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Our client, a top 5 bank in Canada is looking to hire a Project Accountant on a 12-month contract role with a strong possibility of extension. This position is hybrid with 2 days a week in office.
You will be responsible for the following duties:
Operational Support – daily (50%)
- Data transformation and analysis of source product system output to create required manual posting to the GL.
- Reconcile GL control accounts to source product system output.
- Reconcile daily cash settlements between source systems and legal entities.
- Investigate and resolve differences between source systems and the GL.
Project Support (50%)
- Supports multiple business-sponsored projects (retail, wealth, and commercial products)
- Assessment of project scope and deliverables for impact to financial accounting, reporting and internal controls
- Identify and submit business requirements.
- Assist in the development of test scenarios and cases, participate in UAT and BAT
- Assist in post-implementation validation.
Qualifications:
- Project experience (Must be able to understand the project scope and deliverables, assess what the financial impact will be)
- 2+ years in an accounting background and working knowledge of accounting systems and processes.
- Ability to assess source system architecture, risks, and controls.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills – interaction with multiple business partners
- Advanced MS Excel skills / knowledge.
Nice-To-Have Skills:
- Working knowledge of Broadridge RBroker and RTerm applications
- Understanding of broker dealer back-office processes
- Banking experience is preferred.
- Large corporate environment experience would be a strong nice to have.
- Accounting policy knowledge to understand what requirements are required for a project.
If you are interested in this opportunity, kindly send your resume in MS Word format to [email protected] today!
