Finance Manager

Elby Professional Recruitment Inc

Ottawa, ON

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JOB DETAILS

SALARY

SKILLS

Accounting Close, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Actuals, Analysis Skills, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Billing, Bookkeeping, Budgeting, Cadence, Cash Flow, Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Communication Skills, Construction, Consulting, Corporate Tax, Customer Support/Service, Detail Oriented, Diving, Economics, Finance, Financial Management, Financial Modeling, Financial Operations, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Financial Reporting, Financial Risk, Forecasting, Head of Finance, Intuit Quickbooks, Leadership, Needs Assessment, Organizational Skills, Precision Testing, Professional Services, Profit & Loss, Project Tracking, Project/Program Management, Reporting Skills, Revenue Recognition, Sales Analysis, Time Management

LOCATION

Ottawa, ON

POSTED

30+ days ago

Our Client:
Join a high-performing consultancy that's making a real impact helping organizations navigate complex transformation. This boutique advisory firm partners with high-profile clients across industries to drive digital adoption, embed lasting organizational change, and deliver measurable outcomes. They move fast, operate with integrity, and hold themselves to an exceptionally high standard of delivery. As they scale, they're building the internal infrastructure to match - and this role is a key part of that foundation. If you're a finance professional who thrives in ambiguity, takes ownership without being asked, and wants to help shape the financial backbone of a growing organization, this is a compelling opportunity.

The Role:
Our client is seeking a Finance Manager to own the financial engine of the business, reporting directly to the COO with a dotted line to the CFO. This is not a back-office bookkeeping role - it sits at the intersection of execution and analysis. You'll run day-to-day financial operations, maintain the cadence of financial reporting, and build out the analytical infrastructure that gives leadership real visibility into business performance and trajectory. You build and judge financial models, not just record historicals. You take ownership of numbers and actively control them - not passively report them.

Key Responsibilities:

Own and deliver a weekly Financial Pulse Check covering cash position, burn rate, forecasted spend, AR/AP aging, and financial risk flags
Lead month-end and quarterly close and review processes
Maintain and update rolling cash flow forecasts using dedicated forecasting tools
Prepare monthly P&L comparisons with percentage-of-sales analysis and custom reporting for leadership review
Build and own the annual budget process - pulling it together for leadership review, not waiting to be handed inputs
Own project profitability tracking across all active client engagements, diving into cost, labor, and milestone data to actively manage project economics
Lead the separation of revenue recognition from invoicing - booking revenue against hours completed or milestone achievement so the monthly P&L reflects work performed, while invoicing continues per contract terms
Develop custom reporting infrastructure for profitability by customer and by job
Manage HST remittances and corporate tax obligations, ensuring timely and accurate compliance
Maintain clean books in QBO, ensuring accurate transaction coding across the business
Review third-party vendor and subcontractor agreements to assess commercial terms, scope, and financial risk
Support client scope estimating with financial modeling as needed
Test quote accuracy against actuals to reduce quote-to-actual variance over time
Conduct ad-hoc FP&A analysis as business needs evolve

Qualifications:

CPA designation with 5+ years of progressive experience - not someone who only works from a defined playbook
Comfortable with ambiguity: you can build a forecast from scratch, judge whether it's reasonable, and own it
Proactive by nature - you identify what needs to happen next and move on it without being told
Strong analytical and financial modeling skills with the ability to surface actionable insights from data
Detail-oriented and organized - your books are clean and nothing slips
Clear communicator who can translate financial complexity for non-finance stakeholders
Comfortable in a fast-moving environment where priorities shift and you're expected to adapt
Experience in a professional services, consulting, construction, or project-based business environment
Hands-on experience with QuickBooks Online (QBO) and cash flow forecasting tools
Familiarity with project profitability tracking, revenue recognition, and gross-to-net analysis

What Our Client Has to Offer:

Competitive base salary ranging from $95,000$120,000, commensurate with experience
High-autonomy role with direct exposure to COO and CFO leadership
Remote-first, flexible work environment - Ontario / Ottawa region preferred
A mandate to build, not just maintain - your fingerprints will be on the systems and processes that take this organization to the next level
A passionate, values-driven team that moves fast, operates with integrity, and holds itself accountable to results

To be eligible for this role, you must be legally eligible to work in Canada.

Please note that we use AI tools as part of our recruitment process to enhance efficiency and improve candidate experience.

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About the Company

Elby Professional Recruitment Inc

Elby is a full service, contingency and retainer based recruiting firm specializing in the placement of professionals across a variety of disciplines including Accounting & Finance, Sales & Marketing, Administration, IT, Financial Services and Manufacturing & Production, Engineering & Skilled Trades. We are a tenured group of career minded recruiters with several years of experience working, managing and recruiting within the various verticals we service. Our team has the experience necessary to consistently deliver the highest level of results and customer service for our partner clients and candidates.

With offices in Burlington, Kitchener and Mississauga, our mission is to deliver a superior level of results and exceptional customer experience to all candidates and clients we have the privilege of working with. Each member of elby shares a passion for our business and believes that a positive work environment, mutual respect and an entrepreneurial setting allows them to achieve personal success. For all of us, the cornerstone of that success is consistently delivering a superior level of service to our clients and candidates.

COMPANY SIZE

10 to 19 employees

INDUSTRY

Staffing/Employment Agencies

FOUNDED

2009

WEBSITE

http://www.elby.ca

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