Senior Financial Analyst

About Contour

Contour Software has grown from a dozen people to over 2,000 staff across 3 cities, in less than 14 years.

As a subsidiary of Constellation Software Inc., we are proud to be part of a global enterprise software conglomerate that has grown to become one of the top 10 software companies in the world, with employees and customers in 100+ countries. With a broad-based and ever-growing portfolio of market-leading, vertical-market enterprise solutions covering more than 100 industry domains in predominantly mature markets, CSI's recipe creates the perfect environment for professionals to build fulfilling, long-term careers.

What started as an R&D & Accounting back-office, has progressed into a full-service Global Centre serving all functions and departments, at the divisional as well as operating group/corporate level. Today Contour employees, located in Karachi, Lahore & Islamabad, are serving CSI divisions located in time zones spanning the globe, from Sydney to Vancouver. With the global growth of Constellation as the wind in our sails, we are only just getting started!

Volaris Group acquires, strengthens, and grows vertical market software companies, enabling them to be clear leaders within their focused industries. With over 120 companies across more than 35 countries, Volaris Group continues to seek long term investment opportunities in companies, technologies, or ideas that add value to existing core markets or allow entry into new ones. Volaris Group’s success is based on a decentralized business model where acquired companies retain their autonomy, gain access to trainings and best practices, and are never sold.

As a subset of Volaris Group, our portfolio presently includes 46+ growth-oriented companies. In addition to supporting the organic growth goals of these businesses, we are actively looking to acquire new businesses that expand our functional and geographic coverage. Our team members are collaborative, engaging, and highly ambitious. Their dedication continues to help us grow and thrive.

The Position

This position will report directly to the VP, Finance (Bacchus Portfolio), and work as part of the broader Finance team. They will be a key part of portfolio reporting as well as working with the portfolio business units to improve group reporting and internal processes and controls.

The ideal candidate will have a solid grounding in accounting, finance, and general business concepts, with superior analytical skills, a strong work ethic, and great interpersonal skills.

What can I expect to do in this role?

You Will

• Post monthly and quarterly entries relating to:
• IC charges including providing support and resolving any concerns &
• Transfer pricing entries
• Payroll and related entries including bonus entries, expense reports, etc.
• Prepare recs and submit timely per monthly timelines. Help follow up on incomplete recs across the portfolio
• Roll forward templates and capture any reporting updates requested by Volaris in templates
• Manage concur (Expense managing tool) to timely process approved expense reports and submit to Payroll
• Prepare payments for processing as requested (invoice payments for portfolio and requested payments by other sub portfolios as needed) and maintain adequate support of approval for internal audit compliance
• Timely preparation of tax pack for portfolio holding company and support any portfolio companies in preparing tax pack
• Provide support/follow up to ensure timely resolution of
• unreconciled IC balances within portfolio
• unmapped BPC accounts to error in uploads
• Review monthly and quarterly reporting submissions in a timely manner for completeness and follow up with teams for any delays.
• Coordinate with concerned functions to timely resolve any variances from reporting submissions.
• Be the point of contact for portfolio for BPC and GP submissions to review for completeness and accuracy of the request.
• Execute internal audit plan for the portfolio, including;
• selecting samples,
• documenting internal controls compliance and exceptions,
• working with the business management by suggesting remediation plans in alignment with the Risk Control Matrix and
• follow through with reporting of Internal Audit mandate.
• Other projects such as template improvements and help resolve pain points such as variances in IP and CR schedules, help with NetSuite implementation coordination and adhoc AI and process improvement initiatives.
  
  

• Undergraduate degree in Accounting, Business, Finance, equivalent degree
• Six to eight years experience in roles with exposure to Accounting, Reporting and Audit
• Good organizational and analytical skills and ability to prioritize multiple activities and requirements
• Able to obtain, analyze and appraise data
• You have comprehensive theoretical and applied knowledge of IFRS standards, accounting principles, and audit practices and methodologies
• Problem solving/Logic/Root Cause analysis
• Ethics/Integrity
• Adaptable to Change/Learns quickly
• Action-Oriented
  
  

• Professional accreditation, e.g. CPA, ACCA or international IFRS based qualification.
  
  

• Ability to adapt to a dynamic, fast-paced environment, while partnering with business stakeholders to understand emerging risks.
• Ability to proactively provide thought-leadership to offer suggested solutions/path forward to resolve issues.
• Lead meetings and discussions, including developing agendas and creating materials with the appropriate amount of detail for the audience, and proactively follow through on open items.
• Self-directed to meet deadlines with complete and accurate deliverables.
• Applies critical thinking, intellectual curiosity, and professional judgement when problem solving to overcome challenges.
• Ability to assess the financial relevance of in-scope systems/processes/controls and provide recommendations for improvement to mitigate risk.
• Collaborates to pursue innovative opportunities to optimize and simplify processes.
  
  

• Market-leading Salary
• Medical Coverage – Self & Dependents
• Parents Medical Coverage
• Provident Fund
• Employee Performance-based bonuses
• Home Internet Subsidy
• Conveyance Allowance
• Profit Sharing Plan [Tenured Employees Only]
• Life Benefit
• Child Care Facility
• Company Provided Lunch/Dinner
• Professional Development Budget
• Recreational area for in-house games
• Sporadic On-shore training opportunities
• Friendly work environment
• Leave Encashment