Job Senior Financial Analyst in Edmonton

Join our team

The TELUS Finance Business Partner Enabler team supports our broader Corporate Affairs & Finance (CAF) areas and is composed of a group of highly engaged and motivated team members. We are trusted business partners who provide exceptional financial reporting, planning and analysis to our senior leaders and key stakeholders, working collaboratively as a team to deliver top results.

Here’s the impact you’ll make and what we’ll accomplish together

As a high-performing Senior Financial Analyst (SFA) within our team, you will be a key finance partner, leveraging your expert knowledge in financial analysis and forecasting, you will provide dynamic and timely insights for our key stakeholders, identifying risks and opportunities within the business and driving TELUS profitability. At the core of your talents is your innate ability to communicate, work autonomously and recognize how to drive efficiencies; TELUS is a technology company and with that, we are always optimizing how we work and engage with our stakeholders.

If you’re ready to deliver value-added financial reporting, forecasting and analysis services to a dynamic business unit read on…

Here's how

Each day you will bring your A-game to the field of Finance and will include recurring accountability for:

• Your assigned CAF portfolio, collaborating with your stakeholders and leading month-end close, reporting and forecasting processes, translating results into a story that enables key business discussion and decisions
• Working closely with your team members and controller to identify, communicate and mitigate financial risks both within your portfolio, and across the broader CAF and TELUS Finance business unit
• Analyzing past results, identifying trends and making recommendations to improve our forecasts and processes
• Priming your portfolio’s forecast, which includes all operating expenses and headcount planning
• Priming your portfolio’s Annual Budget & Strat Check (long-term model) including operating expenses and headcount planning
• Working closely with your controller, leading consolidation month-end reporting processes and reconciliations

Our world is changing and evolving, and so is TELUS. You need to be able to adapt quickly to the following:

• Develop a strong understanding of business processes and operations to create and present organizational information and financial reports to senior leadership, including TELUS Vice Presidents & Directors
• Identify, develop and implement process improvements related to OpEx management, consolidated reporting and how large data sets are presented to our stakeholders in a meaningful way
• Provide insightful analysis and decision support for ad hoc requests from stakeholder across TELUS
• Support the controller with maintaining SAP and Hyperion hierarchies
• Comfortable working autonomously, sometimes under pressure and tight deadlines
• Recognize and lead implementation of new reporting tools, automation solutions and other technology-driven process improvements across the Finance Enabler team

You're the missing piece of the puzzle

• Big Thinker
  • Exceptional analytical, financial modeling and innovative thinking skills with strong sense of ownership and ability to make effective decisions and deal with complex issues
• Collaborative Team Player
  • Able to work well in a cross-functional team environment maintaining inter-departmental respect, sensitivity to all perspectives and information
• Engaging Communicator
  • Track record of building and developing relationships, with strong ability to influence others at all levels in the organization by employing negotiation skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively and professionally with senior management
• Proactive Planner
  • Excellent organizational skills with the ability to scope out difficult tasks & projects, set objectives and goals, develop schedules, prioritize multiple activities, and anticipate roadblocks
  • Able to manage multiple projects to meet deadlines and goals in a fast-paced, ever-changing, and sometimes ambiguous environment
• Self-Starter
  • High standards of performance and a strong desire to learn
  • A proven ability to highlight inefficiencies and make improvements to processes
  • Desire to learn, adapt and lead implementation of new technologies
  
  

Great-to-haves

• Completion of a professional accounting designation (CPA, CA, CMA, CGA) required with post-qualification experience preferred
• Experience with month-end close work, including journal entry preparation, account reconciliations and controls monitoring & remediation
• Minimum 5-7 years of relevant analytical experience
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office and Google Suite toolset (must include Excel and VBA would be an asset)
• Good understanding of workflow to be able to translate business needs into an RPA solution and other automation tools
• Experience with SAP and Hyperion