Senior Financial Systems Analyst – Financial Planning, Analysis

Alberta Blue Cross

Senior Financial Systems Analyst at Alberta Blue Cross focusing on financial data extraction and automation. Collaborating with IT and analytics teams to enhance financial reporting and decision-making.

Posted 6/3/2026full-timeAlberta • 🇨🇦 CanadaSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the extraction, transformation, and integration of financial and operational data from multiple internal and external sources to support enterprise ‑ level planning, forecasting, and reporting
Build and maintain robust financial data pipelines, ensuring data accuracy, reliability, and accessibility for advanced analytics, modeling, and automated reporting
Design, enhance, and oversee complex financial reports, dashboards, and analytical insights that support strategic decision ‑ making across FP&A and business leadership
Perform deep ‑ dive financial and operational analysis, interpreting trends, investigating discrepancies, and translating data into actionable recommendations
Identify, design, and implement automation opportunities using Power BI, Alteryx, Power Automate, Python, or other relevant tools to streamline reporting and analytical workflows
Partner closely with Enterprise IT, data engineering, and analytics teams to ensure strong data governance, well ‑ structured data flows, and the continuous improvement of finance data infrastructure
Coordinate and manage the FIA’s Power BI Service workspace, ensuring all reports and dashboards are published, organized, refreshed, and properly governed
Participate in and at times lead finance transformation initiatives, including reporting modernization, automation projects, system enhancements, and process redesign efforts
Recommend and build machine learning and AI techniques that elevate the analytical capabilities of the FP&A function and drive more sophisticated financial insights
Champion best practices in data quality, documentation, consistency, and operational excellence, helping raise the overall data and analytics maturity of the department

Requirements

What you’ll need

Postgraduate degree in Finance, Data Analytics, Statistics, or a related field
4+ years of experience working within a finance function in a medium‑ to large‑scale organization
Strong capability in developing, analyzing, and enhancing automated financial reports, dashboards, and forecasting models to drive business insights
Proven ability to support and streamline financial data flows, ensuring that finance teams have accurate, timely, and meaningful data for planning and decision‑making
Exceptional attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and a commitment to accuracy and quality
Ability to balance multiple priorities, anticipate challenges, and consistently meet deadlines
A proactive mindset with a strong sense of ownership and accountability
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Power BI (desktop and service) and experience with other Power Platform tools is a must
Solid experience writing SQL queries, Python, and building data pipelines is a must
Experience developing machine learning models for financial planning or forecasting and using AI tools is a must
Experience in Databricks is an asset
Experience administering Workday Financials and Workday Adaptive Planning is an asset

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible work arrangements
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

financial data pipelinesautomated financial reportsdashboardsforecasting modelsSQLPythonmachine learningAI toolsdata analysisdata transformation

Soft Skills

attention to detailorganizational skillscommitment to accuracyproactive mindsetownershipaccountabilityability to balance prioritiesanticipating challengesmeeting deadlinesstrong communication