Senior Project Accountant

Finance Full Time Toronto, ON Hybrid $90,000 - $105,000 CAD per year

Urban Strategies® is an urban design, planning and engagement consultancy with studios in Toronto, Ontario, Hamilton, Ontario, and Vancouver, BC. We lead complex projects in cities all over the world and have an active practice across Canada and in the US, the Caribbean, Europe, and Asia. We are problem solvers who can help achieve successful outcomes for the full range of urban opportunities.

Urban Strategies is a group of 80+ Planners, Urban Designers and specialized staff. The firm is led by our 16 Partners and 7 Principals and supported by a complement of skilled professionals. We have diverse backgrounds, including architecture, landscape architecture, planning, public administration, engagement, geospatial analysis, graphic design and the visual arts. We combine our diverse perspectives to plan and design welcoming, thriving places – and have fun in the process.

Reporting to the CFO, the Senior Project Accountant partners closely with project managers and leadership to ensure accurate financial reporting, strong project controls, and timely billing across our portfolio of clients. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, proactive, and experienced in project-based accounting environments.

This is a full-time role.

Location:

Hybrid. Currently, a minimum of three days a week in office is required.

90K-105K, depending on experience

• Set up new projects based on client contracts and supporting spreadsheets, entering consultant and labour budgets and billing terms
• Bill clients monthly, liaising with PMs to (including but not limited to); prepare and distribute draft invoices, revise invoices, finalize invoices, prepare backup and client reconciliations and custom invoice templates where needed, distribute invoices to clients
• Maintain and update project budgets in Ajera as necessary
• Manage financial oversight for multiple client projects from setup through close-out
• Work with project managers to resolve issues with consultant invoices, including budget mismatches
• Code, file, enter and post consultant and disbursement invoices, as backup to the General Accountant
• Timesheets – send out reminders to staff, follow up on outstanding timesheets, review timesheets and move hours as appropriate
• Accounts receivable – act as lead on accounts receivable follow up with clients
• Send out WIP and AR statements to project leads, partners, and principals
• Complete project profitability analysis for principals and PMs upon request
• Respond to other project-related queries from the teams and the CFO
• Ad hoc report and widget design in Ajera as needed
• Work with the CFO to improve processes and systems relating to project accounting
• Other project accounting duties as required

• Pull month end reporting from Ajera, in support of financial package preparation
• Accounts payable support, as backup to the General Accountant
• Credit card reconciliation review
• Assist with year-end preparation, and the year-end external review
• Ad hoc report design in Ajera as needed
• Other duties as required

• 3-5+ years of experience in a Project Accounting capacity
• Experience with Deltek Ajera strong asset, experience with any Deltek system preferred
• Proficient in MS office, with an advanced level of Excel
• Good communication skills and ability to work with non-financial staff
• Work independently and exercise judgement on specific tasks
• Strong time management to meet deadlines and produce high-quality deliverables
• Adapt and respond to a dynamic and fast-paced work environment
• Open-minded attitude and willingness to learn
• Excellent attention to detail
• Good analytical skills
• Willingness to work in the office, minimum three days per week
• University-level accounting qualifications

Urban Strategies is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe that success happens where new ideas can flourish – in an environment that values diversity, a place where people from various backgrounds and experiences can work productively together. Our studios are designed for maximum…