Job Description

Who We Are:
At Northland, we’re enablers of change, united by our journey to transform the energy sector into the foundation for a sustainable future.

Since our inception, we’ve been early movers in the energy industry, adopting new initiatives that pave the way for communities across the globe and helping forge their path towards a carbon-neutral landscape.

We’re a different kind of independent power producer. As developers, owners and operators who are at the forefront of the energy transition, we’re uniquely positioned to leave a lasting impact in the regions where we operate. We’ve expanded our business across Canada, the United States, Latin America, Europe and Asia to become a global leader, all by bringing together industry experts to find solutions with an entrepreneurial mindset.

While our work powers communities across the globe, Northland is powered by our people.

As a Senior Financial Analyst for Shared Services, you will be responsible for performing a variety of accounting duties including: preparing and managing monthly and quarterly account reconciliations, reviewing expense reports for policy, supporting the accounts payable team and collaborating with other departments to ensure accurate financial information.

As a Senior Financial Analyst for Shared Services, you will be responsible for performing a variety of accounting duties including: preparing and managing monthly and quarterly account reconciliations, reviewing expense reports for policy, supporting the accounts payable team and collaborating with other departments to ensure accurate financial information.

Key Responsibilities:

• Accurately prepare and book monthly/quarterly journal entries, including prepaids, accruals and investments.
• Prepare various balance sheet account reconciliations, investigate and correct reconciling items.
• Manage the accounting for fixed assets, including but not limited to creating fixed assets in the sub ledger, calculating and applying depreciation, ensuring accuracy of the schedule and reconciling the fixed asset in progress account.
• Review Corporate Expense Reports for policy and create weekly settlement runs.
• Review and approve all bank entries for support and coding. Provide support to the Accounts Payable team.
• Create purchase orders, receipts and track spending against POs.
• Review journals for support, coding (GL, SC, Work tags), currency, reversals, dates, memos.
• Calculate and record quarterly share based compensation accruals.
• Quarterly summary of transactions for tax team, including: investments, borrowing, dividends, intercompany loan activity, financing fees, leases, etc.
• Monthly and quarterly cash flow forms and group reporting packs for external reporting team.
• Identify improvements/enhancements to the processes in Workday Financial Cloud Solution to ensure Northland is meeting commitments and reporting timelines are met.
• Participate in special projects to support accounting team.

What’s In It for You: 

Our employees are the driving force behind our achievements. We are unwavering in our commitment to not only recognise your contributions but also to empower you to excel in every aspect of your life. Here's a glimpse of why Northland is the place where you'll truly thrive: 

• Thoughtful benefits – A competitive RRSP matching scheme of 8%; extended health, dental and vision benefits for yourself and your immediate family from day one; paid parental leave; Accident and Life Insurance and disability benefits are just a few of the benefits you’ll be able to access. 

• Wellbeing first – Staying true to our taking care of ourselves and each other value, you will have access to our global Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program, including access to mental health resources. 

• Floating days and Birthdays off – As part of our commitment to promoting a healthy work-life balance, you will get your birthday off so you can celebrate however you choose! You will also receive three additional days off annually to observe any other events that are important to you.

We hire talented and passionate people from different backgrounds. If you’re excited about a role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with this job description, we still encourage you to apply. Learn more about our diversity, inclusion and belonging commitments

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Pay Range:

$61,600.00 - $77,000.00

This document is a guide. The duties, responsibilities, and requirements of the jobs as described herein are not inclusive and are subject to change.

Northland Power is an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to creating a fair, inclusive and accessible environment. As part of our commitment we work to ensure our application process is accessible to all candidates. If you require special assistance or accommodation during the hiring process, please notify a member of the HR Department.

We use AI‑enabled tools to help identify applications that meet job‑related criteria. All applications are reviewed and decisions are made by people.

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