Financial Analyst

Description:

Reporting to the Manager of Fund Financial Reporting, SLGI Asset Management Inc., the Financial Analyst’s main responsibility is to support the review and production of regulatory reporting for investment funds published on the websites for Sun Life and Sedar+ (System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval). The role will support tasks that include audited financial statements, quarterly portfolio disclosures, management report of fund performance, request and review of financial data, extraction and organization of large amounts of data, management reporting, and process improvement to gain efficiencies and enhance controls.

What will you do?

• Support the annual and semi-annual investment fund financial statement production and regulatory filing, including analysis and disclosure of items such as fund specific notes, schedules, fees and expenses, performance, and investment holdings

• Participate in the annual and semi-annual Management Report of Fund Performance (MRFP) production and review, including the analysis and disclosure of items such as financial highlights, financial ratios, performance, and commentary of recent developments

• Follow a comprehensive template to review financial data and escalate issues

• Support the Simplified Prospectus, Annual Information Form, and Fund Facts including the coordination of deliverables with internal and external stakeholders

• Provide audit support for the investment fund financial statements and MRFP

• Manage a schedule of deliverables and escalate late items

• Support monthly total fund balance reporting and quarterly portfolio reporting

• Support analysis of relevant IFRS accounting standards and regulatory instruments

• Manage requests and deliverables with auditors, fund accounting, fund operations, translation services, PDF designer, and printer

• Create process improvements to drive out efficiencies and enhance the control environment

What do you need to succeed?

• Intermediate Microsoft Excel or greater

• Accounting designation would be an asset

• Experience with accounting systems and/or reporting software and an aptitude for financial reporting

• Communication savvy to articulate technical issues clearly and concisely in email and meetings

• Experience finding variances in financial data, and resolving variances through analysis and research

• Strong organizational and time management skills to work effectively and independently while managing multiple tasks

Preferred skills and experience:

• Experience with investment fund reporting

• Coordinating multiple deliverables for an audit or large project

• Building financial statements compliant with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)

• Working knowledge of National Instruments for mutual funds and Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association G2 for segregated investment funds

• Self-motivated and adaptable

• Adobe PDF comment markups, compare documents, and editing