Project controller Jobs in Longueuil, QC

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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 the overall financial management of a portfolio of projects within Stantec's controls, policies and practices.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Financial management of projects assigned by the Project Accounting Lead (PAL), which includes but is not limited to project setup, maintenance, invoicing, and project closure.

• 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 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), issue accurate and contractually compliant invoices, and perform other ad hoc functions as requested.

• Evaluate project setup and budget change documentation to ensure compliance with contractual requirements, internal controls and IFRS.

• Collaborate with Stantec’s finance team in Pune, India to ensure timely delivery and accurate completion of tasks they support.

• Prepare internal and external audit support and respond to inquiries from PA Leadership and Finance Managers.

Your Qualifications and Credentials

• Experience with Oracle preferred but not required.

• Must be organized, willing to embrace change and have a strong attention to detail.

• Excellent problem-solving skills are required.

• General accounting knowledge obtained through experience and/or education.

• Excellent customer service and communication skills (written and oral) along with the ability to build and foster excellent working relationships.

• Ability to identify potential implications of actions to mitigate downstream financial impacts.

• Basic Microsoft Excel skills required with an intermediate level understanding preferred.

• Ability to independently review contracts and understand the contract terms regarding project type, scope of work and invoicing terms.

Education and Experience

• Post-secondary education in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or a related field preferred.

• 0-3 years of related experience preferred but not required.

This position will primarily work in an office environment, with the potential for partial work from home, 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.

Sommaire des avantages sociaux: Avantages sociaux au Canada : Les employés à temps partiel et à temps plein auront accès aux avantages sociaux suivants : régimes de soins de santé, de soins dentaires et de la vue, programme de bien-être, comptes de crédits-santé et de mieux-être, régime enregistré d’épargne-retraite collectif, régime d’actionnariat des employés, compte d’épargne libre d’impôt (CELI) collectif, assurance vie et assurance décès ou mutilation accidentels (DMA), régimes d’assurance invalidité de courte et de longue durée, assistance-voyage en cas d’urgence, remboursement des frais de scolarité, couverture des frais d’adhésion à des associations professionnelles et congés payés.

Les employés temporaires ou occasionnels auront accès aux avantages sociaux suivants : régime enregistré d’épargne-retraite collectif, régime d’actionnariat des employés et compte d’épargne libre d’impôt collectif.

Primary Location: Canada | QC | Montréal
Organization: 1672 Financial Services-CA Quebec-Montreal QC
Employee Status: Regular
Business Justification: New Position
Travel: No
Schedule: Full time
Job Posting: 29/04/2026 08:04:06
Req ID: 1005295