What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Analyst, Financial Reporting position at Working at Signature Aviation?
The Senior Financial Reporting Analyst is a key member of the Financial Reporting and Controllership team. The role supports the accurate and timely consolidation, analysis, and reporting of the Company’s financial results and helps deliver group, statutory, and management reporting requirements. Working with limited supervision, the Senior Financial Reporting Analyst prepares close and reporting deliverables, researches technical accounting matters, supports financial systems initiatives, coordinates audit requirements, and identifies opportunities to strengthen controls and improve reporting processes.
The position partners across Finance, FP&A, Tax, Treasury, Legal, Airport Relations, Business Development, Audit, and other business functions to resolve accounting and reporting matters and provide clear, decision-useful financial information.
Qualifications:
Minimum Education and/or Experience:
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
Minimum of 2-3 years of progressive accounting, financial reporting, audit, or related experience.
Experience with monthly and quarterly close, account reconciliations, journal entries, financial statement analysis, and variance explanations.
Knowledge of general accounting, internal controls, and financial reporting processes.
Experience working independently, managing multiple priorities, and delivering accurate work within established deadlines.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, writing, and verbal communication skills.
Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, lookups, and analysis of large data sets.
Additional knowledge and skills:
CPA, Master of Accountancy, or MBA, preferred
Experience in a large, complex, or multinational organization using IFRS.
Experience with group consolidation, statutory reporting, technical accounting research, and preparation of accounting memoranda.
Experience supporting financial systems implementations, testing, defect resolution, data validation, and process documentation.
Experience supporting acquisitions, divestments, or other complex transactions.
Knowledge of lease accounting and disclosure requirements.
Public accounting or external audit experience.
Responsibilities:
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Financial Close, Consolidation and Reporting
Execute monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities supporting the consolidation and reporting of group financial results.
Prepare and review journal entries, account reconciliations, consolidation schedules, and support documentation in accordance with established policies and close timelines.
Responsible for coordinating and entering leasing activity into lease accounting software and preparing monthly lease entries and support monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting.
Prepare detailed variance and flux analyses for the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement; identify business drivers, accounting matters, and unusual trends.
Prepare and interpret group, management, and statutory financial reports, including supporting schedules, disclosures, and footnotes.
Support the preparation of annual financial statements in accordance with IFRS or statutory reporting requirements.
Technical Accounting and Compliance
Research technical accounting, lease accounting and financial reporting matters, evaluate alternatives, document conclusions, and prepare clear accounting position papers and recommendations.
Support accounting assessments for significant or non-routine transactions, including acquisitions, divestments, leases, and other complex arrangements.
Assist in evaluating procedures and reporting activities for compliance with applicable laws, regulations, accounting standards, and internal policies.
Financial Systems, Controls and Process Improvement
Participate in cross-functional financial systems projects and partner with project teams to identify, analyze, and resolve accounting or reporting issues.
Perform testing and validation for new or upgraded systems, including preparing test scripts, documenting results, resolving defects, and assessing financial reporting impacts.
Validate data and reconciliations between source systems, consolidation tools, and reporting outputs.
Create and maintain accounting workflow documentation, process flows, control documentation, and other materials that support consistent execution and knowledge transfer.
Identify and implement improvements to accounting systems, procedures, controls, and recurring reports to enhance accuracy, efficiency, and data integrity.
Support the design and operation of internal controls over assigned accounting and reporting processes.
Audit and Cross-Functional Partnership
Coordinate financial statement audit requests and supporting documentation between internal stakeholders and external auditors.
Assist internal and external auditors with inquiries related to assigned accounts, processes, controls, and financial reporting deliverables.
Partner with Accounting, FP&A, Tax, Treasury, Legal, Airport Relations, Business Development, and other teams to resolve matters and meet reporting deadlines.
Prepare ad hoc reporting and analysis in response to Controllership, management, and business-partner requests.
Communicate issues, conclusions, and recommendations clearly to finance and non-finance stakeholders.