Controller

BullsEye Recruitment Inc.; Calgary; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

BullsEye Recruitment Inc. is seeking a Controller for a multi-provincial construction client in Southeast Calgary.

The role owns the general ledger, month-end close, ASPE financial reporting, and the internal control environment, reporting to the CFO and supervising a small team of three. The successful candidate will establish the close calendar, reconciliation discipline, and a strong control framework, while owning job cost structures, monthly WIP schedules, and PoC calculations.

Qualifications

• CPA with 5+ years post-designation experience, including supervisory responsibility.
• 3+ years in construction or project-based accounting.
• Experience with percentage-of-completion revenue recognition.
• Experience with WIP reporting, holdbacks and progress billings.
• Experience with internal controls design and multi-entity reporting.

Responsibilities

• Own general ledger, month-end close, ASPE reporting, and the internal control environment.
• Establish close calendar, reconciliation discipline and control framework for the company.
• Own job cost structure; prepare monthly WIP schedules and PoC calculations; review EAC with PMs.
• Report margin movement by contract to senior leadership.
• Act as internal project owner for payroll, field time capture and system implementations planned.

Skills

Project accounting

WIP reporting

Internal controls

Multi-entity reporting

Budgeting/close

Education

CPA designation

Tools

ERP systems

Payroll systems

Job description

Our client is a well-established, multi-provincial construction company in Southeast Calgary with operations across Canada. They are seeking a Controller to own the general ledger, month-end close, ASPE financial reporting, and the internal control environment. The role reports to the CFO and supervises a small team of 3 people.

The successful candidate will inherit a manual environment with limited balance sheet reconciliation and will be expected to establish the close calendar, reconciliation discipline, and control framework the company requires. You will own the job cost structure, prepare monthly WIP schedules and percentage-of-completion calculations, review estimate-at-completion with Project Managers, and report margin movement by contract to senior leadership, while also acting as internal project owner for payroll, field time capture, and system implementations planned over the next eighteen months.

To succeed, you must be a process-focused self-starter who takes ownership of the full scope of the role and sees work through to completion without prompting. Sound judgement, business acumen, and the confidence to challenge assumptions are essential, as is the ability to build process and discipline where little currently exists.

To qualify, you must be a CPA with five or more years of post-designation experience, including supervisory responsibility, and three or more years in construction or project-based accounting. You must have experience with percentage-of-completion revenue recognition, WIP reporting, holdback and progress billing, multi-entity reporting, and internal control design. Prior ERP or payroll system implementation experience is strongly preferred.