Accountant- CPA

Hiring: Senior Advisor – Controllership

📍 Location: Montreal, QC, Canada

🏢 Work Model: Hybrid – Minimum 3 days onsite per week

🗣️ Language: Fluent in English & French (Written and Spoken)

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Senior Advisor – Controllership to support financial reporting, technical accounting, governance, and business performance management.

The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in IFRS, financial controls, month-end closing, and financial analysis, along with the ability to provide strategic accounting advice and collaborate with senior stakeholders across multiple business functions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and support month-end closing, financial reporting, reconciliations, and journal entry reviews.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS standards, accounting policies, and internal control requirements.
• Perform financial variance analysis and provide insights on business performance, risks, and opportunities.
• Lead technical accounting assessments for complex transactions and provide recommendations.
• Support accounting judgements, estimates, disclosures, and audit-related matters.
• Collaborate with Finance, Tax, Legal, Operations, and senior business stakeholders.
• Identify financial reporting risks and strengthen governance and control frameworks.
• Drive process improvements, automation, and standardization of finance operations.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• CPA designation or equivalent professional accounting qualification.
• Strong experience in technical accounting and financial reporting.
• Hands-on experience with IFRS in complex business environments.
• Expertise in month-end close, reconciliations, financial controls, and reporting.
• Strong financial analysis and variance analysis skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to interpret complex financial information and provide business recommendations.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
• Fluency in both English and French (written and spoken).

Important Requirements

• Must be based in or able to commute to Montreal, QC.
• Minimum 3 days onsite per week.
• Bilingual proficiency in English and French is mandatory.