Finance Manager

**_** Please note this is a permanent, full-time opportunity working at the downtown Ottawa office **_**

Over the past 10 years, Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Consulting Inc. has become one of Ottawa's fastest growing consulting firms, more than doubling in size With over 160 active employees, we are seeking outgoing and driven individuals to jump into our exciting projects with opportunities for personal and professional growth

We are a member firm of the greater Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton & Grant Thornton Canada networks. RCGT Consulting focuses on supporting public sector clients across Canada in advisory and placement services as well as digital solutions. Over recent years, we have been focusing on growing and expanding the value-added services we offer to our Public Sector clients. Through discoveries made during advisory engagements, RCGT Consulting recognized a trending gap in the marketplace to deliver innovative digital solutions. RCGT’s Digital practice seeks to close this gap with the Public Sector through the delivery of modern technology, and services for our clients.

RCGT Consulting is a vibrant Ottawa based company in the heart of the city just steps away from Parliament. We are a fast-growing company looking for a Senior Learning Specialist to assist with the execution of contracts entrusted to us by the Government of Canada. Over the last 3 years our operations have tripled in size, and we plan to continue expanding both our entry and senior-level rosters with ambitious applicants such as yourself.

**What we're looking for**

RCGT Consulting Inc. is looking for an experienced Finance Manager who will be responsible for the management and administration of the Finance Department including the preparation, administration and monitoring of operating budgets, monthly accounting, financial planning and reporting.

**A day in the life**
- Prepare financial statements, business activity reports, and forecasts
- Monitor financial details to ensure that all requirements are met
- Help prepare annual budgets and monitor throughout the year our financial performance
- Ensure that all month-end financial accounting duties and all resulting financial reporting is completed in a timely and accurate manner
- Record all business transactions, process accruals and adjustments, reconcile accounts and prepare monthly accounting statements
- Supervise employees who do financial activities
- Review and analyze financial reports and obtain full understanding of our business
- Produce or review client invoices
- Help management make financial decisions
- Assist in the recruitment, training and performance evaluation of Finance personnel
- Help identify and implement technologies to facilitate the work of the finance team
- Make recommendations for process improvements

**What you'll bring to the table**
- High level of comfort with numbers
- High attention to details
- Quality oriented
- Accountable and dependent
- Well organized and structured
- Must possess CGA, CMA or CA designation
- A minimum of two (2) years of experience in Financial Management
- Minimum of 7 years working experience in accounting required
- Strong knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
- Ability to work as a member of a multidisciplinary team
- Demonstrated interpersonal skills that promote mutually beneficial, respectful and professional relationships
- Ability to write concise reports to various audiences
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills
- Ability to adapt to and learn new software
- Bilingual in English and French is an asset
- Able to obtain or possess a valid Enhanced Reliability security clearance