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Accountant

Cold Lake, AB

SE Design and Consulting Inc. (SE Design) is a growing civil and municipal consulting firm providing engineering, project management, geomatics, and consulting services throughout northeastern Alberta, the Lakeland Region, and northern Alberta. We take pride in developing long-term client relationships, delivering high-quality projects, and strengthening the communities we serve.

SE Design is seeking a full-time, experienced Accountant for our Cold Lake, Alberta office. This position is responsible for the day-to-day accounting and financial administration of SE Design and an affiliated company. The ideal candidate is a dependable, analytical, and highly organized professional who can manage competing priorities, maintain confidentiality, improve processes, and consistently meet reporting and payroll deadlines.

Position Description:

The successful candidate will manage full-cycle accounting for multiple companies and work closely with ownership, management, project staff, and external financial professionals.

Position Duties:

Maintain accurate general ledgers and accounting records for multiple companies.
Manage full-cycle accounts payable and accounts receivable, including vendor setup, payment processing, customer invoicing, collections, and aging reviews.
Prepare and issue client invoices using Factor, ensuring project phases, billing rates, time entries, expenses, change orders, and supporting documentation are accurate and complete.
Complete bank, credit card, financing, and intercompany reconciliations and investigate discrepancies.
Coordinate the complete payroll cycle, including timesheet review, regular and overtime calculations, banked time, employee changes, taxable benefits, source deductions, payroll reconciliation, and Records of Employment.
Prepare and file GST returns and WCB reporting, and support other regulatory and statutory requirements.
Prepare and review financial reports, including income statements, balance sheets, accounts receivable and payable aging, and supporting schedules.
Prepare weekly cash-flow reporting, coordinate payment requirements, and provide timely financial information to ownership for decision-making.
Support project accounting through project setup, invoicing, work-in-progress review, revenue reconciliation, and verification between the project management and accounting systems.
Maintain employee benefit, paid-time-off, and banked-time records and assist with employee onboarding, offboarding, and other payroll-related administration.
Develop, document, and maintain accounting controls, reconciliations, procedures, and workflow improvements.
Administer and support accounting, payroll, payment, and project-management systems, including data accuracy and process integration.
Coordinate year-end working papers, reconciliations, and supporting documentation for external accountants and financial advisors.
Provide day-to-day guidance and task coordination to administrative and junior accounting staff, as required.
Perform other accounting, financial, and administrative duties as required.

Qualifications:

Accounting diploma, degree, professional bookkeeping designation, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Minimum five years of progressive full-cycle accounting or bookkeeping experience; experience with multi-company or project-based accounting is preferred.
Strong understanding of general ledger accounting, payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, reconciliations, and month-end procedures.
Experience preparing financial reports and supporting year-end working papers and adjusting entries.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and strong experience with computerized and cloud-based accounting systems; QuickBooks Online experience is preferred.
Experience with payroll, project-management, and electronic payment platforms such as Payworks, Factor, and Plooto is considered an asset.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with exceptional accuracy and attention to detail.
Ability to manage confidential information, work independently, prioritize competing deadlines, and communicate clearly with employees, management, clients, and vendors.
A satisfactory criminal record check is required.

Compensation:

Submit a resume and cover letter to accounting@sedesign.ca.

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