Senior Accountant

Families Matter; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Families Matter in Calgary is seeking a Senior Accountant to lead our financial operations, ensuring accurate reporting and strong financial stewardship for programs and services. You will partner with leadership to manage budgeting, forecasting, and funder reporting while supporting a community-focused mission.

The role features a 35-hour work week with hybrid options across the northeast office and remote work, enabling a healthy work-life balance for an experienced accounting professional.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary education in accounting or related field.
• Progressive accounting experience, including full-cycle accounting.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, cash-flow management.
• Hands-on experience processing and reconciling payroll.
• Clear communication of financial information to non-financial colleagues.
• Strong judgment, discretion, organization and deadline management.

Responsibilities

• Oversee full-cycle accounting: general ledger, journal entries, reconciliations, month-end and year-end.
• Prepare monthly financial statements, variance analysis, cash-flow forecasts and projections.
• Lead annual budgeting with program leaders; develop realistic program and operating budgets.
• Monitor restricted funds, government grants, funder reporting and approvals.
• Ensure payroll, benefits, AP/AR, allocations and banking processes are controlled and timely.
• Coordinate annual audit and funder audits, with working papers and auditor requests.
• Maintain policies, internal controls and documentation to ensure accountability.
• Prepare reports for Executive Director, leadership, Finance Committee and Board.
• Support fund development through grant budgets, reporting and revenue tracking.

Skills

Full-cycle accounting

Budgeting

Forecasting

Payroll processing

Financial analysis

Communication to non-financial

Attention to detail

Education

Post-secondary education in accounting or related field

CPA designation

Job description

Senior Accountant

Looking for meaningful work, a close-knit team, and flexibility in how you work?

Imagine building your next career chapter in a newly created Senior Accountant role where your contributions make a real difference in the community, you work alongside a small, supportive team, and you can skip the downtown commute. Whether you're looking for full-time work, a contract opportunity, or part-time hours, we're open to finding the right arrangement for the right person

About Us

At Families Matter, we believe in healthy, resilient, and thriving families - ALL families. Guided by our mission to empower caregivers and children to build resilience and thrive, we envision a connected community where every family is nurtured and supported to be happy, healthy, and resilient. Our work is grounded in the values we live every day: Respect, Resilience, Collaboration, Playfulness, and Self-Awareness.

Position Summary

The Senior Accountant provides hands-on leadership of Families Matter's financial operations, ensuring sound financial management, accurate reporting, and effective financial planning to support the organization's programs and services. The role ensures information is accurate, timely, and useful, while helping the Executive Director, leadership team, and Board make informed decisions about programs, funding, and long-term sustainability.

Reporting to the Executive Director, you will work closely with organizational leadership and program teams. The role combines day-to-day accounting with budgeting, forecasting, funding compliance, and financial decision support. Families Matter offers a 35-hour work, week with flexibility to work both in the northeast office and remotely, supporting a healthy work-life balance.

This is a wonderful opportunity for an experienced accounting professional who enjoys hands-on work, takes ownership of financial processes, and understands the importance of strong financial stewardship in a community-focused organization.

Key Deliverables

• Oversee full-cycle accounting, including the general ledger, journal entries, reconciliations, and month-end and year-end processes.
• Prepare monthly financial statements, variance analysis, cash-flow forecasts, and quarterly and year-end projections.
• Lead the annual budgeting process and work with program leaders to develop realistic program, staffing, and operating budgets.
• Monitor restricted funds, government agreements, grants, casino proceeds, eligible expenses, and funder reporting requirements.
• Ensure payroll, benefits, accounts payable, accounts receivable, allocations, and banking processes are accurate, timely, and well controlled.
• Coordinate the annual audit and FCSS funder audit, including working papers, supporting documentation, and auditor requests.
• Maintain financial policies, procedures, internal controls, and documentation that support accountability and consistent practice.
• Prepare financial reports for the Executive Director, leadership team, Finance Committee, and Board, highlighting results, forecasts, reserves, and financial risks.
• Support fund development through proposal budgets, grant reporting, revenue tracking, and assessment of financial return.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary education in accounting, business, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Progressive accounting experience, including full-cycle accounting, financial reporting, reconciliations, and month-end and year-end processes.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, cash-flow management, and variance analysis.
• Hands-on experience processing and reconciling payroll.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to communicate financial information clearly to non-financial colleagues.
• Sound judgment, discretion, organization, and the ability to manage competing deadlines.

Assets

• CPA designation.
• Experience working in a not-for-profit organization.
• Experience with restricted funding, government grants or agreements, funder reporting, or funder audits.
• Experience preparing financial information for a Finance Committee or Board.

Salary

• $70,000 - $80,000

We are committed to building an inclusive team that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, identities, and abilities.