Finance Accounting Manager (H/F)

Finance Manager

Location: Edmonton, AB (Hybrid)

Duration: 6 months

Employment Type: Contract
Role Overview
The Finance Manager will provide senior financial leadership and hands-on oversight for complex, time-sensitive finance and accounting initiatives supporting multiple organizations within a large public-sector environment.
The Manager should combine technical accounting depth, financial reporting expertise, leadership capability, and strong stakeholder management.
The ideal profile is someone who can step into a complex public-sector finance environment, rapidly understand the assignment, organize resources, manage risks and deadlines, review technical financial work, coordinate stakeholders, and ensure high-quality deliverables.
Key Responsibilities
Manage complex financial reporting and accounting engagements
Lead financial reporting, general accounting, revenue/grant reporting, or related finance workstreams
Oversee annual, quarterly, and monthly reporting
Review financial statements and accompanying notes
Manage external and internal audit requirements
Oversee year-end and month-end processes
Review significant accounting issues and research
Ensure appropriate accounting standards and policies are followed
Manage complex financial variance investigations
Oversee general ledger and account reconciliation activities
Manage restricted-fund and grant reporting
Review deferred revenue and funding-related matters
Oversee capital asset and general accounting activities where assigned
Coordinate government reporting and other time-sensitive deliverables
Review work prepared by Financial Analysts, Senior Financial Analysts, and/or Team Leads
Establish priorities and allocate work
Manage stakeholder expectations
Identify financial and reporting risks and escalate significant issues
Ensure deliverables are accurate, complete, and timely
Provide guidance to operational and financial stakeholders
Key Qualifications
CPA or CPA-in-progress
Significant progressive finance/accounting experience
Management/leadership experience in financial reporting or accounting
Advanced financial statement knowledge
Financial reporting and general ledger expertise
Month-end and year-end leadership
External and internal audit experience
Complex variance and reconciliation experience
Advanced Excel
Experience with large-enterprise financial systems
Experience reviewing the work of other financial professionals
Strong decision-making and professional judgment
Ability to operate independently
Highly Desirable
CPA designation

PSAS

Canadian public sector experience
Healthcare finance experience
Financial Reporting Manager experience
External audit management
Grant/restricted-fund reporting
General accounting leadership
Internal controls
Experience in large, complex organizations

ASPE / IFRS / GAAP

Leadership and Soft Skills
Executive-level communication
Leadership presence
Strong judgment
Ability to manage ambiguity
Staff leadership
Stakeholder management
Ability to constructively challenge and review financial work
Organization and prioritization
Deadline management
Risk identification
Collaborative leadership
Ability to operate in a complex multi-stakeholder organization