Senior Financial Analyst
Your Opportunity:
We are currently seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to join our Finance team at Assisted Living Alberta (ALA). ALA plays a key role in integrating continuing care, home care, community care, and social services to create a more connected and patient-centered system across the province. Our work ensures Albertans can access the care they need, when and where they need it, while supporting seniors, individuals with disabilities, and vulnerable populations to maintain independence and quality of life. Reporting within the Finance team, the Senior Financial Analyst plays a key role in budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and organizational planning. This position supports the development and execution of financial plans by ensuring budget-related information is accurate, complete, and reliable. The successful candidate will contribute to both strategic and operational budgeting activities, working closely with finance teams and business partners to provide analysis, prepare forecasts, reconcile financial information, support budget uploads, and develop meaningful reporting. This role requires the ability to identify trends, evaluate financial performance, and provide insights that support informed decision-making. This position is well suited to an individual with strong analytical and technical skills who thrives in a dynamic environment. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who can work independently, navigate evolving priorities, and develop practical solutions where processes and structures continue to mature. Advanced Excel skills and Power BI, sound judgment, and a collaborative approach are essential to success in this role.
Description:
As a Senior Financial Analyst, you will coordinate and/or prepare complex financial and statistical analysis and reports, along with providing interpretation of analyses and reports to support business and external requirements. Your work will be focused on budgets, forecasting, recommendations for program and/or cost efficiencies and development or enhancements to processes and controls. In addition, you will coordinate and monitor progress of financial projects, as well as coach and guide other department staff such as Financial Analysts.
- Transition Company: Assisted Living Alberta
- Classification: Sr Financial Analyst
- Union: AUPE GSS
- Unit and Program: Finance, Assisted Living Alberta
- Primary Location: Southport Tower
- Location Details: Eligible to work remotely within Alberta
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 09-SEP-2026
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- Date Available: 13-OCT-2026
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 10
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Salary: $51.89
- Maximum Salary: $62.78
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Post secondary degree specializing in accounting or related field (e.g. economics, statistics).
Additional Required Qualifications:Post-secondary degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Economics, or a related discipline. Minimum 5 years of experience in financial planning and analysis, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, accounting, or financial advisory roles. Demonstrated experience in budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, financial analysis, budget reconciliation, and variance analysis. Demonstrated experience providing financial advice and consultative support to operational leaders and business partners. Strong ability to think strategically, analyze complex issues, solve problems independently, and exercise sound judgment. Proven ability to work effectively in an environment with evolving priorities, processes, and organizational needs. Experience developing, maintaining, or enhancing financial models, reporting tools, and financial processes. Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to translate financial data into meaningful insights and recommendations. Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines while working independently and collaboratively. Strong communication, relationship-building, organizational, and time-management skills. Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel and Power BI, including experience working with large datasets and financial reporting. Demonstrated commitment to teamwork, collaboration, continuous improvement, and supporting organizational goals.
Preferred Qualifications:CPA designation or MBA (completed or in progress). Experience with Hyperion, Oracle, or similar enterprise financial systems. Experience in healthcare, continuing care, public sector, government-funded, or other large, complex organizations. Experience providing financial advice to senior leadership, working with large datasets, financial modelling, business intelligence, reporting, or data analytics tools. Experience supporting organizational planning, business cases, or strategic initiatives.
Please note:
All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.
Security Screening:
A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.
Healthy Albertans. Healthy
Communities. Together.
We’re passionate about what we do. Our team of skilled and dedicated health care professionals, support staff, and physicians promote wellness and provide health care all across Alberta.
Everything we do at AHS reflects a patient and family centred approach; it’s about putting patients’ and families’ experiences, priorities and trust first.
We are an equal opportunity employer. AHS values the diversity of the people and communities we serve and is committed to attracting, engaging and developing a diverse and inclusive workforce.
