Are you looking for a role that will challenge you and allow you to influence key business decisions as a Senior Financial Analyst? Can you see yourself driving budgeting, forecasting, long-term planning, and delivering insightful analysis that supports organizational success? Do you enjoy collaborating with analysts, interpreting financial results, and transforming data into strategic recommendations? If you’re excited to play a critical role in reporting, business planning, and decision support, apply today!
What will you be doing!
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Analyzing monthly, quarterly, and year-over-year financial results and trends, while producing and updating rolling forecasts and ensuring data accuracy and integrity.
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Conducting and evaluating what-if scenarios and performing cost-benefit and breakeven analyses on key business initiatives.
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Promoting and ensuring consistent use of financial policies, processes, and tools to maintain integrity, safeguard assets, and mitigate risk.
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Providing financial planning, business analysis, and decision support to stakeholders across the organization.
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Reviewing and overseeing project estimates, contracts, service agreements, and purchase commitments to ensure accuracy and policy compliance.
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Developing and maintaining analytics solutions, including dashboards, metrics reporting, savings analysis, and contract compliance tracking, to enable ongoing improvements.
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Facilitating and delivering operational and strategic analyses with actionable recommendations to support program and project outcomes.
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Advising and overseeing program expenditures and revenues in alignment with the organization’s financial management framework.
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Preparing and analyzing Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR), payback models, and sensitivity scenarios for capital investments.
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Preparing and presenting briefing notes and presentations for senior leadership audiences.
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Collaborating with Business Intelligence (BI)/Information Technology (IT) teams to enhance data quality, drive automation, and improve reporting tools.
Other duties as assigned by your manager.
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What we are looking for:
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Education
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Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business, or a related discipline.
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The Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation is preferred; however, those actively working toward a CPA or Master of Business Administration (MBA) will also be considered.
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Experience
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6–9 years of progressive experience in financial planning, financial analysis, budgeting, or decision support within a complex, multi-stakeholder environment.
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Experience with long-term planning, capital investment analysis, or business case development.
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Experience working in a unionized, public sector, or highly regulated environment is considered an asset.
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Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
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Demonstrated knowledge of Power BI is essential.
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Strong understanding of financial analysis techniques, business analysis, and planning methodologies.
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Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to think strategically and work independently.
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Proven ability to analyze and interpret financial data, investigate variances, and assess future impacts.
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Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, with a track record of delivering clear, actionable insights.
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Ability to communicate complex financial information effectively to senior leadership audiences.
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Advanced Microsoft Excel skills required.
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Knowledge of Oracle financial reporting systems preferred.
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Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to balance competing priorities and deadlines in high-demand periods (e.g. planning cycles).
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Security Clearance Eligibility Required
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Reliability Status with Site Access Security Clearance (SASC), which has a minimum requirement of 3-5 years of verifiable history in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United States and/or the United Kingdom. CNL implements security screening in accordance with the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat's “Standard on Security Screening” and the “Policy on Government Security.”
Working Conditions:
Why CNL?
Does the idea of working with a dynamic team across Canada to advance nuclear science and technology for a clean and secure world excite you? At CNL, we’re reinventing ourselves to be industry leaders—pioneering solutions to the problems that matter most.
From building the next generation of clean nuclear and hydrogen energy technologies, to developing targeted cancer treatments, to continuing our global leadership in environmental remediation—we are driven by impact, innovation, and purpose.
What We Offer: A Total Rewards Package
We believe in taking care of our people. Here’s what you can expect as part of our team:
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Paid time off: vacation, sick, personal, and floater days
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Benefits effective Day One – no waiting period
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Tuition support to help you keep learning and growing
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A defined-benefit pension plan or a defined-contribution pension plan, depending on your employee group, to support your long‑term financial security
Do Our Priorities Resonate with You?
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Delivering clean energy for today and tomorrow
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Restoring and protecting the environment
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Contributing to the health of Canadians
If so, you’ll feel right at home at CNL!
Location: Fully Remote
This position is offered on a fully remote basis, allowing you to work from home anywhere in Canada. You’ll collaborate virtually with a dynamic team across CNL sites, helping to advance Canada’s clean energy and environmental goals from your home office.
Please note: This is a remote position supporting the Chalk River Laboratory, Ontario.
Our Commitment to Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
At CNL, we are committed to fostering an environment that promotes equity, diversity, and inclusion. We celebrate and welcome employees, stakeholders, and partners of all backgrounds and identities. Click here to read all about it!
We are proud to uphold a workplace culture grounded in our Core Values:
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Respect
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Teamwork
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Accountability
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Safety
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Integrity
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Excellence
These values drive our employment practices and ensure meaningful career development opportunities and accommodations for all employees.
CNL is an equal opportunity employer. If you require accommodation during any phase of the hiring process, please let us know via [email protected]. All requests will be handled with confidentiality.
CNL operates on sites located on the traditional lands, waterways and ceded and unceded territories of Indigenous peoples. CNL recognizes and affirms all First Nations, Métis communities and Inuit in this land we now know as Canada. We acknowledge, respect and seek to better understand Indigenous history, rights and title on the lands where we work and develop projects. We honour and respect the importance of the relationship between Indigenous peoples and their lands, waters and territories.
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