Our client is seeking a
Senior Program Financial Analyst to manage budgeting, forecasting, cost control, and financial reporting for a complex multi-year enterprise implementation program with significant workforce, vendor, and funding oversight requirements. (Hybrid 3 days in office, Calgary)
Must Have skills
- 5+ years of experience in program finance, budgeting, or financial analysis in a large-scale program or project environment
- Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, combining sheets, and strong spreadsheet-based analysis
- Strong experience with budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial reporting
- Understanding of financial treatment and charge classification, particularly capital versus G&A
- Ability to manage and analyze workforce and labor cost data, including timesheet oversight across large teams
- Senior-level presence with the ability to work independently, collaborate effectively, and respectfully challenge project managers on financial assumptions and forecasts
Nice to Have skills
- Workday experience or experience with a comparable ERP or financial system
- Accounting background
- Experience supporting large-scale program budgets across IT, engineering, construction, or similarly complex environments
- Experience working in program or PMO environments with multiple workstreams, vendors, and budget owners
- Experience supporting programs with external or government funding and related reporting requirements
- Familiarity with multi-year capital and operating budget structures
Responsibilities
- Manage tracking and cost control activities across a large, multi-year program budget
- Reconcile vendor invoices against statements of work and validate spending accuracy
- Monitor expenditures across multiple workstreams and challenge forecast assumptions where needed
- Support budget forecasting through semi-annual and annual reforecast cycles with a five-year forward view
- Maintain cost projections and provide clear insight into program financial performance
- Conduct variance analysis across actuals, budget, and forecast and identify risks, trends, and optimization opportunities
- Oversee monthly workforce cost and timesheet tracking for approximately 200 program resources
- Ensure time is recorded accurately and charged to the correct financial categories, including capital versus G&A
- Build financial reports, tables, and metrics to support program leadership and decision-making
- Prepare recurring reporting for leadership and funding stakeholders, including environments with heavy reporting requirements
- Partner with workstream leads and project managers across multiple budget areas to maintain accurate financial visibility
- Support financial governance, audit readiness, and continuous improvement of reporting and tracking processes