Project Accountant

Modern Niagara helps building owners, managers, and general contractors meet the mechanical, electrical, integrated building technology, and building services needs of their buildings across Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Southwestern Ontario, and Ottawa. We also develop custom, turnkey solutions to help reach the desired outcomes. We are committed to having a positive and meaningful impact on Canada's infrastructure and on the communities where we live, learn, work, and heal.

WE BUILD FOR LIFE.

We value passion, initiative, determination, professionalism, and teamwork and we are committed to ensuring that our teams have everything they need to succeed. Health and safety are embedded in everything we do and, as a result, our award-winning safety culture has a record that's well above industry standards.

At Modern Niagara, you will work alongside values-driven, safety-conscious, and high-impact teams in a fast-paced, innovative, and collaborative environment. Here, your knowledge, skills, and excellent service will help ensure that the buildings that make up Canada's infrastructure fulfill the needs they were set out to meet.

Modern Niagara is one of Canada's Best Managed Companies and is a recipient of SMACNA's Safety Excellence Award Program (SSEAP) - Canada and the Canadian Occupational Safety (COS) Magazine's Gold Winner for Canada's Safest Employers Award in the Building and Construction category and Excellence Winner for Canada's Best Health + Safety Culture Award as well as Canada's Best Health + Safety Leader Award.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Preparation of monthly billings; compile invoices, timesheets and expenses to support a multi-million-dollar construction project through time and material billings
• Support client's requests for more detail including; timesheets and cost backup
• Review all project expenses to ensure proper cost coding
• Ensures adherence to contractual obligations for both clients and subcontractors
• Adheres to month-end deadlines and reporting requirements
• Administers subcontract documentation including unsigned subcontracts/revisions, current insurance, WSIB, subcontract default insurance and statutory declarations
• Various general accounting duties and ad-hoc reporting as required
• Work with project coordinators and accounts payable to verify the accuracy of purchase orders
• Monitor all transactions hitting job cost reports; payroll, purchase orders and invoices
• Enter job related invoices to NetSuite, ensuring they are hitting the correct sub job and change event. Work closely with operations team to ensure invoices are coded correctly to the job to ensure all expenses are tracked accurately
• Support project managers with ad-hoc requests on project-related financial performance
• Help champion a strong partnership and act as a liaison between the finance team and its operational counterparts.

Qualifications and Job Requirements:

• Minimum of two years accounting experience
• Post-secondary degree or diploma in accounting
• Detail oriented with the ability to multi-task, prioritize and meet deadlines
• Effective time management skills
• High degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• Team player with effective interpersonal skills
• Exceptional problem-solving abilities and professional judgment
• Demonstrates effective verbal and written communication skills
• Maintain positive customer interactions and value the customer experience
• Proficiency using Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, Word and Outlook
• Knowledge of the construction industry is considered an asset
• Proven ability to work independently under minimal supervision as well as in a team environment
• Valid driver's licence is considered an asset
• Ability to obtain a security clearance is considered an asset

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

At Modern Niagara, we recognize the value of fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization and are committed to eliminating barriers faced by members of equity-seeking groups (women, Indigenous, Black, racialized, 2SLGBTQIA+, people with disabilities, and new immigrants) in the construction industry. Our DEI vision is to build an organization where everyone has access to the same opportunities, experience equitable outcomes, and can thrive and reach their full potential.

We value the diversity of the people we hire and serve. Modern Niagara is an equal opportunity employer. If you require accommodation during the recruitment process, please advise us so that suitable accommodations can be made. We can be reached at careers@modernniagara.com.