Intermediate Project Accountant (Edmonton, AB)
Are you a Project Accountant with a keen eye for detail and a positive attitude? Are you a self-starter with a strong team and customer service orientation? If you are ready to put your effective communication and technical skills to work, we’d like to hear from you!
A Little About Us
At ISL, we share an enthusiasm for community infrastructure. From planning through to design and construction management, we create nimble teams to tackle the unique requirements of every project. Our technical expertise encompasses transportation, land use planning, civil engineering, municipal, landscape architecture, heritage services, environmental management, water, structural, community engagement, geomatics, construction services and 3D visualization. Just the right size, ISL delivers on complex projects while being small enough to maintain strong, cohesive project teams and personal client attention and service.
ISL’s Accounting Team is passionate about what they do. Key to our team’s success is the working environment that we create, which is:
A Little About You
Your cover letter must demonstrate:
Your resume should show us:
Bonus points for:
A Little More About the Role
Responsibilities:
Reporting to the CFO and Project Operations lead, this position is an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to be responsible for the various aspects of project accounting. The successful candidate will work closely with Project Managers on all aspects of the process – from project expenditures, budgets, and reporting to the accounts receivable collection process. While no two days will look the same, here are some things that you can expect to do:
A Little About Us
At ISL, we share an enthusiasm for community infrastructure. From planning through to design and construction management, we create nimble teams to tackle the unique requirements of every project. Our technical expertise encompasses transportation, land use planning, civil engineering, municipal, landscape architecture, heritage services, environmental management, water, structural, community engagement, geomatics, construction services and 3D visualization. Just the right size, ISL delivers on complex projects while being small enough to maintain strong, cohesive project teams and personal client attention and service.
ISL’s Accounting Team is passionate about what they do. Key to our team’s success is the working environment that we create, which is:
- Supportive - everyone on the team is ready to jump in and lend a helping hand wherever they can—someone will always have your back!
- Encouraging and enthusiastic – we love what we do and are part of the larger ISL team who help to deliver infrastructure projects across Western Canada
- Continuous Improvement Focused - we have a culture of mentorship and leverage hands on and formal training opportunities as well as the ability to learn for errors
A Little About You
Your cover letter must demonstrate:
- Your approach to problem solving and workplace collaboration
- Your experience working and collaborating with remote teams
- How you build rapport with people
Your resume should show us:
- Has obtained or is working towards a degree in Accounting, Finance, a B.Comm or other relevant fields
- 3-5 years project accounting experience
- Knowledge of project accounting concepts and principles gained through training and/or work experience
- Exceptional Microsoft Office and ERP application skills
Bonus points for:
- Experience in consulting engineering
- Knowledge of BST Enterprise, SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards, or Deltek
- Experience with Power BI
A Little More About the Role
Responsibilities:
Reporting to the CFO and Project Operations lead, this position is an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to be responsible for the various aspects of project accounting. The successful candidate will work closely with Project Managers on all aspects of the process – from project expenditures, budgets, and reporting to the accounts receivable collection process. While no two days will look the same, here are some things that you can expect to do:
- Monthly invoicing for all assigned Project Managers
- Effectively communicate with Project Managers regarding contract documents, change orders and other contract modifications, approvals and any additional services related to billings
- Ensure that month-end deadlines and reporting requirements are met
- Identify and resolve inconsistencies and issues with Project Managers
- Assist with processing subcontractor invoices
- Assist with project expenditure and budget process while working with various project managers
- Assist Project Managers in the preparation of project data sheets, billing, supporting schedules, project closures, and maintenance of revenue and budget adjustments
- Implement ISL’s internal dashboard and BST Enterprise improvements, including participation of ongoing conceptual design, detailed design, configuration, testing, training, and support of the system
- Review of Work in Progress and Accounts Receivable aging schedules, collection of outstanding invoices
- Review of all data sheets for the company for completeness and accuracy
- Prepare GST, HST and PST submissions monthly
- Training and supporting PM’s on ISL’s internal dashboard
- Monthly follow up on aged AR
- Work with the audit team to answer questions and compile back up as requested
- Assist/support the accounting team as needed, including ad-hoc requests
We are engineers, technologists, planners, landscape architects, scientists, and their support teams that work together to deliver infrastructure, minimizing environmental impact and maximizing benefit to the community.
- We work on fascinating projects right in our community.
- We are nimble. We integrate the right team to solve our clients' biggest challenges.
- We are social. Follow our hashtag #isllife on Twitter and Instagram or check out our YouTube Channel.
- We get together. Every year, Staff Development Seminar brings together ISLers from all over western Canada to learn, share and connect.
- We are independent problem solvers. Employee owned and operated, we like to work hard with minimum bureaucracy.
- We encourage and reward high performance. Employer paid benefits plan, Group RRSP, and competitive salaries with opportunities for annual bonus.
Want to find out more about this or other ISL career opportunities?
Visit us online at www.islengineering.com/about/join-the-team
Department: [0100] Edmonton - Corporate
This is a permanent full time position