Senior Advisor, Financial Reporting & Technical Accounting (CPA)

Senior Advisor

Financial Reporting & Technical Accounting

(Certified Public Accountant)

Join the mining sector for our client and contribute your expertise within a high-performing finance environment. This opportunity brings together collaboration, financial insight, and continuous improvement while supporting effective business decisions.

What is in it for you:

• Salaried: $70-80 per hour.
• Incorporated Business Rate: $80-90 per hour.
• 6-month contract.
• Full-time position: 40 hours per week.
• Hybrid work, with a minimum of 3 days per week on site.
• Work location in downtown Montréal, Québec.

Responsibilities:

• Support performance management activities in partnership with Finance Business Partners and business leaders.
• Perform variance analysis across actual and plan results, identifying key operational and financial drivers, risks, and opportunities.
• Prepare clear, concise, and decision-useful commentary explaining financial performance, emerging trends, and material movements.
• Promote consistency and discipline in performance reporting, including the quality of analysis, assumptions, and supporting data.
• Maintain strong governance, controls, and compliance frameworks to support financial integrity.
• Ensure adherence to accounting policies, IFRS requirements, and internal control standards.
• Oversee month-end close activities, including the review of financial results, key reconciliations, journal entries, reporting submissions, and related controls.
• Identify emerging reporting, compliance, and governance risks and develop practical mitigation strategies.
• Support the continuous evolution and strengthening of the control environment.
• Lead technical accounting assessments and prepare clear, practical recommendations for stakeholders and leadership.
• Interpret and apply IFRS requirements to complex business scenarios.
• Support significant accounting judgements, estimates, and disclosures.
• Collaborate with global subject matter experts to drive consistency across the organization.
• Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including Finance Business Partners, Tax, Legal, Operations, and external auditors.
• Lead discussions on technical accounting positions and support the resolution of complex audit matters.
• Communicate financial and technical concepts clearly to finance and non-finance audiences.
• Represent Controllership in governance forums, project teams, and decision-making discussions.
• Drive simplification, standardization, and automation of finance processes and controls.
• Champion improvements to reporting, governance, and operational effectiveness.
• Contribute to the ongoing transformation of the finance function through innovation and digital enablement.
• Foster a culture of curiosity, continuous improvement, and problem-solving.

What you will need to succeed:

Required qualifications

• CPA designation or equivalent professional accounting qualification.
• Strong technical accounting and financial reporting expertise.
• Experience applying IFRS in complex business environments.
• Strong aptitude for technology and digital tools, with the ability to quickly learn and adapt to new systems and applications.
• Ability to connect financial results with operational and commercial drivers and develop clear, insightful performance commentary.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to work with large data sets, identify trends, and communicate the implications to stakeholders.
• Proven capability to influence stakeholders and drive outcomes in a matrix organization.
• Bilingualism in French and English, as the role may require daily collaboration with colleagues, teams, or partners based outside Québec.

Soft skills

• Ownership, including proactively identifying issues, independently managing priorities, and delivering on commitments.
• Sound professional judgement and ability to navigate ambiguity.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to simplify complex concepts.
• Curiosity and a continuous improvement mindset.
• Commercial awareness.

Why Recruit Action?

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