Original job description
Position: Financial Controller
Work Schedule: Full-time
Employment Status: Permanent
Here is a summary of the position's responsibilities. Accounting and monthly cycle
Manage the full accounting cycle for assigned entities: journal entries, bank reconciliations, accounts payable and receivable, and payroll interface.
Execute month-end closing according to a set schedule, supported by working papers.
Process and reconcile intercompany transactions.
Prepare year-end files for external accountants.
Projects and costs
Maintain project budgets and costs; generate "cost-to-complete" reports.
Track commitments, change orders, and budget variances.
Development accounting: cost capitalization and tracking by phase and project.
Financing and Disbursements
Prepare construction financing draw packages and supporting documentation for quantity surveyors and lenders.
Manage progress billing, holdbacks, and supplier disbursements.
Provide data required for covenant monitoring and lender reporting.
Construction financing draw packages, including CMHC files.
Treasury and Controls
Prepare operational cash flow forecasts for assigned entities.
Document procedures and implement Group internal controls.
Supervise bookkeeping staff and review their work.
Support the preparation of financial information for investors and the Group's consolidated financial statements.
Support the integration of systems and the chart of accounts across the Group.
Profile
CPA designation or equivalent proven experience.
5+ years of accounting experience, including significant experience in construction, real estate development, or property management.
Proficiency in project cost tracking, construction budgets, and financing draws.
Comfortable working in a multi-entity environment and handling intercompany transactions.
Advanced Excel skills and experience with accounting or project management ERP systems.
High level of autonomy: ability to structure work in a construction environment where processes are not yet established.
Bilingual (French and English).
More about this job
Responsibilities
Manage accounting and month-end close activities across assigned entities, including reconciliations, intercompany transactions, project cost tracking, and year-end preparation. Prepare construction financing draw packages and lender reporting, oversee cash forecasts and internal controls, supervise bookkeeping staff, and support investor and consolidated financial reporting.
Requirements
Requires a CPA designation or equivalent proven experience and at least five years of accounting experience, including significant experience in construction, real estate development, or property management. Candidates should have expertise in project costs, construction budgets and financing draws, multi-entity accounting, advanced Excel, and ERP systems, as well as autonomy in an evolving environment.
Skills
- Full-Cycle Accounting
- Month-End Closing
- Journal Entries
- Bank Reconciliations
- Accounts Payable and Receivable
- Payroll Interface
- Intercompany Transactions
- Project Cost Tracking
- Construction Budgeting
- Cost-to-Complete Reporting
- Construction Financing Draws
- Cash Flow Forecasting
- Internal Controls
- Advanced Excel
- ERP Systems
- Financial Reporting
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Finance & Accounting
- Construction
- Management & Leadership
Keywords
- CPA
- Full-Cycle Accounting
- Month-End Closing
- Journal Entries
- Bank Reconciliations
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Payroll
- Intercompany Transactions
- Project Budgets
- Cost-to-Complete Reports
- Development Accounting
- Cost Capitalization
- Construction Financing
- Financing Draw Packages
- CMHC Files
- Progress Billing
- Holdbacks
- Supplier Disbursements
- Covenant Monitoring
- Lender Reporting
- Cash Flow Forecasting
- Internal Controls
- Consolidated Financial Statements
- Advanced Excel
- ERP Systems
- Construction
- Real Estate Development
- Property Management
- Multi-Entity Accounting
