Senior Accounting Advisor

Senior Advisor, Controllership – 8-Month Contract

📍 Location: Montreal, QC

📅 Contract: 8-month leave replacement

🏢 Work Model: Hybrid – 3+ days/week onsite

⏰ Hours: 37.5 hours/week | Some overtime may be required during month-end/year-end

🗣️ Language: Bilingual English & French – required

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Advisor, Controllership to join a high-performing Finance team. This role provides strategic accounting advice, financial stewardship, governance oversight, and technical accounting support across complex business initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide accounting, financial reporting and governance advice to business leaders.
• Assess complex and non-routine transactions and provide practical recommendations.
• Support month-end close, financial reporting, reconciliations, journal entries and internal controls.
• Apply IFRS requirements to complex accounting matters and support significant accounting judgments.
• Identify financial reporting, compliance and governance risks and develop mitigation strategies.
• Partner with Finance, Tax, Legal, Operations, Commercial teams and external auditors.
• Support major projects, acquisitions, divestments, restructuring and transformation initiatives.
• Lead technical accounting assessments and communicate recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Drive process improvement, standardization, automation and digital enablement within Finance.

Qualifications

• CPA designation or equivalent professional accounting qualification.
• Strong technical accounting and financial reporting experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with IFRS.
• Experience with month-end close, controls, audits and governance frameworks.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage priorities and navigate complex/ambiguous situations.
• Strong communication skills with both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Strong technology aptitude and ability to learn new systems quickly.
• Fluency in both English and French, written and spoken, is mandatory.
• Accounting firm/public accounting experience is a strong asset.