Finance Analyst (Intermediate) / Canada

Job title: Finance Analyst (Intermediate)
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Contract: Length: 08 months
Start date: April 01st, 2024
Schedule: Mon-Fri (40 hours/week)

Description:
The IS Budget Coordinator is responsible for managing the budgeting process for the Information Systems (IS) department at South Bow. This includes forecasting costs, monitoring expenses, reporting on budget variances, and ensuring compliance with budgeting policies and procedures. The focus of this position is on data and systems architecture for enterprise systems, providing strategic technical direction and focusing on enterprise-level business systems and functions. The Manager Enterprise Architecture and Governance takes a holistic view of the organization ensuring that the business, information, data, applications and IT infrastructure are “fit-for-purpose” in supporting the organization’s business strategies, information flow and processes while considering possible opportunities presented by new technology trends.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in budgeting, financial analysis or accounting roles
• Proficiency with financial management systems and MS Office applications
• Demonstrated experience and results in digital transformation initiatives.Demonstrated background in compelling influence and storytelling.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and organizational skills.
• Effective and influential verbal and written communicator.?
• Ability to work to overcome obstacles and/or plans for contingencies.?
• Detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple priorities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience different cloud service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) and providers (i.e., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud). Knowledge of cloud architecture, scalability, security, and migration strategies.

What you’ll do:

• Develop and maintain the annual operating and capital budgets for the IS department in collaboration with department managers and leadership.
• Analyze financial data, prepare budget reports and forecasts, and communicate budget information to stakeholders.
• Monitor budget variances and provide analysis on over/under budget spending.
• Assist in the budgeting process for new IS projects including gathering requirements, estimating costs, and submitting budget requests.
• Ensure IS budgets align with company goals and strategies.
• Develop and implement budgeting processes, tools, and best practices to improve financial management.
• Develop and maintain key relationships, within the company, with individuals that will impact and/or assist the financial analysis of IS projects.
• Work in conjunction with Financial Planning to ensure project budgets/forecasts are accurately captured in the company plan.
• Provide training and support to IS staff on budget policies, processes, and reporting requirements.
• Audit budget transactions and expenditures for compliance.
• Build and maintain lasting relationships with business leaders and have ability to bring strategic perspective to business and technical conversations.?
• Have proven ability to explain complex concepts/issues in business language to gain support for technology strategy and architectural evolution.?
• Assist with maximizing the value of our current Information Systems (IS) while enabling new innovative technologies (Generative AI/ML etc.)? to achieve valued business outcomes.?
• Understand Enterprise systems, processes and data.
• Engage in discussions with all levels of stakeholders and speak from a strategic perspective and provide pertinent operational facts and figures.?
• Demonstrate strong business/financial acumen and able to translate business capability into enterprise?architecture standards and plans.