CandorBuild Construction Corp. is a Saskatoon-based general contractor working in commercial, institutional and remote northern construction, with projects across Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba.
The Controller is responsible for the financial management of CandorBuild's construction operations, including job cost accounting, work-in-progress reporting, cash management, payroll, compliance, and financial reporting to the company's surety, banking and insurance partners.
CandorBuild is growing. The company is moving its accounting from a fractional external arrangement to an in-house function, and is replacing its current mix of accounting and reporting tools with a purpose-built construction ERP. The Controller will take a lead role in that implementation and in shaping how the company's financial systems and reporting work from that point forward.
The position works closely with project management, estimating and field operations. CandorBuild's leadership team works collaboratively and across functions, and the Controller is expected to communicate financial reality in plain language to stakeholders.
The role suits an experienced construction accountant who is comfortable owning a full accounting function and building the systems that support it.
Responsibilities
- Full-cycle accounting and monthly internal financial reporting
- Job costing and work-in-progress reporting on a percentage-of-completion basis
- Progress billing, receivables and cash flow management
- Payroll and employee administration
- Statutory remittances and construction industry compliance
- Financial reporting to the company's surety, bank and insurance broker
- A lead role in implementing and administering the company's new construction ERP
Administrative support is available to this role. The scope of that support will be determined with the successful candidate based on the needs of the function.
Year-end financial statements, corporate tax and specialist claim preparation remain with external advisors.
Required Qualifications
- CPA designation
- Construction industry accounting experience, specifically percentage-of-completion revenue recognition and WIP reporting. This requirement is not substitutable with general industry experience
- Demonstrated full-cycle accounting ownership in an organization of comparable scale
- Canadian payroll and statutory remittance experience
- Working knowledge of builders' lien holdback, Workers' Compensation and subcontractor compliance requirements
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience implementing or administering a construction ERP
- Multi-jurisdiction experience, particularly Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba
- Remote or northern project cost experience
- Demonstrated use of AI and automation tools in a finance function, with sound judgment about where automation is appropriate and where it is not
- Experience supporting surety and bank reporting
- Comfort operating in a company actively building its systems rather than inheriting established ones
Compensation and Benefits
- Competitive salary, commensurate with experience and fit against the requirements above
- Group benefits and RRSP matching
- Full ownership of the finance function
- Four-day work week, four 10-hour days
To Apply
Submit a resume and a brief covering note to jobs@candorbuild.ca. Applicants are asked to identify the scope they have personally owned, the nature of their construction accounting experience, and one process or system they improved on their own initiative.
Pay: $125,000.00-$170,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Vision care
