Senior Accountant - Innisfail, Alberta
Top Benefits
About the role
Are you a strategic accounting professional ready to lead, collaborate, and drive financial excellence in a fast-paced manufacturing environment?
Join Bilton Welding & Manufacturing Ltd., where you’ll take ownership of critical financial functions and make a measurable impact on business performance. The Senior Accountant is a key position within a team that values initiative, leadership, and continuous improvement.
Why Join Bilton:
At Bilton, we don’t just build industry leading products, we build rewarding careers. Enjoy competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, RRSP matching, and real opportunities to grow within a team that values collaboration, balance, and continuous learning.
Come join a company where your contributions are celebrated and your well-being is a priority.
Location: Innisfail, AlbertaSchedule: Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
Essential Job Functions:
Daily
- Reconcile bank accounts, review cash flow tracking, provide forecasts, and recommend actionable steps.
- Approve new vendors in M2M, as requested by Purchasing and Accounts Payable, after verifying the legitimacy of the company and its information.
- Complete credit applications for new customers
Weekly:
- Approve vendor payments and validate supporting documents.
- Manage and approve office supply orders; assist with coffee supplies and other convenience-related expenses.
- Work with customers and team members to enable timely collections; establish positive and regular communications with customer contacts
Monthly:
-
Period End Reconciliations and Reporting
-
Complete Manhour report and distribute to VPs and Safety
-
Perform Balance Sheet reconciliations and prepare Lead Sheets for all accounts except Payroll-related:
-
Capital Assets and Amortization – includes managing in FAS Software, reconciling GL
-
WIP & inventory rounding
-
Manage warranty provisions and reconcile actual costs incurred.
-
Others as required
-
Prepare monthly financial reporting for Executives including management reporting and financials
-
Prepare monthly reporting package for bank
-
Prepare monthly reporting for Statistics Canada, etc.
-
Prepare monthly GST reconciliations and process online GST payments
-
Process corporate tax installment payments and entries
-
Conduct month-end review for the numbered company
Yearly:
- Assist with year-end working papers, reconciliations, and lead sheets
- Assist with year-end audit process and respond to auditor inquiries
- Assist in preparing annual financial statements and management reports
- Assist with record keeping and communications for year-end
- Assist with budgeting processes
Accounts Receivable Support and backup:
- Invoice customers; work with Production, PMs, Document Control, and the Controller to issue progress billings, final invoicing, and AR holdback invoicing customers
- Submit invoices as specified by customers using email or third-party applications (e.g., Cortex, OpenInvoice)
- Monitor third-party applications for disputes, delays, payment plans, etc.
- Manage deferred revenue and AR holdback accounts, and release when applicable
- Provide AR Holdback reporting to Project Management team and collaborate to resolve issues
- Review and reconcile customer purchase orders for invoicing implications – coordinate with team members to proactively address issues, including PO revisions
- Review sales orders for accuracy and alignment with purchase orders line by line; verify coding
- Shipping notification awareness – ensure that items are not shipped to customers with delinquent accounts
- Reconcile AR subledger against the general ledger and manage integrity
Supporting Job Functions:
- Assist with AP, AR, job costing, and time entry as required
- Act as a leader within the accounting group, assisting with questions and troubleshooting as needed
- Aid in the development and implementation of process improvements to standardized accounting procedures and improve accounting efficiencies
- Assist with development and maintenance of policy & procedure manuals
- Recommend ways to improve financial operations
- Contribute positively to internal and external relations, identifying issues and conflicts to the supervisor as appropriate
- Assist others, when workload allows
Required Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Bachelor of Commerce Degree or equivalent
- CPA designation or working towards the CPA designation would be an asset, however not a requirement
- 3 + years of progressive accounting experience, previous supervisory responsibilities are considered an asset.
- Experience in the oil and gas industry is considered an asset.
- Strong organizational and managerial skills
- Knowledge of financial and management accounting standards and principles
- Knowledge of cost accounting process in a manufacturing environment
- Systems savvy and experience working with large ERP systems
- Attention to detail to ensure accuracy in all work
- Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially high proficiency in Excel
- Great communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills
- An assertive, and confident individual who can speak their mind and articulate business
- Ability to bring up issues/recommendations in a collaborative, team-oriented atmosphere
- High degree of personal initiative, energy, and passion for business processes
- Ability to multi-task many different activities and prioritize among them to maximize output of available resources
- Asks critical, insightful questions, and probes all fruitful sources for information that facilitates
- Support the Controller and VP of Finance in accounting and finance functions
Apply Now
If you’re a confident, experienced accounting professional looking for meaningful responsibility and career growth opportunities, we want to hear from you.
Join a team that values hard work, smart thinking, and shared success.
Apply today and grow with Bilton!
We thank all applicants for their interest; only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
About Bilton Welding and Manufacturing
Bilton designs, engineers and manufactures custom energy equipment to your standards. We currently operate seven manufacturing facilities in Innisfail, AB and a Branch Office in Calgary, AB. Since 1993, Bilton has partnered with engineering firms and oil and natural gas producers around the globe to develop their own equipment standards for size, capacity and any number of technical specifications. We pride ourselves with the strong relationships that we have built through our business to business transactions. –
Senior Accountant - Innisfail, Alberta
Top Benefits
About the role
Are you a strategic accounting professional ready to lead, collaborate, and drive financial excellence in a fast-paced manufacturing environment?
