Senior Project Accountant

Lycopodium Limited; Mississauga; Hybrid; CAD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RRSP matching

Healthcare spending account

Professional memberships

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Lycopodium Limited in Mississauga, ON is seeking a Senior Project Accountant to join our Project Services Group. You will oversee budgets, cost control, invoicing, and reporting for complex projects, ensuring accurate financials and timely payments.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in project accounting, strong knowledge of financial controls, and excellent communication with clients and vendors. Occasional travel may be required as projects demand.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related discipline from a recognized institution.
• Minimum 5 years in project accounting preferably from mineral processing or similar EPCM projects.
• Strong knowledge of project accounting principles and financial controls.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with clients, vendors and internal stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage project budgets, cost control, and accounting activities including budget setup, cash calls, payment runs and month-end reporting.
• Process invoice approval forms (IAFs), maintain financial registers, reconcile vendor accounts, and ensure accurate and timely payments.
• Monitor purchase orders, bank guarantees, and retention registers, ensuring project records are current.
• Collaborate with project teams, clients, and vendors to resolve invoice, payment, and budget queries; maintain stakeholder relationships.
• Prepare, maintain, and file project documentation and reports in line with requirements.
• Support project financial performance by monitoring budgets and PO revisions and contributing to close-out activities.
• Contribute to cost control processes, policies, and reporting standards; mentor junior team members; travel as required.

Skills

Project accounting

Financial controls

Stakeholder communication

Mentorship experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Job description

With offices in Australia, Canada, USA, Southern Africa, Ghana, Philippines, Argentina and Peru, Lycopodium proudly delivers high quality professional engineering and project delivery services globally, across the resources, infrastructure and industrial processes sectors. By joining our global team and learning from renowned subject matter experts, we can offer you a diverse career that could take you anywhere in the world.

Lycopodium is currently recruiting for a Senior Project Accountant to join our growing Project Services Group in Mississauga, ON.

The Senior Project Accountant is the focal point within the Project Services Group (PSG) for ensuring maintenance and reporting of committed, accrued and invoiced costs.

The tasks you'll perform

• Manage project budgets, cost control, and accounting activities, including budget setup, cash calls, payment runs, and month-end reporting.
• Process invoice approval forms (IAFs), maintain financial registers, reconcile vendor accounts, and ensure accurate and timely payments.
• Monitor purchase orders, bank guarantees, and retention registers, ensuring financial commitments are tracked and project records remain current.
• Collaborate with project teams, clients, and vendors to resolve invoice, payment, and budget-related queries while maintaining professional stakeholder relationships.
• Prepare, maintain, and file project documentation and reports in accordance with company, client, and regulatory requirements.
• Support project financial performance by monitoring budgets, identifying required purchase order revisions, and contributing to project close-out activities.
• Contribute to the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of cost control processes, policies, and reporting standards.
• Mentor junior team members, support cross-functional project delivery, and travel as required to meet business and project needs.

The expertise you'll bring

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or a related discipline from a recognized institution.
• Minimum 5 years in project accounting preferably from mineral processing or similar EPCM projects
• Strong knowledge of project accounting principles and financial controls.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to build effective relationships with clients, vendors, and internal stakeholders.
• Highly organized with strong analytical, problem-solving, and multitasking abilities, and exceptional attention to detail.
• Able to work independently, manage competing priorities, and consistently deliver high-quality results.
• Demonstrates integrity, professionalism, discretion, and a commitment to maintaining confidentiality.
• Experience mentoring or supporting the development of junior team members is an asset.

The benefits we’ll provide

Lycopodium has a strong company culture focused on career progression and technical skill development. You can expect to be involved in a wide range of large projects whilst working amongst a team of highly skilled professionals.

We recognise that everyone is different and needs may change over the course of your career. That’s why we:

• Invest in our people for the long-term, building a diverse and rewarding career, mentored by the best in the industry.
• Allow our people to balance work with other commitments, like family or study, offering flexible work arrangements.
• Provideemployeeswitha variety ofadditionalbenefits such as coverage for professional memberships, RRSP matching, healthcare spendingaccount,discountand rewards programs, andmuchmore.

The expected salary range for this role is $75,000 to $95,000.This range is based on the role’s job family andlevel and reflects a good faith estimate for the role at the time of posting.Your final offer will depend on factorssuch as market conditions, internal equity and candidateexperience,skills,andqualifications relevant to the role.We believe in fair,competitivepay that reflects the valueyoubring to the team.

Lycopodium is an equalopportunity employer committed to fostering diversityandmaintaininga discrimination free workplace,guidedbyour core values of Respect,Integrityand Diligence.

We arecommitted to providing the best possible experience for every candidate by responding to every application.We do not use AI to screen, assess, or select candidatesandto ensurefairness;every application is personally reviewed by a member of our team.If you require accommodation at anystage,pleasecontact our Recruitment Teamand we will work with you to provide the support you need.