City : Calgary, AB

Category : Corporate - Finance

Industry : Engineering

Employer : WSP

CALGARY

The Opportunity:

WSP is currently seeking a Project Accountant to join our finance team supporting the national Earth & Environment business line, located in our Calgary office. The Project Accountant provides support to the Project Managers/ Coordinators and is responsible for maintaining a portfolio of projects throughout the project life cycle. Reporting to the Project accounting supervisor and Controller, the Project Accountant has a good understanding of the contracts awarded in order to provide accurate, timely and complete information on all project accounting activities from project initiation, charged transactions, revenue recognition, cost and revenue forecasts to project closure. Also, the Project Accountant ensures that projects are configured in accordance with the terms of the contract, including the margins sold. A participation in month-end analyses is expected as well as variance analysis to the project managers/controllers and coordination of revenue adjustments (if required).

Why WSP?

• We value and are committed to upholding a culture of Inclusion and Belonging
• Our Flexible Work Policy – we recognize the importance of balance in our lives and encourage you to prioritize the balance in yours. We will support you on and off the job so you can be fully present in both your work and home lives.
• A Canadian success story - we're proud to wear the red and white of this beautiful country and show the world what Canada has to offer.
• Enhance the world around you - from the environment to the highways, to the buildings and the terrain, WSP is the fabric of Canada.
• Outstanding career opportunities - we're growing and pushing ourselves every day to be greater than yesterday - we're open to your ideas and trying new things.
• A phenomenal collaborative culture and a workforce filled with genuinely good people who are doing humbly important work. Come find out for yourself what it's like to be a part of our journey.

We offer attractive pay, flexible work options, a great corporate culture, comprehensive and employee-focused benefits including virtual healthcare and a wellness platform as well as great savings programs, and a clear vision for the future.

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A day in the life:

• Provide support and maintenance to a portfolio of projects under multiple Project Managers in the Environmental market segment.
• Assist Project Managers through the financial lifecycle of a project (i.e. opening, tracking, updating and closing the project).
• Ensure that projects are properly created and updated to accurately reflect the value of the mandate, costs and expected margin of the contract and that addendums/change orders and purchase orders support the value of the mandate in the accounting system.
• Provide Project Managers/Coordinators with timely and accurate prebills during the project billing cycle, make changes on prebills per Project Manager/ Coordinator instructions, print final invoices, and mail invoices with backup when required.
• Work with Project Managers/Coordinators, the credit & collections team and management as needed with the A/R collections process.
• Validate that the financial status of the project is correct by ensuring that all costs and revenues are recorded at the appropriate time.
• Work with the project delivery team to ensure regular project reviews and that the projected costs to complete "ETC" and total costs to complete "EAC" are validated and updated and that all financial issues related to revenues, budgets and profitability are addressed.
• Train and educate the project delivery team on the use of project analysis tools, dashboards, BST, Project complexity metrics, etc.
• Understand commercial clauses and billing and payment terms for projects and prepare the monthly billing, ensuring invoices are prepared and sent to the client in a timely manner.
• Assist the Controller with projects that require accruals (revenue adjustments, accounts receivable, work in progress, claims).
• Assist the Controller with month-end closing, as required.
• Prepare ad hoc financial reports for the Controller, Project Managers and Managers.

What you'll bring to WSP ...

• Bachelor's degree in administration or accounting
• 5 years experience in a similar position in financial and operational management;
• Knowledge of the professional services industry, project-based accounting and ERP systems;
• Ability to work under pressure, with remote teams and the ability to coordinate and prioritize multiple tasks simultaneously under tight deadlines;
• Demonstrated professional judgment and interpersonal skills;
• Excellent command of Microsoft Windows tools;
• Excellent knowledge of spoken and written English;
• Knowledge of BST, Deltek or Oracle would be an asset;