediate and more complex system setups, as well as recommend technology improvements related to Finance 

Planning/Forecasting 

Prepares more complex forecasts (internal and external) with the appropriate back-up (including assumptions and calculations)   Responsible for partnering with stakeholders in preparation of forecasts   

Analysis 

Prepares in-depth financial analysis (recurring and ad-hoc) and makes recommendations to internal and external stakeholders 

Reporting 

Preparation and/or review of internal/external reports   Presenting reports to stakeholders  Prepares intermediate business cases 

Scope/Complexity 

Single, high volume or multiple, low volume portfolios  With complex transactions  Some understanding of the broader portfolio 

Interaction with Stakeholder  

Increased Stakeholder interaction   Consults with Manager for significant issues with recommendations  Generate transactional data and more complex analysis to support operational decision making, with recommendations 

Financial Management/Contract Interpretation 

Strong understanding of financial obligations of portfolio and ability to investigate and interpret on areas as required.  Ensures portfolio deliverables of a financial nature are met in a timely and efficient manner  Monitors forecasted annual performance and recommends/assists in action plan  Seeks guidance on contract/portfolio financial terms and conditions for assigned accounts 

Process Adherence / Implementation 

Understand complex business processes and ensures compliance and ensures appropriate documentation  Conducts root cause analysis on process gaps. Recommends major process improvements within assigned portfolio  Prepares draft policies and procedures 

Problem Solving 

Identification of basic issues or discrepancies  

Technical and Business Knowledge 

Has gained an intermediate level of understanding of the industry and business which they support.  Can answer basic questions regarding the general business.  Has cultivated relationships with operational counterparts and has earned trust as a business partner. 

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

College/University graduation and CPA designation and 3-5 years of demonstrated experience Ability to communicate accounting principles to support procedures and to explain financial results within the team and to internal customers. Ability to complete and resolve assigned complex account reconciliation which sees the highest transaction volume or deal with multiple portfolios or business units. Ability to reconcile and resolve discrepancies between general ledger and sub ledger. Ability to identify and provide recommendations for issues and process improvement opportunities at account and business unit level following GAAP procedures. In-depth understanding of audit requirements within scope of responsibility. Ability to provide input to process documentations and business cases; write variance explanations, summaries of findings and recommendations. Advanced level knowledge of current accounting systems and MS Office suite of software

Licenses and/or Professional Accreditation

Certified Professional Accountant (CPA)

BGIS is an equal opportunity employer, and we welcome you to apply for a position with us! If you require accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact us at askHR. Upon request for accommodation, we will consult with the applicant in question and provide, or arrange for the provision of, suitable accommodation in a manner that takes into account the applicant’s accessibility needs due to disability.

BGIS est un employeur qui respecte l'égalité des chances et nous vous invitons à postuler pour un poste chez nous ! Si vous avez besoin d'un accommodement pendant le processus de recrutement, veuillez nous contacter à askHR. En cas de demande d'accommodement, nous discuterons avec le candidat en question et fournirons, ou ferons en sorte de fournir, un accommodement approprié d'une manière qui tiendra compte des besoins d'accessibilité du candidat en fonction de son handicap.

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