Finance Specialist

Modern Niagara helps building owners, managers, and general contractors meet the mechanical, electrical, integrated building technology, and building services needs of their buildings across Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Southwestern Ontario, and Ottawa. We also develop custom, turnkey solutions to help reach the desired outcomes. We are committed to having a positive and meaningful impact on Canada's infrastructure and on the communities where we live, learn, work, and heal.

WE BUILD FOR LIFE.

We value passion, initiative, determination, professionalism, and teamwork and we are committed to ensuring that our teams have everything they need to succeed. Health and safety are embedded in everything we do and, as a result, our award-winning safety culture has a record that's well above industry standards.

At Modern Niagara, you will work alongside values-driven, safety-conscious, and high-impact teams in a fast-paced, innovative, and collaborative environment. Here, your knowledge, skills, and excellent service will help ensure that the buildings that make up Canada's infrastructure fulfill the needs they were set out to meet.

Modern Niagara is one of Canada's Best Managed Companies and is a recipient of SMACNA's Safety Excellence Award Program (SSEAP) – Canada and the Canadian Occupational Safety (COS) Magazine's Gold Winner for Canada's Safest Employers Award in the Building and Construction category and Excellence Winner for Canada's Best Health + Safety Culture Award as well as Canada's Best Health + Safety Leader Award.

We're excited to offer an opportunity for a Finance Specialist to join our Corporate Finance Team in Ottawa. In this role, you'll collaborate closely with a team of finance and accounting professionals on data clean-up initiatives, special projects, and process improvements across multiple entities—gaining valuable exposure to data analysis, financial operations, and full-cycle accounting. This is contract position for a 12 month period, with the possibility of extension.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform reconciliations and related accounting tasks to support the full-cycle accounting process, including journal entry preparation.
• Conduct data clean-up, validation, and analytical reviews of financial information to ensure data integrity and identify process improvement opportunities.
• Contribute to special projects involving process automation, financial reporting enhancements, and system improvements.
• Help prepare financial reports and summaries for internal stakeholders.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams on various finance-related tasks and deliverables.
• Provide general support to the Corporate Finance team as needed.

Qualifications and Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or equivalent in relevant work experience. CPA designation or near competition is considered an asset.
• Attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines with accuracy and attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills, with a team-oriented mindset.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

At Modern Niagara, we recognize the value of fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization and are committed to eliminating barriers faced by members of equity-seeking groups (women, Indigenous, Black, racialized, 2SLGBTQIA+, people with disabilities, and new immigrants) in the construction industry. Our DEI vision is to build an organization where everyone has access to the same opportunities, experience equitable outcomes, and can thrive and reach their full potential.

We value the diversity of the people we hire and serve. Modern Niagara is an equal opportunity employer. If you require accommodation during the recruitment process, please advise us so that suitable accommodations can be made. We can be reached