Project Accountant

Stantec; Dartmouth; On-site; CAD 45,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Project Accountant, where you'll play a crucial role in financial management across diverse projects. This exciting opportunity involves collaborating with talented teams, ensuring compliance with internal controls, and delivering exceptional service to internal stakeholders. You'll leverage your organizational and problem-solving skills while working in a dynamic environment that embraces change. If you're eager to make an impact and grow your career in finance, this role offers a chance to thrive in a supportive and innovative workplace.

Qualifications

• 0-3 years of related experience preferred but not required.
• General accounting knowledge obtained through experience and/or education.

Responsibilities

• Manage financial aspects of projects including setup, invoicing, and closure.
• Build relationships with internal partners and provide excellent customer service.

Skills

Organizational Skills

Problem-Solving Skills

Customer Service Skills

Communication Skills

Attention to Detail

Education

Post-secondary education in Accounting

Finance

Business Administration

Tools

Oracle

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Grow with the best. Join a smart, creative, and inspired team that works behind the scenes to support operational excellence. Our functional services teams (FSTs) provide services to 32,000 employees in over 450 locations across 6 continents. Bringing together individuals with diverse backgrounds, talents, and expertise, our FSTs are vital to making our Company stronger. Explore opportunities in Financial Services.

YOUR OPPORTUNITY

Take the first step towards designing your career with Stantec. We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as a Project Accountant (PA). Reporting to a Project Accounting Lead (PAL), in this role you will be responsible for the overall financial management of a portfolio of projects within Stantec's controls, policies and practices.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Financial management of projects assigned by the Project Accounting Lead (PAL), which includes but is not limited to project setup, maintenance, invoicing, and project closure.
• Provide excellent customer service and a customer-centric focus, while providing a quality of work that consistently meets or exceeds expectations.
• Build strong relationships with and serve as a trusted advisor to our internal business partners including Project Managers (PM) and Project Manager Assistants (PMA).
• Build and maintain relationships with other Project Accountants and other FST members, including Finance Managers, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable, to ensure collaborative teamwork.
• Independently organize and prioritize workload to ensure timely completion of deliverables. Escalate concerns/issues to PAL as required.
• Implement process or procedural changes identified and rolled out by management.
• Collaborate with PM and PMA to recommend an appropriate work breakdown structure (WBS), issue accurate and contractually compliant invoices, and perform other ad hoc functions as requested.
• Evaluate project setup and budget change documentation to ensure compliance with contractual requirements, internal controls and IFRS.
• Collaborate with Stantec’s finance team in Pune, India to ensure timely delivery and accurate completion of tasks they support.
• Prepare internal and external audit support and respond to inquiries from PA Leadership and Finance Managers.

QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS

• Post-secondary education in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or a related field preferred.
• 0-3 years of related experience preferred but not required.
• Experience with Oracle preferred but not required.
• Must be organized, willing to embrace change and have a strong attention to detail.
• Excellent problem-solving skills are required.
• General accounting knowledge obtained through experience and/or education.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills (written and oral) along with the ability to build and foster excellent working relationships.
• Ability to identify potential implications of actions to mitigate downstream financial impacts.
• Basic Microsoft Excel skills required with an intermediate level understanding preferred.
• Ability to independently review contracts and understand the contract terms regarding project type, scope of work and invoicing terms.

This position will primarily work in an office environment, with the potential for partial work from home, working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each others’ talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with local, state and federal laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans