Fractional controller running close, funding reports, and audit preparation for Indigenous governments and organizations served by Treewalk. Coaching finance teams across complex multi-entity portfolios.
Responsibilities
Lead month-end and year-end close across a portfolio, including reconciliations, accruals, deferred revenue, capital assets, and journal entries
Oversee accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and cash management processes
Act as a fractional controller for clients
Build year-end audit files and lead schedules, prepare supporting documentation, clear PBC lists, and coordinate with external auditors
Clean up backlogs and prior-year issues to achieve audit readiness
Maintain books across multi-entity groups, including Nations’ governments, economic development corporations, limited partnerships, trusts, and societies
Manage intercompany and fund accounting
Track program funding, manage deferred and restricted funds, and prepare reports for ISC, CIRNAC, FNHA, and other funders
Design processes, internal controls, and financial policies
Coach and review accountants, bookkeepers, and CPA students
Create scalable checklists and templates across clients
Requirements
CPA designation required
Significant experience in controllership, month-end close, and year-end audit preparation, ideally with Indigenous governments, organizations, or not-for-profits
Strong working knowledge of PSAS / ASNPO, fund accounting, and funding agreement reporting
Experience leading engagements and supervising staff
Respectful, relationship-based approach and understanding of Indigenous histories, governance, and impacts of colonization
Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
Bonus: audit experience serving First Nations or public-sector clients
Bonus: cloud accounting and payroll systems such as QuickBooks Online, Sage, or Xero
Bonus: FMB Financial Administration Law or certification experience
Bonus: lived experience as a First Nations, Métis, or Inuit person, or connection to Indigenous communities
Benefits
100% payment of CPA modules, annual dues, and professional development courses with no clawback
Flexible schedule and remote work flexibility
Extended health, dental, vision, and parental-leave benefits from day one
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