Financial Analyst II

The TELUS Channels and Retail Finance team is a high performing and collaborative team that delivers exceptional financial reporting, planning and analysis to senior leaders and key stakeholders. As trusted finance partners, we are always at the centre of TELUS's Channel and Retail initiatives.

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

As a Financial Systems Analyst within the TELUS Channels and Retail Finance team, you will be part of a highly collaborative team that supports new and exciting projects as a Finance subject matter expert. You will work with different teams across the organization to deliver on key projects that will transform our business and address challenges in the dynamic settings. At the core of your talents is your innate ability to communicate complex financial and systems knowledge to stakeholders in all levels of the organization.

Here's how

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

• Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams across TELUS to ensure new projects are tested and functioning correctly from a financial perspective (reporting, financial data integrity, accuracy, etc.)
• Identify defects and work with BT / Developers to fix before any projects go live into production
• Summarize and communicate project status, issues and recommendations to Senior Leaders in a manner that supports final approval for projects to go live into production
• Be available for early morning release day testing as required to sign-off on final release into production (~5AM EST a few times a month)

Project Management and Business Requirement development

• Be extremely organized to ensure that deliverables for all the various projects are met within the agreed upon timelines
• Leverage cross-functional relationships to ensure the interests of Finance are met and be able to lead / manage peers
• Develop business requirements to ensure financial controls and data integrity are at the forefront of any new project

Ad-Hoc

• Identify, develop and implement process improvements in the TELUS Channels and Retail team (including both Finance and Business unit initiatives)
• Provide support and ad-hoc analysis as required to support decision making
• Perform various financial month-end duties as required, which may include account / bank reconciliations, accrual journal entries, financial / KPI reporting, etc.

Qualifications

You're the missing piece of the puzzle

Big Thinker :

• Strong analytical and innovative thinking skills with strong sense of ownership, ability to make effective decisions and deal with complex issues
• Able to work well in a cross-functional team environment maintaining inter-departmental respect, sensitivity to all perspectives and information
• Able to forge strong cross-functional working relationships and influence all levels in the organization with negotiation skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively and professionally with peers and senior management

Proactive Planner :

• Strong organizational skills with the ability to scope out difficult tasks & projects, set objectives and goals, develop schedules, priorities multiple activities, and anticipate roadblocks
• Able to manage multiple projects to meet deadlines and goals in fast-paced, ever-changing, and sometimes ambiguous environment
• High standards of performance and a strong desire to learn

Great-to-haves

• Minimum 3-5 years of relevant financial or project management / UAT experience
• Experience with month-end close work, including journal entry preparation, account reconciliations and controls monitoring & remediation
• Business, Finance or Accounting related degree
• Advanced knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint
• Superior attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong time management, problem solving and prioritization in a fast-paced environment
• Known for your collaborative spirit and ability to work well in a cross-functional team environment and build good working relationships to influence others at all levels of the organization
• Telecom / IT and / or Retail Operations work experience considered an asset
• Working knowledge of SAP
• Experience with GSuite, especially GSheet