Project Accountant

Kinaxis; Canada; Remote; CAD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in supply chain management is seeking a Project Accountant responsible for the financial management of Professional Services projects. You will partner with teams to ensure project success, manage invoicing, and address contract issues while thriving in a fast-paced environment. The role offers flexible work options and emphasizes professional growth in a collaborative atmosphere.

Benefits

Flexible vacation and company-wide days off

Flexible work options

Physical and mental well-being programs

Regularly scheduled virtual fitness classes

Mentorship and career development programs

Recognition programs and referral rewards

Hackathons

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Project or Professional Services Accounting.
• Experience in a multi-entity global environment.
• Proven experience partnering with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Financial management of Professional Services projects.
• Complete monthly project financial procedures including revenue recognition.
• Monitor project budgets and escalate risks as needed.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Managing multiple priorities

Building strong relationships

Education

Post-secondary degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field

Tools

NetSuite

Kantata

Salesforce

MS Office 365

Job description

About Kinaxis

Elevate your career journey by embracing a new challenge with Kinaxis. We are experts in tech, but it’s really our people who give us passion to always seek ways to do things better. As such, we’re serious about your career growth and professional development, because People matter at Kinaxis.

In 1984, we started out as a team of three engineers. Today, we have grown to become a global organization with over 2000 employees around the world, with a brand-new HQ based in Kanata North in Ottawa. As one of Canada’s Top Employers, we are proud to work with our customers and employees towards solving some of the biggest challenges facing supply chains today.

At Kinaxis, we power the world’s supply chains to help preserve the planet’s resources and enrich the human experience. As a global leader in end-to-end supply chain management, we enable supply chain excellence for all industries, with more than 40,000 users in over 100 countries. We are expanding our team as we continue to innovate and revolutionize how we support our customers.

Location

This is a remote position. You can work from home and be located anywhere in Canada. If you are located in Ottawa, Canada you will work a hybrid schedule of 3 days per week in office.

About the role

The Project Accountant is responsible for supporting the professional services order to revenue accounting cycle, by providing services contract administration and data maintenance for Professional Services projects. Reporting initially to the Director, Financial Operations, the Project Accountant will partner with our Professional Services team to ensure the successful financial management of projects, including project setup, maintenance, invoicing, and project closure.

This is an exciting opportunity to be a cross-functional partner, and to help scale Professional Services revenue and project accounting in a high-growth, multi-entity, and global business.

What you will do

• Financial management of time and material and fixed price Professional Services projects, which includes but is not limited to contract and change request management, project setup, master data maintenance, invoicing, and project closure.
• Complete monthly project financial procedures including revenue recognition and support timely and accurate invoice creation
• Ensure consistent application of approvals and control procedures.
• Monitor project budgets, change orders, project health and estimates in the PSA tool, Kantata.
• Build strong relationships with our internal Professional Services business partners, including Delivery and Project Managers.
• Identify risks to project status or completion and escalate to leadership as appropriate
• Support resolution of contract issues including providing support to the billing team as required.
• Support service sales team in creation of statements of work and change requests.
• Effectively work with colleagues across Finance and other key internal and external stakeholders.
• Assist with special project assignments, ad-hoc analysis as required.

What we are looking for

• Post-secondary degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field.
• 3+ years of experience in Project or Professional Services Accounting
• Experience in a multi-entity global environment, high-tech industry experience is an asset.
• Proven experience building strong, cross-functional relationships and partnering with stakeholders from across the business to meet objectives.
• Excellent communication skills, including being able to clearly communicate financial information to colleagues and stakeholders, and work collaboratively with integrity.
• Able to manage multiple and dynamic priorities and deadlines and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with ERP and project accounting systems, NetSuite, Kantata and Salesforce an asset.
• Proficient in MS Office 365 including Excel, Word, PowerPoint

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Work With Impact: Our platform directly helps companies power the world’s supply chains. We see the results of what we do out in the world every day—when we see store shelves stocked, when medications are available for our loved ones, and so much more.

Work with Fortune 500 Brands: Companies across industries trust us to help them take control of their integrated business planning and digital supply chain. Some of our customers include Lockheed Martin, Yamaha, P&G, Honda, and more.

Social Responsibility at Kinaxis: Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee weighs in on hiring practices, talent assessment training materials, and mandatory training on unconscious bias and inclusion fundamentals. Sustainability is key to what we do and we’re committed to net-zero operations strategy for the long term. We are involved in our communities and support causes where we can make the most impact.

People matter at Kinaxis and these are some of the perks and benefits we created for our team:

• Flexible vacation and Kinaxis Days (company-wide day off on the last Friday of every month)
• Flexible work options
• Physical and mental well-being programs
• Regularly scheduled virtual fitness classes
• Mentorship programs and training and career development
• Recognition programs and referral rewards
• Hackathons

Kinaxis welcomes candidates to apply to our inclusive community. We provide accommodations upon request to ensure fairness and accessibility throughout our recruitment process for all candidates, including those with specific needs or disabilities. If you require an accommodation, please reach out to us at [e-mail]. Please note that this contact information is strictly for accessibility requests and cannot be used to inquire about application statuses.

Kinaxis is committed to ensuring a fair and transparent recruitment process. We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the initial step of the recruitment process to compare submitted resumes against the job description, to identify candidates whose education, experience and skills most closely match the requirements of the role. After the initial screening, all subsequent decisions regarding your application, including final selection, are made by our human recruitment team. AI does not make any final hiring decisions.