Project Accountant

At Stantec, we have some of the world’s leading professionals passionate about enabling our business to be its best. Our business teams include finance, procurement, human resources, information technology, marketing, corporate development, HSSE, real estate, legal, and practice services. We bring diverse backgrounds, skills, and expertise and create a caring culture where everyone can thrive. Through teamwork and collaboration, we’re building a stronger, more resilient Stantec every day.

At Stantec, we have some of the world’s leading professionals passionate about enabling our business to be its best. Our business teams include finance, procurement, human resources, information technology, marketing, corporate development, HSSE, real estate, legal, and practice services. We bring diverse backgrounds, skills, and expertise and create a caring culture where everyone can thrive. Through teamwork and collaboration, we’re building a stronger, more resilient Stantec every day.

Your Opportunity

Take the first step towards designing your career with Stantec. We have an exciting opportunity for you to

join our team as a Project Accountant (PA). Reporting to a Project Accounting Lead (PAL), in this role

you will be responsible for overall financial management of projects throughout their lifecycle by ensuring

proper set up, maintenance, invoicing and project closure in accordance with the contractual

requirements and with Stantec's controls, policies and practices.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Financial management of a portfolio of projects assigned by the Project Accounting Lead (PAL).
• Provide excellent customer service and a customer-centric focus, while providing a quality of

work that consistently meets or exceeds expectations.

• Build strong relationships with and serve as a trusted advisor to our internal business partners

including Project Managers (PM) and Project Manager Assistants (PMA).

• Build and maintain relationships with other Project Accountants and other Financial Service Team

(FST) members, including Finance Managers, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable, to

ensure collaborative teamwork.

• Independently organize and prioritize workload to ensure timely completion of deliverables.

Escalate concerns/issues to PAL as required.

• Implement process or procedural changes identified and rolled out by management.
• Collaborate with PM and PMA to recommend an appropriate work breakdown structure (WBS)

that will enhance reporting and invoicing requirements.

• Evaluate project setup and budget change documentation, including client contract and

information provided by the PM or PMA to ensure compliance with contractual requirements,

internal Stantec controls and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). This includes

review of contracts/agreements for proper fiscal authority, invoicing requirements, variable

revenue, or unusual contract terms.

• Ensure projects are setup in Oracle with the correct client approved value, billing rates and other

variables required to ensure proper revenue recognition per Stantec policy.

• Collaborate with PM and PMAs to generate, finalize and issue client invoices, ensuring accuracy

and compliance with the contractual terms for each project.

• Collaborate with Stantec’s RNet finance team in Pune, India to ensure timely delivery and

accurate completion of tasks they support.

• Partner with PMs to perform ad hoc functions as requested such as subcontract tracking,

preparing progress reports, managing client audits, financial analysis, write offs, monitoring

accounts receivable aging and supporting collection of invoice payments, etc.

• Monthly review of budget fee reporting to ensure the accuracy of work in progress (WIP) and

deferred revenue on assigned projects.

• Provide explanation for significant aged WIP to ensure transparency to operations management.
• Ensure project close out procedures are completed timely.
• Prepare internal and external audit support packages and respond to inquiries from PA

Leadership and Financial Managers.

• Contribute to the project accounting self-audit program designed to test internal controls.
• Partner with PMs to ensure the custom rates and maintenance (CRAM) process is complete and

rate tables and billing terms are updated in a timely manner.

• Manage the pay when collected (PWC) process to ensure subcontractors receive timely payment

per their contractual terms.

• Ensure all assigned functions are carried out in compliance with approved policies, key controls,

and standard practices.

Your Qualifications And Credentials

• General accounting knowledge obtained through experience and/or education
• Excellent problem solving skills
• Excellent customer service and communication skills (written and oral)
• Strong attention to detail
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to proactively prioritize workload demands
• Able to build and foster excellent working relationships
• Adaptability and willingness to embrace change
• Ability to identify potential implications of actions to mitigate downstream financial impacts.
• Basic Microsoft Excel skills required with an intermediate level understanding preferred
• Basic understanding of IFRS 15 and Sarbanes Oxley concepts are preferred
• Knowledge of general contracting practices preferred

Education and Experience

• Post-secondary degree in Accounting or a related field preferred; An equivalent combination of education

and experience in a related field may substitute for education only.

This position will primarily work in an office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary

for long periods of time.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required

of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at

any time with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each others’ talents, do exciting work,

and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.

Pay Range

• Locations Outside of Lower Mainland - BC & Various locations in Ontario-$50,700.00 - $71,000.00 Annually
• Locations in Lower Mainland - BC, GTA & Ottawa Ontario-$53,700.00 - $75,300.00 Annually

Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health care spending account, wellness spending account, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off.

Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Primary Location: Canada | AB | Edmonton

Other Locations: Canada | BC | Vancouver

Organization: BC-1205 Financial Services-CA Canada

Employee Status: Regular

Business Justification: New Position

Travel: No

Schedule: Full time

Job Posting: 28/04/2026 07:04:04

Req ID: 1005612

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