Position: Financial Controller

Work Schedule: Full-time

Employment Status: Permanent

Here is a summary of the position's responsibilities. Accounting and monthly cycle

Responsibilities

- Manage the full accounting cycle for assigned entities: journal entries, bank reconciliations, accounts payable and receivable, and payroll interface.
- Execute month-end closing according to a set schedule, supported by working papers.
- Process and reconcile intercompany transactions.
- Prepare year-end files for external accountants.

Projects and costs

- Maintain project budgets and costs; generate "cost-to-complete" reports.
- Track commitments, change orders, and budget variances.
- Development accounting: cost capitalization and tracking by phase and project.

Financing and Disbursements

- Prepare construction financing draw packages and supporting documentation for quantity surveyors and lenders.
- Manage progress billing, holdbacks, and supplier disbursements.
- Provide data required for covenant monitoring and lender reporting.
- Construction financing draw packages, including CMHC files.

Treasury and Controls





- Prepare operational cash flow forecasts for assigned entities.
- Document procedures and implement Group internal controls.
- Supervise bookkeeping staff and review their work.
- Support the preparation of financial information for investors and the Group’s consolidated financial statements.
- Support the integration of systems and the chart of accounts across the Group.

Profile

- CPA designation or equivalent proven experience.
- 5+ years of accounting experience, including significant experience in construction, real estate development, or property management.
- Proficiency in project cost tracking, construction budgets, and financing draws.
- Comfortable working in a multi-entity environment and handling intercompany transactions.
- Advanced Excel skills and experience with accounting or project management ERP systems.
- High level of autonomy: ability to structure work in a construction setting where processes are not yet established.
- Bilingual (French and English).

📌 Financial Controller (Chelsea)
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📍 Chelsea