Project Accountant
Project Accountant
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About Kinaxis
Elevate your career journey by embracing a new challenge with Kinaxis. We are experts in tech but its really our people who give us passion to always seek ways to do things better. As such were serious about your career growth and professional development because People matter at Kinaxis.
In 1984 we started out as a team of three engineers. Today we have grown to become a global organization with over 2000 employees around the world with a brand-new HQ based in Kanata North in Ottawa. As one of Canadas Top Employers we are proud to work with our customers and employees towards solving some of the biggest challenges facing supply chains today.
At Kinaxis we power the worlds supply chains to help preserve the planets resources and enrich the human experience. As a global leader in end-to-end supply chain management we enable supply chain excellence for all industries with more than 40000 users in over 100 countries. We are expanding our team as we continue to innovate and revolutionize how we support our customers.
Location
our office in Ottawa Canada
About the role
The Project Accountant is responsible for supporting the professional services order to revenue accounting cycle by providing services contract administration and data maintenance for Professional Services projects. Reporting initially to the Director Financial Operations the Project Accountant will partner with our Professional Services team to ensure the successful financial management of projects including project setup maintenance invoicing and project closure.
This is an exciting opportunity to be a cross-functional partner and to help scale Professional Services revenue and project accounting in a high-growth multi-entity and global business.
What you will do
- Financial management of time and material and fixed price Professional Services projects which includes but is not limited to contract and change request management project setup master data maintenance invoicing and project closure.
- Complete monthly project financial procedures including revenue recognition and support timely and accurate invoice creation
- Ensure consistent application of approvals and control procedures.
- Monitor project budgets change orders project health and estimates in the PSA tool Kantata.
- Build strong relationships with our internal Professional Services business partners including Delivery and Project Managers.
- Identify risks to project status or completion and escalate to leadership as appropriate
- Support resolution of contract issues including providing support to the billing team as required.
- Support service sales team in creation of statements of work and change requests.
- Effectively work with colleagues across Finance and other key internal and external stakeholders.
- Assist with special project assignments ad-hoc analysis as required.
What we are looking for
- Post-secondary degree in Finance Accounting or related field.
- 3 years of experience in Project or Professional Services Accounting
- Experience in a multi-entity global environment high-tech industry experience is an asset.
- Proven experience building strong cross-functional relationships and partnering with stakeholders from across the business to meet objectives.
- Excellent communication skills including being able to clearly communicate financial information to colleagues and stakeholders and work collaboratively with integrity.
- Able to manage multiple and dynamic priorities and deadlines and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience with ERP and project accounting systems NetSuite Kantata and Salesforce an asset.
- Proficient in MS Office 365 including Excel Word PowerPoint
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Work With Impact: Our platform directly helps companies power the worlds supply chains. We see the results of what we do out in the world every daywhen we see store shelves stocked when medications are available for our loved ones and so much more.
Work with Fortune 500 Brands: Companies across industries trust us to help them take control of their integrated business planning and digital supply chain. Some of our customers include Lockheed Martin Yamaha P&G Honda and more.
Social Responsibility at Kinaxis: Our Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee weighs in on hiring practices talent assessment training materials and mandatory training on unconscious bias and inclusion fundamentals. Sustainability is key to what we do and were committed to net-zero operations strategy for the long term. We are involved in our communities and support causes where we can make the most impact.
People matter at Kinaxis and these are some of the perks and benefits we created for our team:
- Flexible vacation and Kinaxis Days (company-wide day off on the last Friday of every month)
- Flexible work options
- Physical and mental well-being programs
- Regularly scheduled virtual fitness classes
- Mentorship programs and training and career development
- Recognition programs and referral rewards
- Hackathons
Kinaxis welcomes candidates to apply to our inclusive community. We provide accommodations upon request to ensure fairness and accessibility throughout our recruitment process for all candidates including those with specific needs or disabilities. If you require an accommodation please reach out to us at Please note that this contact information is strictly for accessibility requests and cannot be used to inquire about application statuses.
Kinaxis is committed to ensuring a fair and transparent recruitment process. We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the initial step of the recruitment process to compare submitted resumes against the job description to identify candidates whose education experience and skills most closely match the requirements of the role. After the initial screening all subsequent decisions regarding your application including final selection are made by our human recruitment team. AI does not make any final hiring decisions.
Employment Type
Full-Time
