Cold Lake, AB

SE Design and Consulting Inc. (SE Design) is a growing civil and municipal consulting firm providing engineering, project management, geomatics, and consulting services throughout northeastern Alberta, the Lakeland Region, and northern Alberta. We take pride in developing long-term client relationships, delivering high-quality projects, and strengthening the communities we serve.

SE Design is seeking a full-time, experienced Accountant for our Cold Lake, Alberta office. This position is responsible for the day-to-day accounting and financial administration of SE Design and an affiliated company. The ideal candidate is a dependable, analytical, and highly organized professional who can manage competing priorities, maintain confidentiality, improve processes, and consistently meet reporting and payroll deadlines.

Position Description:

The successful candidate will manage full-cycle accounting for multiple companies and work closely with ownership, management, project staff, and external financial professionals.

Position Duties:

- Maintain accurate general ledgers and accounting records for multiple companies.

- Manage full-cycle accounts payable and accounts receivable, including vendor setup, payment processing, customer invoicing, collections, and aging reviews.

- Prepare and issue client invoices using Factor, ensuring project phases, billing rates, time entries, expenses, change orders, and supporting documentation are accurate and complete.

- Complete bank, credit card, financing, and intercompany reconciliations and investigate discrepancies.

- Coordinate the complete payroll cycle,



including timesheet review, regular and overtime calculations, banked time, employee changes, taxable benefits, source deductions, payroll reconciliation, and Records of Employment.

- Prepare and file GST returns and WCB reporting, and support other regulatory and statutory requirements.

- Prepare and review financial reports, including income statements, balance sheets, accounts receivable and payable aging, and supporting schedules.

- Prepare weekly cash-flow reporting, coordinate payment requirements, and provide timely financial information to ownership for decision-making.

- Support project accounting through project setup, invoicing, work-in-progress review, revenue reconciliation, and verification between the project management and accounting systems.

- Maintain employee benefit, paid-time-off, and banked-time records and assist with employee onboarding, offboarding, and other payroll-related administration.

- Develop, document, and maintain accounting controls, reconciliations, procedures, and workflow improvements.

- Administer and support accounting, payroll, payment, and project-management systems, including data accuracy and process integration.

- Coordinate year-end working papers, reconciliations,



and supporting documentation for external accountants and financial advisors.

- Provide day-to-day guidance and task coordination to administrative and junior accounting staff, as required.

- Perform other accounting, financial, and administrative duties as required.

Qualifications:

- Accounting diploma, degree, qualified bookkeeping designation, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

- Minimum five years of progressive full-cycle accounting or bookkeeping experience;

experience with multi-company or project-based accounting is preferred.

- Strong understanding of general ledger accounting, payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, reconciliations, and month-end procedures.

- Experience preparing financial reports and supporting year-end working papers and adjusting entries.

- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and strong experience with computerized and cloud-based accounting systems; QuickBooks Online experience is preferred.

- Experience with payroll, project-management, and electronic payment platforms such as Payworks, Factor, and Plooto is considered an asset.

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with exceptional accuracy and attention to detail.

- Ability to manage confidential information, work independently, prioritize competing deadlines, and communicate clearly with employees, management, clients, and vendors.

- A satisfactory criminal record check is required.

Compensation:

Submit a resume and cover letter to [email protected].

📌 Accountant (Cold Lake)
🏢 SE Design and Consulting
📍 Cold Lake