Senior Accountant

Professional Staffing; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid vacation

CPA program fees

Job summary

Professional Staffing is assisting a client in Edmonton to hire a Senior Accountant for its central finance team. This on-site role emphasizes full-cycle ledger integrity, project costing, payroll, and intercompany accounting within a dynamic construction environment.

You will partner with operations and management to keep projects on budget, produce timely financial reports, and support audits while leveraging QuickBooks Online and advanced Excel tools. A CPA is strongly preferred.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of progressive accounting in construction/project environments.
• Strong project costing and budget tracking capabilities.
• Hands-on payroll cycles and statutory filings.
• Experience with QuickBooks Online or similar software; advanced Excel skills.
• CPA designation or active progression toward CPA highly desired.
• Excellent communication with site teams, leadership, and partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead full-cycle ledger integrity, intercompany reconciliations, and job costing.
• Support period-end closes, balance sheet reconciliations, and audit-ready papers.
• Assist cash flow forecasting, budgeting, and variance reporting for leadership.
• Run payroll cycles and manage payroll tax filings and statutory compliance.
• Enhance controls and reporting via QuickBooks Online and advanced Excel.

Skills

Job Costing

Payroll Execution

Financial reporting

Excel advanced

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

CPA designation in progress

Tools

QuickBooks Online

Excel

Job description

Our client is a well-established, project-driven group of companies operating within custom residential home building, multi-family developments, and exterior construction services across the Greater Edmonton Area and Central Alberta. Backed by ongoing projects and active operational demand, the organization is seeking a proactive, operationally engaged Senior Accountant to join their central finance team.

Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), this is an expansive, hands-on role designed for an accounting professional who excels at the intersection of corporate finance and operational project performance. You will take ownership of full-cycle ledger integrity, intercompany reconciliations, and end-to-end job costing while working directly with operational teams to keep projects on budget.

This position is on-site in Edmonton; candidates willing to complete an expedient relocation at their own expense are welcome to apply.

Core Impact Areas

• Operational Job Costing & Project Accounting: Partner directly with project managers and operations teams to track job costs, review project performance, monitor expense allocations, and flag budget-to-actual variances across all project phases.
• Full-Cycle Financial Management: Drive period-end close procedures, maintaining balance sheet reconciliations, journal entries, intercompany accounts, and external audit-ready working papers.
• Cash Flow & Strategic Analysis: Support the CFO with cash flow management, forecasting, budgeting, and variance reporting for leadership.
• Payroll & Statutory Governance: Execute payroll runs, ensuring accurate remittal of payroll source deductions, GST filings, Workers' Compensation, and year-end statutory compliance (T4s, ROEs).
• Process Optimization & Systems: Leverage QuickBooks Online and advanced Excel models to streamline transactional workflows, enhance internal controls, and automate recurring reporting schedules.

What You Bring

• Experience: 3+ years of progressive, full-cycle accounting experience within construction, trades, residential building, or project-based environments.
• Job Costing Acumen: Demonstrated depth in project accounting, job costing, budget tracking, and operational cost analysis.
• Payroll Execution: Direct, hands-on experience running payroll cycles and managing associated statutory filings.
• Technical & Excel Toolkit: Experience with QuickBooks Online or similar accounting software; advanced Microsoft Excel skills (including complex formulas, data analysis, and financial reporting).
• Designation: CPA designation or actively working toward CPA is strongly desired.
• Communication & Collaboration: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate financial concepts clearly to operational site teams, leadership, and external partners.
• Interpersonal Strength: High attention to detail, comfort working independently, and strong collaboration across operational teams.
• Base Salary: $80,000 to $100,000 per year, commensurate with experience.
• Health Benefits: Comprehensive extended health and dental coverage package.
• Vacation & Time Off: 3 weeks of paid vacation, plus paid office closure between Christmas and New Year's.
• Professional Development: Coverage of CPA program fees and professional dues.
• Work Environment: Direct mentorship from executive leadership within a stable, highly collaborative operating group.

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