Manager, Indigenous Advisory Services

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Lead the month-end and year-end closing processes for a portfolio, encompassing reconciliations, accruals, deferred revenue, capital assets, and journal entries.

• Supervise accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and cash management operations.

• Serve as a fractional controller for clients.

• Develop year-end audit files and lead schedules, prepare supporting documentation, clear PBC lists, and collaborate with external auditors.

• Resolve backlogs and prior-year issues to ensure audit readiness.

• Maintain financial records across multi-entity groups, which include Nations’ governments, economic development corporations, limited partnerships, trusts, and societies.

• Oversee intercompany and fund accounting.

• Monitor program funding, manage deferred and restricted funds, and prepare reports for ISC, CIRNAC, FNHA, and other funders.

• Design processes, implement internal controls, and establish financial policies.

• Mentor and review the work of accountants, bookkeepers, and CPA students.

• Develop scalable checklists and templates for various clients.

⛳️ Requirements

• CPA designation is mandatory.

• Extensive experience in controllership, month-end closing, and year-end audit preparation, preferably with Indigenous governments, organizations, or non-profits.

• Strong working knowledge of PSAS / ASNPO, fund accounting, and funding agreement reporting.

• Proven experience in leading engagements and supervising staff.

• Respectful, relationship-oriented approach with an understanding of Indigenous histories, governance, and the effects of colonization.

• Excellent analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities.

• Bonus: Audit experience with First Nations or public-sector clients.

• Bonus: Familiarity with cloud accounting and payroll systems such as QuickBooks Online, Sage, or Xero.

• Bonus: Experience with FMB Financial Administration Law or relevant certification.

• Bonus: Lived experience as a First Nations, Métis, or Inuit individual, or a connection to Indigenous communities.

🏝️ Benefits

• Full coverage for CPA modules, annual dues, and professional development courses without any clawback.

• Flexible working hours and the option for remote work.

• Comprehensive health, dental, vision, and parental leave benefits from day one.