Finance Operations Analyst

OPTrust • Toronto, ON

22h • CA$83,685 - CA$97,191 • Hybrid

About The Position

At OPTrust, paying pensions today, preserving pensions for tomorrow is our mission and business. When you choose OPTrust, you join a team of smart, talented people who fuel our success and have a passion for pensions. Everyone at OPTrust – in Toronto, London and Sydney – makes a meaningful impact. Our culture is driven by team members with different backgrounds and perspectives creating an inclusive and fulfilling place to work for everyone. We work in a fast-paced environment, but we find time to have fun and give back to the community.

In this role, the Finance Operations Analyst is responsible for the preparation and distribution of cheques for pensions, entitlements and vendor payments. The position provides support on the annual tax extract process and generation of tax slips, assists other members of the Corporate Finance team with analysis and reconciliation, and ensures that the periodic processing activities of the Finance department are completed on a timely basis.

Requirements

• Post-secondary education: specialty in finance, business or related area is preferred.
• Knowledge of financial processing procedures acquired through 2 to 4 years’ experience in a Finance environment.
• Ensure clear understanding and adherence of all OPTrust’ s policies, procedures, guidelines, as well as living our values and fostering an inclusive culture.
• Working towards a professional accounting designation recognized in Canada.
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency in report writing and analytical skills.
• Good organizational skills, thoroughness, attention to detail.
• High level proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint, Word and Excel.
• Ability to think proactively, handle multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Ensure clear understanding and adherence of all OPTrust’s policies, procedures, guidelines, as well as living our values and fostering an inclusive culture
• Exemplify OPTrust’s values: collaboration and teamwork, integrity, respect, flexibility, excellence, and continuous improvement.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of Oracle Financials, Workday Financials, TaxPrep and ChequePoint would be an asset.
• Hands-on experience with year-end tax slips processing preferred.

Responsibilities

• Payment processing and reconciliations.
• Prepare all cheques issued by OPTrust ensuring appropriate authorization in accordance with cheque signing authorities and ensure that they are sent out with proper correspondence and remittance information.
• Coordinates and maintains vendor bank information for EFT processing, facilitates payments made in a cost-effective manner.
• Performs monthly control reconciliations and disposition of identified issues on a timely basis from the reconciliation process.
• Maintains an up-to-date record of all corporate credit cards issued and provides information and addresses issues arising from the cardholders.
• Prepare professional caliber reports for internal analysis and presentations to staff, senior management, the Audit Committee and the Board of Trustees.
• Tax slips processing and reconciliations by coordinating the issuance of year-end tax slips for both pensioners and lumpsum payments.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Benefits package after six months of consecutive employment.
• Optional membership in our world-class defined benefit pension plan.
• A dedicated inclusion, diversity and equity strategy with meaningful opportunities to participate, including our employee-led resource groups.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree