Project Accountant managing financial transactions for construction projects at PCL Industrial Management in Edmonton. Ensuring accurate reporting and compliance with project requirements and financial policies.
About the role
- Senior Accountant responsible for maintaining financial records and supporting audits at Accord. Involves financial analysis, month-end closing, and team collaboration in a hybrid environment.
Responsibilities
- Accord is looking for a Senior Accountant to join our team!
- The Senior Accountant is responsible for the organizational and affiliate financial recordkeeping, including accurately maintaining all general ledger accounts, reconciling bank statements, conducting monthly and year-end closing procedures, generating various reports and financial analysis/forecasting, and assisting with the annual audit.
- Perform month end closing processes, including balance sheet reconciliations
- Analyzing financial data
- Main rolling forecast with input from internal stakeholders
- Preparing audit workpapers
- Support and ensure timely month-end close.
- Prepare and record assigned journal entries into the accounting software.
- Reconcile balance sheet accounts on a monthly basis.
- Maintain fixed asset inventory and depreciation schedules.
- Complete the monthly closing process by preparing and self-reviewing all assigned journal entries and processes, including recording all relevant allocations.
- Review the general ledger and monthly financial statements for accuracy.
- Manage the housing function’s accounting, including but not limited to: recording monthly rent, preparing monthly rent statements, and participating in bi-weekly housing meetings.
- Prepare and submit monthly contract invoicing, including budget reconciliations.
- Cross-review journal entries from other finance staff.
- Maintain FP&A software solution, including integrations between ERP and FP&A software
- Perform planning, forecasting, budgeting and analytical activities to support management decision making
- Identify and investigate budget variances.
- Prepare schedules and work with the Controller to complete the annual audit as well as any other finance monitoring reviews.
- Serve as a backup for accounts payable.
- Review and record lockbox cash receipts.
- Troubleshoot ERP and FP&A software issues.
- Improve efficiency and effectiveness of processes and systems through smart use of technology and digital tools.
- Develop strategies to improve organizational efficiencies, including proactive identification of simplification and automation opportunities.
- Review or create accounting processes and accounting policies as necessary to maintain and strengthen internal controls
- Provide the same accountabilities/functions noted above for Accord’s affiliate subsidiaries.
Requirements
- Either a Bachelor’s Degree in accounting or finance, or commensurate experience of five or more years in accounting and finance, with oversight or review responsibility of lower level accounting employees.
- Five years of Accounting experience, two years of which include oversight or review responsibility of lower level accounting employees.
- Must have advanced knowledge of Excel, including Pivot tables, text to columns, filtering, VLOOKUP and other advanced formulas
- CPA or FP&A preferred
- Experience with and knowledge of accounting software
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and ability to give attention to financial detail
- Strong written and verbal communication skills including the ability to explain financial information
- Excellent at working independently and as a part of the finance team, to share information and work collaboratively
- Experience in nonprofit or health care environments is preferable but not required
Benefits
- Competitive wage ($75,000-$80,000) and benefit package with PTO
- 9 paid holidays
- health, dental, vision, and life insurance
- NO COST short & long-term disability insurance
- retirement savings plan options
- employee wellness program
- tuition assistance program
- career advancement
- mileage reimbursement for providing direct services
- a positive, friendly work environment and much more.
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