Financial Analyst/Senior Financial Analyst

Job description

Do you want your voice heard and your actions to count? Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world’s leading financial groups. Across the globe, we’re 150,000 colleagues, striving to make a difference for every client, organization, and community we serve. We stand for our values, building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world. With a vision to be the world’s most trusted financial group, it’s part of our culture to put people first, listen to new and diverse ideas and collaborate toward greater innovation, speed and agility. This means investing in talent, technologies, and tools that empower you to own your career. Join MUFG, where being inspired is expected and making a meaningful impact is rewarded. Job Summary: We are seeking a Financial Analyst to join the Finance Transformation team within the Finance Department. This role is responsible for supporting accurate and efficient month end execution, preparing high quality financial and management reporting packages, strengthening controls and documentation, and contributing to finance projects and continuous improvement initiatives. We partner closely with teams across Finance to support monthly reporting deliverables, including financial, management and regulatory reporting, and to ensure complex financial results are executed and communicated with strong discipline and governance. By delivering operational excellence, improving processes and controls, and enabling automation where possible, we help Finance teams operate with confidence, speed, and consistency. Joining this team means working in a collaborative environment where you will gain exposure to multiple finance domains, use modern reporting tools and data solutions, build relationships with internal stakeholders and external partners, and contribute to meaningful improvements across the Finance operating platform. Key accountabilities: Support the month end close process including reconciliations, investigation, variance analysis, and journal entry preparation. Prepare, maintain, and continuously improve monthly financial and management reporting packages, including regulatory reporting deliverables where applicable. Perform detailed financial analysis and provide clear insights to support management decision making. Act as a first line problem solver by investigating data and process issues, identifying root causes, and proposing practical solutions. Drive continuous improvement by streamlining processes, enhancing controls, and implementing automation to improve efficiency and reduce operational risk. Extract, transform, and analyze financial and operational data using tools such as SQL, Power BI, or similar platforms. Maintain strong documentation and audit trail practices including operating procedures, process maps, and control evidence as required. Participate in finance projects and initiatives, including testing support, requirement clarification, and change implementation activities. Provide ad hoc analysis and support to Finance stakeholders as needed. Qualifications: Undergraduate degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Commerce, or a related discipline. CPA designation completed or in progress, near completion preferred. 3+ years of relevant experience in financial analysis, accounting, financial reporting, or month end close support. Strong finance and accounting domain knowledge with the ability to interpret financial results and explain drivers clearly. Experience working with ERP or accounting systems and comfort navigating large datasets. Advanced Excel skills including working with large datasets and building repeatable analysis. Experience with data and visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or QlikView. Strong analytical thinking with the ability to break down complex problems, prioritize effectively, and deliver with attention to detail. Strong communication skills with a professional and collaborative approach. Demonstrated ability to adapt to changing priorities and take initiative to move work forward. What will help you stand out Working knowledge data modeling concepts Experience with Python, Power Apps, or automation tools Experience supporting regulatory reporting or working in a highly regulated environment Experience participating in finance projects, user acceptance testing, or process redesign initiatives A continuous improvement mindset, including examples of simplifying workflows, improving controls, or reducing manual effort What we value in this role Curiosity and a willingness to learn new domains, systems, and processes quickly Ownership and initiative, including proactively identifying issues and proposing solutions Constructive challenge of the status quo, paired with practical recommendations and a focus on better outcomes Strong control mindset and disciplined documentation habits The job description and related application pertains to an opportunity with either MUFG Bank, Ltd., Canada Branch (“MUFG Bank Canada”) or MUFG Securities (Canada), Ltd. (“MUFG Securities Canada”). The job description relates to the general nature, scope, quantity and quality of work contemplated for the position. Other duties and responsibilities not specifically described may be assigned from time to time, consistent with knowledge, skills and abilities of the incumbent. The receipt of an application by either MUFG Bank Canada or MUFG Securities Canada, as applicable, does not imply or guarantee employment. Each of MUFG Bank Canada and MUFG Securities Canada is an equal opportunity employer. • As a federally regulated entity, MUFG Bank Canada is required to comply with applicable laws which prohibit discrimination based on protected grounds and which require accommodation to individuals in accordance with the requirements outlined in the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Canada Labour Code. Where MUFG Bank Canada obtains information relating to protected grounds under the Canadian Human Rights Act as part of the application process, it does so to monitor and otherwise evaluate its own compliance with such legislation and associated regulatory requirements; MUFG Bank Canada does not use such information for decision making purposes relating to the position contemplated in this application. • As a provincially regulated entity, MUFG Securities Canada is required to comply with applicable laws which prohibit discrimination based on protected grounds and which require accommodation to individuals in accordance with the requirements outlined in the Human Rights Code (Ontario) and the Employment Standards Act (Ontario). Where MUFG Securities Canada obtains information relating to protected grounds under the Human Rights Code (Ontario) as part of the application process, it does so to monitor and otherwise evaluate its own compliance with such legislation and associated regulatory requirements; MUFG Securities Canada does not use such information for decision making purposes relating to the position contemplated in this application.