Finance Manager - 26-15298

Finance Manager Location: Edmonton, AB (Hybrid) Duration: 6 months Employment Type: Contract Role Overview The Finance Manager will provide senior financial leadership and hands-on oversight for complex, time-sensitive finance and accounting initiatives supporting multiple organizations within a large public-sector environment. The Manager should combine technical accounting depth, financial reporting expertise, leadership capability, and strong stakeholder management. The ideal profile is someone who can step into a complex public-sector finance environment, rapidly understand the assignment, organize resources, manage risks and deadlines, review technical financial work, coordinate stakeholders, and ensure high-quality deliverables. Key Responsibilities • Manage complex financial reporting and accounting engagements • Lead financial reporting, general accounting, revenue/grant reporting, or related finance workstreams • Oversee annual, quarterly, and monthly reporting • Review financial statements and accompanying notes • Manage external and internal audit requirements • Oversee year-end and month-end processes • Review significant accounting issues and research • Ensure appropriate accounting standards and policies are followed • Manage complex financial variance investigations • Oversee general ledger and account reconciliation activities • Manage restricted-fund and grant reporting • Review deferred revenue and funding-related matters • Oversee capital asset and general accounting activities where assigned • Coordinate government reporting and other time-sensitive deliverables • Review work prepared by Financial Analysts, Senior Financial Analysts, and/or Team Leads • Establish priorities and allocate work • Manage stakeholder expectations • Identify financial and reporting risks and escalate significant issues • Ensure deliverables are accurate, complete, and timely • Provide guidance to operational and financial stakeholders Key Qualifications • CPA or CPA-in-progress • Significant progressive finance/accounting experience • Management/leadership experience in financial reporting or accounting • Advanced financial statement knowledge • Financial reporting and general ledger expertise • Month-end and year-end leadership • External and internal audit experience • Complex variance and reconciliation experience • Advanced Excel • Experience with large-enterprise financial systems • Experience reviewing the work of other financial professionals • Strong decision-making and professional judgment • Ability to operate independently Highly Desirable • CPA designation • PSAS • Canadian public sector experience • Healthcare finance experience • Financial Reporting Manager experience • External audit management • Grant/restricted-fund reporting • General accounting leadership • Internal controls • Experience in large, complex organizations • ASPE / IFRS / GAAP Leadership and Soft Skills • Executive-level communication • Leadership presence • Strong judgment • Ability to manage ambiguity • Staff leadership • Stakeholder management • Ability to constructively challenge and review financial work • Organization and prioritization • Deadline management • Risk identification • Collaborative leadership • Ability to operate in a complex multi-stakeholder organization