Finance Analyst

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career. 

• →Experience analyzing and reconciling financial information and reviewing financial transactions.
• →Experience identifying and resolving accounting discrepancies and errors.

• →Experience preparing financial reports, schedules, or accounting documentation.
• →Experience with accounts payable, reconciliations, and financial reporting.
• →Experience with ERP systems (preferably Workday) and/or Adagio.
• →Working knowledge of Canadian GST rules and their application to financial transactions.
• →Demonstrated understanding of month-end and period-end accounting procedures.

• →Experience working with financial data from multiple sources and reconciling differences.
• →Advanced Excel skills for financial analysis and reconciliation.

• →Experience in a pension, investment, benefits, or other complex financial environment is an asset.

Skills:

• →Strong accounting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• →Ability to analyze financial information, investigate discrepancies, identify the cause of errors, and resolve routine issues within established accounting policies and procedures.
• →Ability to prepare and interpret financial reports and supporting schedules.
• →Strong attention to detail and ability to exercise sound judgment within established accounting policies and procedures.