Join Bilton Welding & Manufacturing Ltd., where you’ll take ownership of critical financial functions and make a measurable impact on business performance. The Senior Accountant is a key position within a team that values initiative, leadership, and continuous improvement.
Why Join Bilton:
At Bilton, we don’t just build industry leading products, we build rewarding careers. Enjoy competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, RRSP matching, and real opportunities to grow within a team that values collaboration, balance, and continuous learning.
Come join a company where your contributions are celebrated and your well-being is a priority.
Location: Innisfail, AlbertaSchedule: Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
Essential Job Functions:
Daily
- Reconcile bank accounts, review cash flow tracking, provide forecasts, and recommend actionable steps.
- Approve new vendors in M2M, as requested by Purchasing and Accounts Payable, after verifying the legitimacy of the company and its information.
- Complete credit applications for new customers
Weekly:
- Approve vendor payments and validate supporting documents.
- Manage and approve office supply orders; assist with coffee supplies and other convenience-related expenses.
- Work with customers and team members to enable timely collections; establish positive and regular communications with customer contacts
Monthly:
-
Period End Reconciliations and Reporting
-
Complete Manhour report and distribute to VPs and Safety
-
Perform Balance Sheet reconciliations and prepare Lead Sheets for all accounts except Payroll-related:
-
Capital Assets and Amortization – includes managing in FAS Software, reconciling GL
-
WIP & inventory rounding
-
Manage warranty provisions and reconcile actual costs incurred.
-
Others as required
-
Prepare monthly financial reporting for Executives including management reporting and financials
-
Prepare monthly reporting package for bank
-
Prepare monthly reporting for Statistics Canada, etc.
-
Prepare monthly GST reconciliations and process online GST payments
-
Process corporate tax installment payments and entries
-
Conduct month-end review for the numbered company
Yearly:
- Assist with year-end working papers, reconciliations, and lead sheets
- Assist with year-end audit process and respond to auditor inquiries
- Assist in preparing annual financial statements and management reports
- Assist with record keeping and communications for year-end
- Assist with budgeting processes
Accounts Receivable Support and backup:
- Invoice customers; work with Production, PMs, Document Control, and the Controller to issue progress billings, final invoicing, and AR holdback invoicing customers
- Submit invoices as specified by customers using email or third-party applications (e.g., Cortex, OpenInvoice)
- Monitor third-party applications for disputes, delays, payment plans, etc.
- Manage deferred revenue and AR holdback accounts, and release when applicable
- Provide AR Holdback reporting to Project Management team and collaborate to resolve issues
- Review and reconcile customer purchase orders for invoicing implications – coordinate with team members to proactively address issues, including PO revisions
- Review sales orders for accuracy and alignment with purchase orders line by line; verify coding
- Shipping notification awareness – ensure that items are not shipped to customers with delinquent accounts
- Reconcile AR subledger against the general ledger and manage integrity
Supporting Job Functions:
- Assist with AP, AR, job costing, and time entry as required
- Act as a leader within the accounting group, assisting with questions and troubleshooting as needed
- Aid in the development and implementation of process improvements to standardized accounting procedures and improve accounting efficiencies
- Assist with development and maintenance of policy & procedure manuals
- Recommend ways to improve financial operations
- Contribute positively to internal and external relations, identifying issues and conflicts to the supervisor as appropriate
- Assist others, when workload allows
Required Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Bachelor of Commerce Degree or equivalent
- CPA designation or working towards the CPA designation would be an asset, however not a requirement
- 3 + years of progressive accounting experience, previous supervisory responsibilities are considered an asset.
- Experience in the oil and gas industry is considered an asset.
- Strong organizational and managerial skills
- Knowledge of financial and management accounting standards and principles
- Knowledge of cost accounting process in a manufacturing environment
- Systems savvy and experience working with large ERP systems
- Attention to detail to ensure accuracy in all work
- Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially high proficiency in Excel
- Great communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills
- An assertive, and confident individual who can speak their mind and articulate business
- Ability to bring up issues/recommendations in a collaborative, team-oriented atmosphere
- High degree of personal initiative, energy, and passion for business processes
- Ability to multi-task many different activities and prioritize among them to maximize output of available resources
- Asks critical, insightful questions, and probes all fruitful sources for information that facilitates
- Support the Controller and VP of Finance in accounting and finance functions
Apply Now
If you’re a confident, experienced accounting professional looking for meaningful responsibility and career growth opportunities, we want to hear from you.
Join a team that values hard work, smart thinking, and shared success.
Apply today and grow with Bilton!
We thank all applicants for their interest; only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
About Bilton Welding and Manufacturing
Bilton designs, engineers and manufactures custom energy equipment to your standards. We currently operate seven manufacturing facilities in Innisfail, AB and a Branch Office in Calgary, AB. Since 1993, Bilton has partnered with engineering firms and oil and natural gas producers around the globe to develop their own equipment standards for size, capacity and any number of technical specifications. We pride ourselves with the strong relationships that we have built through our business to business transactions. –