Finance Manager

numbercrunch; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Office in Kanata (4 days)

Job summary

Numbercrunch is seeking a Finance Manager to oversee accounting operations for a portfolio of professional services clients, with emphasis on law firm experience. The role includes leading bookkeepers, ensuring timely month-end close, and maintaining trust accounting for legal clients.

You will collaborate with client owners and partners, uphold regulatory standards, and drive process improvements in a fast-paced hybrid environment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience as a Bookkeeper.
• Accounting Diploma or University Degree.
• Supervisory experience (minimum 2 years).
• Minimum of 2 years experience working with QuickBooks Online.
• Solid technical accounting skills.
• Strong Excel skills (pivot tables at minimum).

Responsibilities

• Oversee month-end close and financial reporting.
• Review work prepared by bookkeepers and senior accountants.
• Act as escalation point for complex accounting issues.
• Manage and oversee trust accounting and reconciliations (legal clients).
• Communicate directly with client owners and partners.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and professional standards.
• Support process improvement and SOP adherence.

Skills

Bookkeeping

QuickBooks Online

Excel (Pivot Tables)

Accounting principles

Education

Accounting diploma

University degree

Tools

QuickBooks Online

Job description

We’re looking for a friendly and dedicated Finance Manager to oversee accounting operations for a portfolio of professional services clients, with a strong preference for experience supporting law firms. The Finance Manager works with assigned clients to oversee, record, process, and reconcile financial data based on assigned needs as well as manages their assigned Bookkeepers for their role and deliverables. The ideal candidate is an energetic individual who likes to juggle a variety of tasks and would thrive in our fast-paced environment!

The Finance Manager role will perform the following expected outcomes accurately and within a timely manner but is not limited to:

• Oversee month-end close and financial reporting
• Review work prepared by bookkeepers and senior accountants
• Act as escalation point for complex accounting issues
• Manage and oversee trust accounting and reconciliations (legal clients)
• Communicate directly with client owners and partners
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and professional standards
• Support process improvement and SOP adherence

Skills, Qualifications and Track Record:

Must-haves

• 4+ years experience as a Bookkeeper
• Accounting Diploma or University Degree
• Supervisory experience (minimum 2 years)
• Minimum of 2 years experience working with Quickbooks online
• Solid technical accounting skills
• Strong Excel skills (must know how to use pivot tables at minimum)

Nice-to-haves

• Experience supporting SaaS companies is an asset (familiarity with SaaS metrics)
• An open mind to trying out new technology
• Passion for business
• Friendly, approachable
• Can have fun and knows when to roll up sleeves
• Comfortable juggling multiple client accounts

Numbercrunch is a fast-growing financial services company supporting ambitious start-ups and non-profits with timely record keeping, reliable reporting, and strategic financial guidance. How we work is as important as our skills, so we are pleased to share our core values: Integrity, Respect, Collaboration, Teamwork, Diversity & Inclusion. We are proud to be certified Great Places to Work®.

Our company is a team of thirty Bookkeepers and Accountants who work cohesively to provide small and medium sized businesses with amazing back end financial support. Numbercrunch supports employees with a fun and relaxed hybrid working environment, regular social events, work-life balance, and a team of supportive colleagues. This job requires you to come into our lovely Kanata office four days a week (Monday,Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) and Fridays you get to work from home! Our working hours are 9-5 (no overtime is expected!)

At numbercrunch, weare very proud of the diversity of our team and believe we are stronger for it. We are an equal opportunity employer that is dedicated and committed to recruiting and selecting applicants on the basis of their qualifications, without discrimination. We are mindful of unconscious bias as we seek out the best candidates to join our diverse team. We strive to ensure our employees reflect the community they serve. The successful candidate will be aligned with our business values that include responsible, reliable, self-motivated, efficient and take pride and care in their work.

We work hard, don't take ourselves too seriously, and we like to have fun!