As a Financial Data Analyst, you will be embedded within a high-performing team focused on Clarity financial management. Your primary mission is to extract, analyze, and reconcile large datasets to identify financial discrepancies, determine their root causes, and coordinate with stakeholders to implement fixes within the financial reporting cycle.
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This role requires a unique blend of sharp technical skills (advanced Excel and Clarity), a strong understanding of corporate financial data, and the communication prowess needed to collaborate effectively across internal segments and vendor networks.
Advantages
•Top-Tier Organization: Gain valuable experience working within a leading, prestigious North American financial institution.
•Comprehensive Training: Benefit from a structured, 4-week training and onboarding period to set you up for success.
•Impactful Work: Drive tangible process improvements and influence financial accuracy across multiple business segments.
Responsibilities
•Data Extraction & Analysis: Regularly extract complex financial data from the organization's financial book of record (Clarity).
•Discrepancy Investigation: Assess financial data to confirm transaction accuracy, identify discrepancies, and investigate root causations.
•Action Planning: Summarize your analytical findings and create structured plans to address required financial fixes within tight reporting cycles.
•Stakeholder Collaboration: Lead and coordinate with internal stakeholders, resources, and external vendors to ensure financial corrections are executed properly and efficiently.
•Process Optimization: Continuously assess existing workflows to find opportunities to improve and streamline processes for future financial reporting cycles.
•Meeting Participation: Dedicate 2 to 3 hours a day collaborating in meetings to align on financial resolutions and project tracking.
Qualifications
Required Hard Skills & Experience:
•5 to 7 years of overall experience working with financial data analysis within a large corporate environment (Enterprise or Financial Institution experience is highly preferred).
•Advanced Excel Proficiency: Proven experience analyzing massive datasets, utilizing advanced formulas, and merging complex files.
•Clarity Expertise: Direct, hands-on experience using Clarity as a financial book of record or project management tool.
•Financial Literacy: Strong background in reviewing, auditing, and analyzing corporate financial transactions.
Soft Skills:
•Analytical Mindset: Excellent problem-solving skills with a keen eye for spotting inconsistencies in data.
•Strong Communication & Collaboration: Ability to confidently articulate findings and drive action plans with diverse internal teams and vendors.
•Process Improvement Driven: A proactive approach to identifying inefficiencies and suggesting smarter ways to manage data.
Nice-to-Have Skills:
•Experience utilizing Jira for task tracking and project management.
•A business degree or related credential is a plus, though practical, hands-on enterprise experience is prioritized.
Summary
Our client, a leading Financial Institution in Canada, is seeking a skilled and analytical Financial Data Analyst to join their team for a long-term contract opportunity. In this role, you will leverage financial data to analyze, address, and improve the accuracy of financial transactions for resources forward-deployed across various segments of the organization. Working within a dynamic 8-person team, you will act as a key player in ensuring data integrity within the company’s financial book of record (Clarity) and streamlining business-as-usual (BAU) operations.
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
This posting is for existing and upcoming vacancies.
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As a Financial Data Analyst, you will be embedded within a high-performing team focused on Clarity financial management. Your primary mission is to extract, analyze, and reconcile large datasets to identify financial discrepancies, determine their root causes, and coordinate with stakeholders to implement fixes within the financial reporting cycle.
This role requires a unique blend of sharp technical skills (advanced Excel and Clarity), a strong understanding of corporate financial data, and the communication prowess needed to collaborate effectively across internal segments and vendor networks.
Advantages
•Top-Tier Organization: Gain valuable experience working within a leading, prestigious North American financial institution.
•Comprehensive Training: Benefit from a structured, 4-week training and onboarding period to set you up for success.
•Impactful Work: Drive tangible process improvements and influence financial accuracy across multiple business segments.
Responsibilities
•Data Extraction & Analysis: Regularly extract complex financial data from the organization's financial book of record (Clarity).
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•Discrepancy Investigation: Assess financial data to confirm transaction accuracy, identify discrepancies, and investigate root causations.
•Action Planning: Summarize your analytical findings and create structured plans to address required financial fixes within tight reporting cycles.
•Stakeholder Collaboration: Lead and coordinate with internal stakeholders, resources, and external vendors to ensure financial corrections are executed properly and efficiently.
•Process Optimization: Continuously assess existing workflows to find opportunities to improve and streamline processes for future financial reporting cycles.
•Meeting Participation: Dedicate 2 to 3 hours a day collaborating in meetings to align on financial resolutions and project tracking.
Qualifications
Required Hard Skills & Experience:
•5 to 7 years of overall experience working with financial data analysis within a large corporate environment (Enterprise or Financial Institution experience is highly preferred).
•Advanced Excel Proficiency: Proven experience analyzing massive datasets, utilizing advanced formulas, and merging complex files.
•Clarity Expertise: Direct, hands-on experience using Clarity as a financial book of record or project management tool.
•Financial Literacy: Strong background in reviewing, auditing, and analyzing corporate financial transactions.
Soft Skills:
•Analytical Mindset: Excellent problem-solving skills with a keen eye for spotting inconsistencies in data.
•Strong Communication & Collaboration: Ability to confidently articulate findings and drive action plans with diverse internal teams and vendors.
•Process Improvement Driven: A proactive approach to identifying inefficiencies and suggesting smarter ways to manage data.
Nice-to-Have Skills:
•Experience utilizing Jira for task tracking and project management.
•A business degree or related credential is a plus, though practical, hands-on enterprise experience is prioritized.
Summary
Our client, a leading Financial Institution in Canada, is seeking a skilled and analytical Financial Data Analyst to join their team for a long-term contract opportunity. In this role, you will leverage financial data to analyze, address, and improve the accuracy of financial transactions for resources forward-deployed across various segments of the organization. Working within a dynamic 8-person team, you will act as a key player in ensuring data integrity within the company’s financial book of record (Clarity) and streamlining business-as-usual (BAU) operations.
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
This posting is for existing and upcoming vacancies.
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