Senior Project Financial Analyst (1 yr contract)

Overview

Job Location:
Toronto – 100 Adelaide St W

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Finance (Listings), this role is the primary lead on the accounting and financial reporting specifically for the TSX Trust Integration Program. This role provides front-line financial support to the Program and ensures key transparency into both historical and forward-looking program budget and financials across multiple dimensions.

This role will understand key financial and project reporting policies & procedures for TMX and their application at TSX Trust, and play a major role in contributing to the timely delivery of accurate and complete financial results for the business.

The successful candidate has the ability to collaborate and develop relationships with diverse internal stakeholders. The successful candidate will pay keen attention to detail, enjoy working as an active member of the program team, and have a focus on continuous self-improvement.

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The TMX group of companies includes leading global exchanges such as the Toronto Stock Exchange, Montreal Exchange, and numerous innovative organizations enhancing capital markets.

United as a global team, we’re connecting cross-functionally, traversing industries and geographies, moving opportunity into action, advancing global economic growth, and propelling progress. Through a rich exchange of ideas, meaningful collaboration, and a nimble operating model, we’re powering some of the nation’s most critical systems, fueling capital formation and innovation, bringing increased opportunity to business visionaries, product ingenuity to consumers, and career exploration to our team.

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Now Hiring: Sr. Project Financial Analyst (1 year contract)

Job Description:

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Finance (Listings), this role is the primary lead on the accounting and financial reporting specifically for the TSX Trust Integration Program.  This role provides front-line financial support to the Program and ensures key transparency into both historical and forward-looking program budget and financials across multiple dimensions. 

This role will understand key financial and project reporting policies & procedures for TMX and their application at TSX Trust, and play a major role in contributing to the timely delivery of accurate and complete financial results for the business. 

The successful candidate has the ability to collaborate and develop relationships with diverse internal stakeholders. The successful candidate will pay keen attention to detail, enjoy working as an active member of the program team, and have a focus on continuous self-improvement.

Key Accountabilities:

Accounting & External reporting:

• Lead in the preparation of required month-end and quarter-end internal and external reporting, including reconciling results and data between different corporate views

• Prepare journal entries for, analyze, and reconcile major balance sheet accounts on a monthly basis and ensure any reconciling items are dealt with in a reasonable manner and time frame

• Evaluate the progress of work to recognize timely and appropriate accruals

• Coordinate with external auditors on year-end financial statements audits

• Contribute to continuous (Workday) financial system adoption and process improvements 

Results analysis and reporting:

• Prepare management reporting packages to the Integration Steering committee/leadership team and the Finance team

• Coordinating key inputs from and communicating critical process guidance to the program team members

• Perform and manage project management office (PMO) functional tasks and perform day-to-day contract payment activities 

• Implementation of and adherence to a rigorous expense spending control 

• Assist with a detailed understanding of variances to budget, forecast, and prior year for legal entities.

• Participate in monthly review meetings with FBPs impacting LE’s

• Track and report upon synergies achieved in relation to the financial model and identify variances and drivers behind the same

Planning, tracking, and Forecasting:

• Prepare budgets and forecasts for the Integration program and track financial metrics

• Support Project Managers with monitoring their approved workstream budget helping to identify and action variances on a timely basis, leveraging standard project change request processes

• Maintain a rolling Integration financial model 

• Assist cost center managers with the upload of data, and validation in the budgeting
  system

• Other ad-hoc requirements linked to the planning or forecasting process.

Must Have Skills:

• Strong relationship-building skills to acquire the trust of business partners

• Comfortable working to tight deadlines at quarterly and year-end periods.

• Self-starter and highly motivated team player

• University graduate plus a CPA designation is preferred (or in progress)

• 3 to 5 years of progressive finance experience

• Experience with tracking budgets across individual workstreams and rolling up to the program level leveraging standardized reporting processes and controls

• Strong understanding of accounting principles and practices

• Experience in a multi-entity and multi-currency environment is considered an asset

• Excellent attention to detail and highly accurate while also fast and efficient

• Strong technical skills, including Excel (pivot tables, model building, model auditing), ERP systems, and the Google Suite of products.

• Highly motivated team player and self-starter

• Ability to multi-task in an efficient, controlled manner

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing

• Excellent communication, organizational, interpersonal, and collaboration skills

• Experience with Workday is also considered an asset

• Customer service orientation.

In the market for…

Excitement – Explore emerging technology and innovation, as well as ventures and digital finance that shape the future of global markets! Experience the movement of the market while grounded in the stability of close to 200 years of success.
Connection – With site hubs in some of the world’s most multicultural cities, we leverage our size and structure to create rich connections and belonging while experiencing powerful global impact through our work.
Impact – More than a platform, we use our talents to power mission-critical systems that drive global economic advancement, innovation, and growth. As well, our employee-led Team Impact spreads social good via our giving strategy.
Wellness – From empathetic leadership to a culture of flexibility and balance, we believe wellness at work creates the maximum yield and a stronger “we”. Plus, with a cloud-first and hybrid workstyle, as well as generous time-off and leaves, we support a life well lived!
Growth – From a growth mindset in our work, to expansion in our business, TMX is home to action-takers energized by the achievement of ambitious growth.

Ready to enrich your career with impactful work, leaders who truly care, and the flexibility and programs to help you thrive as part of #TeamTMX? Apply now.
This role is required to know a language other than French as TMX is an international organization with operations across the globe and its clients, shareholders, competitors, stakeholders, regulators and employees communicate in English.

Dans le cadre de ce poste, le titulaire est tenu de connaître aussi une autre langue que le français, étant donné que TMX est une société internationale qui mène ses activités à l’échelle mondiale et que ses clients, ses actionnaires, ses concurrents, ses parties prenantes, les autorités qui la réglementent et son personnel communiquent en anglais.

This role is required to know a language other than French as TMX is an international organization with operations across the globe and its clients, shareholders, competitors, stakeholders, regulators and employees communicate in English.

TMX is committed to creating and sustaining a collegial work environment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect and one which reflects the diversity of the community in which we operate. We provide accommodations for applicants and employees who require it.