Senior Financial Analyst, Planning and Report

Posting Date: August 17, 2026

Closing Date: August 28, 2026

Status: Vacancy

Senior Financial Analyst, Planning and Reporting

Full Time, Permanent | Primary Site: Waterloo

Annual Salary: $78,870.19 to $93,658.93

About Us

Our mission at KidsAbility is to empower children and youth to realize their full potential. We are a not-for-profit, equal opportunity employer supporting over 17,000 children and youth to reach their communication, social, physical, and behavioural goals each year. Providing early and exceptional family-centred services in the Waterloo and Guelph-Wellington regions. We believe that by living our values, our impact can be profound, and together, we can build brighter futures.

We’re looking for the right people to join our team; supporting children, youth, and families to realize their potential, while realizing your own. At KidsAbility, we offer:

• Ongoing training and development opportunities, empowering you to enhance your skills
• A supportive, collaborative, and inclusive work environment dedicated to family-centred care
• Organizational commitment to innovation and research; continually evolving our approaches so we may serve with purpose and value
• Initiatives to support your well-being including social events, opportunities to give back to your community and access to Employee and Family Assistance Program
• Comprehensive benefits and optional group RRSP program, short- and long-term disability income protection benefits, and generous vacation package and paid personal leave days

The Opportunity:

Are you a strategic finance professional who enjoys turning numbers into meaningful insights and influencing organizational decisions? KidsAbility is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst, Planning and Reporting to play a strategic role in shaping the organization’s financial future. Reporting to the Vice President, Finance, you will partner with leaders to drive budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting and performance analysis. This is an exciting opportunity to combine your strong analytical expertise with relationship building skills to support informed decision making, enhance financial performance, and contribute to KidsAbility’s mission.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading the annual operating budget development cycle, developing comprehensive budgets aligned with funder agreements and strategic goals.
• Monitoring operating and capital budgets, preparing financial statements and board reporting packages, and providing variance analysis and insights.
• Supporting compliance with funding agreements and reporting requirements while identifying financial trends and communicating key findings to senior leadership.
• Developing and maintaining financial models, dashboards, and key performance indicators that support short and long-term forecasting and scenario analysis
• Partnering with leaders to strengthen financial literacy and support operational planning.
• Collaborating with finance team members to enhance financial systems, processes, and internal controls.
• Serving as a key contact for senior leadership, external funders, regulatory bodies, and other stakeholders.

More About You:

Candidates for this position should have a completed undergraduate degree in business, commerce, accounting, or a related discipline, in addition to:

• Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation or working towards required.
• More than five (5) years’ progressive experience in budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and analysis.
• Strong understanding of not-for-profit accounting rules and standards.
• Experience within the health or social services sectors an asset.
• Proficiency with Power BI & Excel required; Sage Intacct, ADP, and Co-Pilot experience are assets.
• Superior analytical and problem-solving capabilities, combined with excellent communication skills to articulate financial insights across internal and external stakeholder groups.
• Sound judgement and discretion.
• Ability to prioritize tasks to meet strict deadlines.

We invite applications from those interested in this position to apply through the KidsAbility Career Centre.

Our Commitment

KidsAbility strives to create an accessible and inclusive application and selection process and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants who may require provisions to participate in the selection process. Should any applicant require accommodation please contact Human Resources in advance for assistance.

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion are the core values of KidsAbility. We are a diverse workforce with wide perspectives and creative ideas that benefit our clients and the community. It is the policy of KidsAbility to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment. We welcome applications from visible minority groups, women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information or any other ground protected by applicable law.

All prospective KidsAbility employees are subject to mandatory immunization requirements, including the full and ongoing COVID-19 vaccination, as a condition of obtaining and maintaining employment. We will make accommodations as directed by the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services and the Chief Medical Officer of Health.