OMERS | Senior Analyst, Investment Accounting

Responsibilities

• The ideal candidate will have strong technical accounting skills, preferably with private investments and other financial instruments, an interest in finance systems and internal controls over financial reporting.
• In this role you will contribute expertise, a desire to build a team community and an eagerness to be a part of a collaborative cross-functional investment finance team.
• Prepare and review journal entries, reconciliations, variance analyses, investment roll forwards, and supporting workpapers, performing reasonableness and completeness reviews.
• Prepare and review financial statements and schedules, note disclosures, tax filings, audit support and other external reporting deliverables.
• Research and draft accounting considerations and position papers for investment entity activities.
• Manage general ledgers for legal entity reporting and consolidated ledgers for OMERS financial records.
• Identify opportunities and leverage technology and automation tools to improve close efficiency, workpaper design, disclosure support, data quality, and process consistency while ensuring appropriate internal control.
• Review and process invoices; manage bank account balances and reconciliations.
• Develop foundational knowledge of OMERS’ investment accounting processes, systems, investment entity activities, and technical accounting requirements.
• Build strong relationships with Finance peers, including Tax, Legal, Corporate Finance, Valuations, Asset Management, and Investment Operations as well as internal and external audit.
• Reporting to the Senior Manager, Investment Accounting, the Senior Analyst is responsible for delivering accurate and timely preparation of financial reporting and accounting close processes, and the execution of procedures relevant to investment entities and certain investment business units.
• Compile financial information for sustainability, compliance, debt, and tax-related reporting.

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years of relevant experience, including accounting, audit or investment accounting. A CPA professional or recently passed the CFE.
• Experience: Good understanding of IFRS, experience with S4600 pension accounting, consolidated reporting, multiple currencies, or complex organization structures, is an asset.
• Tools & Data Comfort: Proficiency with Excel and Microsoft Office, with comfort working with data, documentation, reconciliations, and approved digital tools.
• Exposure to Efront, Power BI, Power Query, Alteryx, automation, or other investment systems is an asset.
• Communication & Collaboration: Professional written and verbal communication skills, and ability to interpret and summarize accounting, reconciliation and disclosure issues logically.
• Learning Mindset & Team Contribution: Intellectual curiosity, eagerness to learn, openness to feedback, and the ability to work constructively within a team and perform effectively in periodic, higher-pressure situations.
• While AI assists us in our process, human judgment and decision-making remain central to our candidate experience.

OMERS

OMERS is an employer hiring in India (sector: BFSI / Investments / Insurance). In its own words: "Established in 1962, OMERS is one of Canada's largest defined benefit pension plans offering employer-matched contributions."

Its finance, accounts, audit and tax openings in India are mostly in Toronto.

• Industry: BFSI / Investments / Insurance