Project Accountant

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Ottawa, ON
Senior level
Consulting
The Role
As a Project Accountant at CIMA+, you will maintain financial health for project portfolios, manage project invoicing, support billing processes, collaborate with teams to improve revenue collection, and ensure compliance with internal controls. You will also engage with Project Managers to oversee project finances and maintain trust with clients.
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Company Description

Welcome to a place where people are at the heart of everything we do. 
Welcome to people with an inspiring vision and who seek stimulating challenges. At CIMA+, you’ll find a place where you’ll have many opportunities to learn and develop while working on engaging projects. 
We are a firm 100% owned by its employees and we value a collaborative and entrepreneurial mindset. You will have the flexibility to manage your work on your own terms and define what work-life balance means to you. 
When you join CIMA+, we welcome you to a place that you can call home.

Job Description

We are looking for a Project Accountant to join our dynamic finance team. Reporting to the Senior Manager, you will provide support to managers in financial monitoring and project invoicing activities.

We offer a flexible hybrid work mode that lets you work from home and from our Gatineau or Ottawa office.

Main Responsibilities

  • Maintain the financial health of a project portfolio
  • Ensure accurate recording of monthly income
  • Closely support the billing specialist in the monthly billing process
  • Actively contribute to the improvement of Days of Sales Outstanding (DSO) by working with all stakeholders (Project Managers, accounts receivable, clients, etc.)
  • Validate all financial controls put in place to minimize errors and maximize efficiency (rate sheets, resource allocation, precise work breakdown structure), during the project opening process
  • Meet with Project Managers to monitor project finances
  • Review all contracts to ensure accuracy of revenue recognition
  • Establish and maintain a relationship of trust with our internal and external customers
  • Keep project information up to date (budgets, amendments, rates, etc.).
  • Understand and ensure compliance with CIMA+ internal control rules


Qualifications

  • College diploma in accounting or equivalent
  • Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in a similar role
  • Experience in a professional services organization (asset)
  • Ability to manage multiple project priorities simultaneously, while meeting tight deadlines and working under pressure
  • Autonomy, flexibility, agility, good communication skills, and analytical and proactive problem-solving skills
  • Fluency in French and English, both spoken and written; bilingualism is an essential requirement for this position in order to communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, including our clients, partners and cross-sectoral teams at the national level


Why choose CIMA+? Because we offer you: 

  • Comprehensive Group Benefits available from day one for all permanent employees working at least 20 hours per week.
  • Flexible Health and Dental Care benefits to meet your family’s needs
  • Employee and Family Assistance Program
  • Access to physical, financial, mental, social and environmental well-being services
  • Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with 4% employer contribution
  • As an employee-owned company, an annual opportunity to purchase shares
  • 37.5 hour work week with an opportunity to have any overtime banked or paid out (for hourly employees)
  • Flexible work schedule in a hybrid work mode
  • Work/Life balance policy across Canada
  • Up to five (5) weeks of vacation: based on years of relevant experience
  • Eleven (11) statutory holidays plus a personal paid day off
  • Employee referral bonus program
  • Group discounts on home and auto insurance, fitness memberships, technology, mortgages, and more
  • Mentoring programs at local and national level
  • Tailored training to improve your existing skills

Additional Information


    Ethics and integrity are fundamental values at CIMA+. That is why we are committed to ensuring equal access to resources and opportunities for candidates, regardless of their identity (race, ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, socio-economic status or background, etc.).​

    In keeping with the principles of employment equity, we encourage all applications, including, but not limited to, those from women, Indigenous people, people with disabilities and visible minorities. We also encourage candidates to complete the self-identification form when applying for employment.​

    Accommodations are available on request. Your Business Partner will process your request.

    Find out about The CIMA+ advantage - CIMA+.

    The Company
    HQ: Laval, Québec
    2,771 Employees
    On-site Workplace
    Year Founded: 1990

    What We Do

    CIMA+ provides a variety of consulting engineering services, namely in the areas of buildings, infrastructure, transportation, energy and resources, project management, communication systems, and the environment. The search for excellence has been part of our DNA since our foundation in 1990, and our teams draw on decades of experience acquired across Canada to deliver quality projects that meet our client’s expectations. This commitment has allowed CIMA+ to rank among the largest private consulting engineering firms in the country. Today, with over 30 offices across Canada, CIMA+ employs more than 3,000, a majority of whom share ownership in the company.

    At CIMA+ we believe that our job aims at improving the lives of those around us. Sustainable solutions inspired by engineering help meet the many challenges of today and tomorrow. Because when you engineer for people, you also engineer for a better world.

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