Royalty Accountant

Vaco by Highspring; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 55,000 - 76,000; Part time

Job summary

Vaco by Highspring is seeking an experienced professional for a 6-9 month hybrid contract in Calgary, AB. The role focuses on leading monthly settlement processes for large financial transactions and royalties, with strong emphasis on accuracy and controls.

The ideal candidate has 7–10 years of related experience, Excel expertise, and familiarity with energy marketing settlements. CPA is an asset but not required.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of related experience, with preference for Energy Marketing settlement accounting.
• Strong Excel skills with lookups, pivots, analytics, and large data sets.
• Detail oriented with ability to handle large transactions.
• Experience with settlement processes and accounting controls is desired.

Responsibilities

• Lead monthly processing, reconciliation, and settlement of large financial transactions (royalty-related).
• Manage monthly royalty calculations, reconciliations, reporting, and remittance processes.
• Administer forecast penalties, adjustments, and offsets reconciliation.
• Perform customer and vendor reconciliations and resolve discrepancies.
• Identify process improvements to strengthen controls and reduce risk.

Skills

Settlement accounting

Excel

Energy Marketing

Attention to detail

Data analysis

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics 365

Job description

Job Type: 6-9 Month contract, Hybrid, 3 days in-office, Calgary AB.

Job Salary: $40 - $55 / Hour

Job Description

• Lead and coordinate the monthly processing, reconciliation, and settlement of large financial transactions, including royalty-related payments and collections, ensuring accurate and timely execution of all settlement activities.
• Manage monthly royalty calculations, reconciliations, reporting, and remittance processes, including cash flow forecasting, analysis, and payment preparation.
• Administer the recording and reconciliation of forecast penalties, adjustments, and associated offsets.
• Perform ongoing customer and vendor account reconciliations, investigating and resolving discrepancies with counterparties as they arise.
• Maintain compliance with established controls and identify opportunities to enhance processes, strengthen controls, and mitigate operational risk.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives by reviewing existing workflows, identifying efficiencies, and implementing process enhancements across key areas of responsibility.

Must Haves

• 7-10 years of related experience, with preference given to applicants with Energy Marketing settlement accounting experience.
• Excel skills - lookups, pivots, analytics, and working with large data sets
• Detail orientated with confidence to handle large transactions

Good to Haves

• Microsoft Dynamics 365 is highly preferred but not required
• CPA or other professional accounting designation is an asset but not required