Position Details: Full Time Permanent, New Position

Salary: Starting at $82,500, (based on a 35-hour work week and commensurate with individual education and experience, as it relates to the position).

Location: Hybrid (at least 1 day in office) at DUC head office located at Oak Hammock Marsh near Stonewall, MB

Closing Deadline : Position is open until filled

What You Will Do

We’re seeking an analytical finance professional to join our team as Finance and Accounting Analyst for our Fundraising, Development and Sustainability teams. This role provides dedicated financial planning, analysis, and project accounting support to key business units.

This role will work closely with operational leaders and budget centre owners across Development, Events, Fundraising, and Sustainability Solutions, in budgeting, forecasting, project costing, and evaluating value creation opportunities across complex and evolving portfolios. This role will help ensure effective use of financial resources, robust reporting, and quantitative assessment of new and existing business initiatives.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Support the development, monitoring, and analysis of annual budgets, quarterly projections, and multi-year financial plans for the Development and Sustainability budget centres.
• Perform monthly and quarterly variance analysis; identify trends, risks, and opportunities and prepare financial insights for management.
• Develop financial models and scenario analyses to support operational and strategic decision-making.
• Develop, track, and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) related to financial performance.
• Support value creation initiatives by tracking financial benefits, ROI, and outcomes of projects and investments.
• Provide financial support for projects, including setup, cost tracking, forecast-to-complete, and variance analysis.
• Analyze key financial metrics (revenue, margins, operating expenses, etc.) and provide insights to assist in driving business performance.
• Partner with budget centre owners to ensure accurate project financial reporting and adherence to funding or internal requirements.
• Support post-project financial reviews and lessons learned.
• Assist with capital vs expense assessments in accordance with accounting policies.
• Support month-end and year-end close activities for assigned budget centres, including reconciliations and journal entries and analyze budget centre revenues and expenditures.
• Ensure timely, accurate and effective entry of information in the financial systems (including invoicing, timesheets, travel expenses, journal entries, accruals, etc.).
• Ensure financial transactions and reporting comply with accounting standards, internal policies, and funding requirements.
• Prepare internal management reports and support audit or review requests as required.
• Enter projects and grants in financial systems, including timely invoicing of partners and funders.
• Assist with applied indirect cost calculations and analysis, under guidance of senior finance leadership.
• Perform year-end procedures and provide support for the conduct of the year-end audit.
• Builds strong relationships with, and acts as a finance business partner to specified budget centre owners, translating financial information into actionable insights.
• Support continuous improvement of financial tools, templates, and reporting processes.
• Provide guidance to non-finance staff on financial processes and use of financial systems.
• Collaborate with Corporate Finance and other internal teams to resolve issues and improve efficiency.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of progressive experience