Senior Analyst, Finance Systems

Accountabilities

As part of the Finance Systems function, you will support the delivery and continuous improvement of the organization's finance technology ecosystem. You will take ownership of implementation activities, validate financial data and controls, and ensure that changes are properly documented and adopted.

• Finance Systems Implementation and Execution

  • Execute configuration, testing, and go-live activities for ERP enhancements, workflow automations, and reporting integrations across finance and capital asset modules.

  • Support the implementation of new finance platforms, including financial close management and treasury management systems, through requirements validation, configuration testing, user acceptance testing (UAT), and post-deployment support.

  • Design, build, and execute detailed UAT scripts and regression test suites across ERP, financial close, treasury, data warehouse, and reporting platforms.

  • Support data warehouse implementation through data migration validation, schema testing, transformation logic verification, and source-to-report data lineage checks.

  • Validate reporting platform migrations, including dimension-to-report mappings, reconciliation workbooks, and multi-entity actuals, budget, and prior-year comparisons.

  • Perform pre- and post-implementation accounting reconciliations, verifying transaction flows, journal entries, depreciation schedules, and sub-ledger-to-general-ledger balances across entities.

  • Execute dimension structure migrations, configuration releases, and master data changes in accordance with established change-management procedures.

  • Investigate and resolve system and posting discrepancies with technical teams, ensuring accounting integrity before business approval.

  • Drive implementation action items through completion, maintaining documentation, supporting users, and preserving a clear audit trail. Identify blockers, document ownership and timelines, and escalate issues with recommended solutions.

  • Controls Compliance and Data Integrity

    • Validate manual and automated financial application controls during and after implementations, following the established Finance Systems Governance Framework.

    • Conduct scheduled data integrity checks across ERP, data warehouse, and reporting environments, identifying discrepancies before they affect financial reporting.

    • Maintain finance systems change logs covering configuration updates, dimension changes, master data modifications, and access changes.

    • Support periodic access reviews and segregation of duties (SoD) assessments, identifying potential conflicts and recommending remediation.

    • Validate Silver and Gold data warehouse layers, ensuring transformation logic and source-to-report data lineage are accurate.

    • Documentation, Enablement, and Stakeholder Engagement

      • Prepare comprehensive implementation handovers, including standard operating procedures, process swim lanes, audit-ready testing evidence, and release notes.

      • Deliver targeted training sessions, practical walkthroughs, and job aids to finance users, providing hands-on support during post-deployment hyper-care periods.

      • Communicate system changes clearly, address end-user concerns, and translate technical outcomes into practical information for finance stakeholders.

      • Coordinate with Operations, IT, HR, and other cross-functional teams to gather requirements, align testing schedules, and support change adoption.

      • Maintain general ledger account change-control logs and mapping request documentation in accordance with established governance processes.

      • Identify opportunities to automate routine finance workflows and improve processes, presenting recommendations to the Senior Manager.

      • Ongoing Systems Administration and Support

        • Perform day-to-day administrative activities across ERP, data warehouse, reporting, financial close, treasury, and future finance platforms.

        • Maintain system configuration settings and monitor platform health under the direction of the Senior Manager.

        • Support ERP maintenance, patch testing, and minor enhancement requests outside major implementation cycles.

        • Monitor data warehouse loads, investigate failed pipelines, and validate data refresh cycles.

        • Support reporting platform administration, including report maintenance, dimension hierarchy updates, and user access provisioning in coordination with IT.

        • Undertake additional responsibilities that support the Finance Systems function and broader Finance team objectives.

        Requirements

        The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience delivering finance systems implementations, strong accounting and data validation capabilities, and the ability to manage detailed technical work independently. You should be comfortable navigating concurrent transformation projects, working with cross-functional stakeholders, and ensuring that every implementation is properly tested, documented, and completed.

        • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Management Information Systems (MIS), or a related discipline.

        • 5–8 years of hands-on experience in finance systems implementation, ERP business analysis, financial quality assurance and testing, or accounting advisory and systems consulting.

        • At least one end-to-end finance systems implementation, from requirements gathering through go-live and hyper-care, with direct involvement in configuration, UAT design, reconciliation, and cutover activities.

        • Experience working in multi-entity or multi-subsidiary environments, including validating accounting integrity across legal entities.

        • Exposure to finance technology initiatives beyond core ERP projects, such as data warehouse development, reporting platform migrations, financial close management, or treasury systems.

        • Practical experience with a mid-market or enterprise ERP platform, such as Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, SAP, NetSuite, or an equivalent solution.

        • Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including Power Query, pivot analysis, and nested lookups.

        • Working knowledge of SQL.

        • Ability to produce structured documentation, including SOPs, process swim lanes, and audit-ready testing evidence.

        • Strong execution skills, with a track record of delivering complete, accurate, and thoroughly reviewed work.

        • A detail-oriented approach and persistence in investigating issues until they are fully resolved.

        • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trust through preparation, clear updates, and reliable follow-through.

        • Ability to manage concurrent workstreams and meet demanding deadlines in a fast-paced transformation environment.

        • Sound professional judgment, with the confidence to make independent decisions and escalate matters appropriately.

        • CPA or an equivalent professional designation is considered an asset.

        Preferred Qualifications

        • Familiarity with financial close management platforms and treasury management systems.

        • Exposure to reporting and consolidation platforms.

        • Understanding of data platform concepts, including medallion architecture, ETL/ELT pipelines, and data lineage.

        Benefits

        • Expected annual base salary of CAD $100,000–$115,000, plus eligibility to participate in an annual incentive program.

        • Career progression and professional development opportunities.

        • Opportunity to work with a global team of experienced professionals.

        • Remote work arrangement, with a strong preference for candidates based in the Greater Toronto Area.

        • Potential travel to corporate offices and network asset locations as required.

        • Inclusive and collaborative working environment that values diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.