Posted 3 months ago
Cost Analyst
@ SYSTRA
Montréal, Quebec
Overview
SYSTRA Canada is hiring a Cost Analyst to support resource costing, financial bids and profitability analysis. The role covers cost rate variance analysis, bid financials, financial tools such as the CAPRI budgeting tool, tax compliance and joint venture accounting. The posting requires a CPA designation, 3 to 5 years of cost accounting experience and French and English bilingualism.
Responsibilities:
- Établir et analyser les taux de coûts des ressources et les écarts
- Préparer les prix de vente, la rentabilité et les analyses de sensibilité pour les soumissions
- Maintenir les outils financiers, dont le CAPRI
- Répondre aux vérifications externes et assurer la conformité fiscale
- Gérer les activités financières des coentreprises
Requirements summary:
- Baccalauréat en comptabilité, finance, administration ou domaine connexe
- Titre de CPA
- 3 à 5 ans d'expérience en comptabilité de coûts
- Connaissance des normes IFRS et du droit fiscal
- Excellente maîtrise d'Excel
- Bilinguisme français et anglais
Tools & skills
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-08-13
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-09
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-10
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Job details
| Seniority | Mid level |
| Department | Finance & accounting |
| Experience | 3+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English, French |
| Licences & certifications | CPA |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required) |
| Fields of study | Accounting, Finance, Business Administration |
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SYSTRA
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Full company description
SYSTRA is one of the world's leading engineering and consultancy groups specialising in public transport and mobility solutions. For more than 65 years, the Group has been committed to helping cities and regions to contribute to their development by creating, improving and modernising their transport infrastructure. With its 11,000 employees, the Group's mission is to connect people and bring territories closer together in the 80 countries where it operates. By making travel more fluid, the infrastructures designed by SYSTRA bring communities together, develop social integration and facilitate access to employment, education and leisure. A signature for transport solutions, SYSTRA supports its partners and clients throughout the lifecycle of their projects. SYSTRA is involved at a very early stage in the design phase, right through to the deployment and maintenance test phases. SYSTRA provides all of its services in more than 80 countries worldwide and generates 80% of its turnover internationally. KEY FIGURES - €1.3 bn in sales in 2024 - 2nd international engineering company for Mass Transit & Rail* - 3d for Bridges* - 6th in the Transport sector* * Engineering News-Record (ENR) ranking, 2025
- LinkedIn followers
- 360,472
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 10,091
- Reported office locations
- 72 rue Henry Farman, Paris, 75015, FR
- Business categories
- Railroad
- Cyber Security
- Consulting
- Infrastructure
- Transportation
- Public Transportation
- Asset Management
- Smart Cities
- Project Management
- Civil Engineering
- Other recorded names
- SYSTRA
- Specialties
- Project management
- Design
- Sustainable and environmental studies
- Construction supervision
- Testing Commissioning
- Operation Maintenance
- Transport planning & Preliminary studies
- Infrastructure
- Systems engineering
- and Operation & Maintenance engineering
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 0
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
SYSTRA is one of the world's leading engineering and consultancy groups specialising in public transport and mobility solutions. For more than 65 years, the Group has been committed to helping cities and regions to contribute to their development by creating, improving and modernising their transport infrastructure. With its 11,000 employees, the Group's mission is to connect people and bring territories closer…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Engineering Services |
| Company size | 10,001+ employees |
| Headquarters | Paris |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Specialties | Project managementDesignSustainable and environmental studiesConstruction supervisionTesting CommissioningOperation MaintenanceTransport planning & Preliminary studiesInfrastructureSystems engineeringand Operation & Maintenance engineering |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 166 |
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SYSTRA Canada is part of the SYSTRA group, an international consulting and engineering group, a world leader in the design of transport infrastructures. SYSTRA Canada is an engineering and consulting firm whose primary focus is to offer transportation solutions, whether for passengers or goods: feasibility studies of building a new railway line, increasing the capacity of the existing infrastructure, privatization of a railway.
Context
We are looking for a Cost Analyst to support resource costing, financial bids, and profitability analysis while ensuring the accuracy of financial models and compliance requirements. The role also contributes to joint venture accounting, external audits, and continuous process improvement in a dynamic business environment.
Missions/Main Duties
- Establish and analyze resource cost rates, including variance analysis between standard and actual costs, and recommend corrective actions.
- Support financial and commercial bids by preparing selling prices per resource, profitability and sensitivity analyses, and financial notes for bid committee review.
- Maintain and improve financial tools, including cost calculation models and the CAPRI budgeting tool, as well as related documentation, user support, and training.
- Ensure financial and tax compliance by responding to external audits on hourly rates and supporting tax obligations for affiliated entities.
- Manage joint venture financial activities, including validation of financial statements, consolidation entries, profit-sharing follow-up, and participation in process improvement initiatives.
Profile/Skills
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field, and a CPA designation.
Years of experience: 3 to 5 years of experience in cost accounting; project accounting is considered an asset.
Technical skills:
- Knowledge of IFRS and accounting standards for private companies.
- Knowledge of current tax laws applicable to employers, individuals, and corporations.Advanced Excel skills.
- Strong knowledge of cost accounting.
- Ability to communicate clearly, both orally and in writing, in French and English*
* Bilingualism is required because the role involves working with a diverse client base, including both French- and English-speaking companies. Strong communication in both languages is essential to build solid client relationships, understand their specific needs, and communicate effectively in their preferred language.
Interpersonal skills:
- Clear and influential communication, with the ability to explain financial concepts to non-financial stakeholders.
- Strong attention to detail, ethics, and the ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
SYSTRA Canada is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer that values applications from all and offers employment equity based on the merits and abilities of candidates and personnel.
Note: In this description, the masculine gender is used for easy reading purposes and includes the feminine.
We use AI-enabled tools in our recruitment platform (iCIMS) for tasks like resume parsing and candidate matching. These tools do not make hiring decisions; all applications are reviewed by a human recruiter, and final decisions are made by our hiring team.
For questions about our hiring process or AI tools, please contact [email protected].
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