Project Accountant

Job summary

You will support project managers by providing clear financial information, tracking project performance, and assisting with budgets and cost estimates. Additionally, you will contribute to financial reporting, revenue recognition processes, and provide input for commercial bids.

Job details

What if you could redefine what's possible? With us, you can. You want Purpose. Growth. Opportunity. People who get it. We are the home of ambitious, passionate, and innovative world shapers. With an unmatched breadth and depth of engineering, advisory and science‑based expertise, our global minds unite to power local solutions. We are pathfinders and impact makers. We are Visioneers. We are WSP. The Opportunity Your Impact Starts Here. As a Project Financial Advisor, you’ll support the financial health of projects that shape communities. You’ll help bring clarity and consistency to project financials—making it easier for project teams to stay on track and enabling leaders to make sound decisions. Your Impact In this role, you will: Support project managers by providing clear financial information to help guide day‑to‑day project decisions. Assist in tracking project performance, including costs, forecasts, and key financial indicators. Help prepare financial summaries and reports for project and portfolio reviews. Work with teams to build and update project budgets, cost estimates, and billing‑related data. Contribute to maintaining accurate revenue recognition, accruals, and other key financial processes. Provide financial input for bids and proposals to support informed commercial decisions. Help teams understand the financial impacts of changes throughout the project lifecycle. The Skills That Set You Apart You bring: Experience supporting financial activities within projects or business operations. A post‑secondary education in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field. Comfort working with financial data, including basic forecasting and variance analysis. Strong Excel skills (e.g., formulas, lookups, pivot tables) and ease working in Microsoft Office tools. An interest in learning project financial processes and building your advisory skills. A collaborative approach, with sound judgment and attention to detail. Why Choose WSP? We exist to shape communities to advance humanity. The brightest engineers, advisors, and scientists from across the globe call WSP home. Proudly Canadian – we are a Top 100 Employer in Canada for 2026. A global community of brilliant minds – your next idea, mentor, or opportunity is always within reach. Limitless opportunities start here. Whether across the country or around the world, we help you tailor your role to match your ambition—because your growth drives ours. Flexible work and real balance – we recognize the importance of balance and encourage you to prioritize what matters most. #WeAreWSP Compensation AB, BC, NT, NU, SK & YT:$69,700 – $92,300 MB & ON: $63,600 – $87,500 NB, NL, NS, PEI & QC: $62,900 – $83,600 Disclosure: The final salary awarded for this role may vary from the above range based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. The wage range provided in this job posting may be subject to change for business purposes. Make Your Mark With WSP If you’re driven by purpose and eager to build your career while contributing to meaningful projects, we want to hear from you. Apply today and help shape a better future—for communities, for clients, and for your growth. At WSP, we exist to shape communities to advance humanity. It’s why we bring people together who are wired to solve complex challenges - engineers, scientists, advisors, and technical experts who are driven by a common passion - to redefine what’s possible and shape what comes next. We are Visioneers. As one of the world’s leading professional services firms, we partner with clients across transportation, infrastructure, environment, buildings, energy, water, mining and metals. We pair deep local knowledge with global insights to pioneer solutions designed to leave a lasting, positive impact. At WSP, you’ll join a community of brilliant minds that push boundaries every day - applying deep expertise and fuelling innovation to help create a more connected and resilient future. Here, your ideas are valued, your growth is supported, and you are encouraged to bring your authentic self to work. We empower our people to collaborate across disciplines, challenge the status quo, and shape a career with purpose. Join us. Please Note: Health and Safety is a core paramount value of WSP. Given the importance of keeping one another safe it is expected that you comply with our Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) policy at all times as well as client HSE policies when working at client locations. Full details here. Some safety-sensitive positions involve fieldwork and may include work in a variety of environmental conditions, such as remote or isolated areas, working alone, and in inclement weather (within safe and reasonable limits). WSP welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. WSP is committed to the principles of employment equity. Only the candidates selected will be contacted. WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Full details here.

What you’ll do

You will support project managers by providing clear financial information, tracking project performance, and assisting with budgets and cost estimates. Additionally, you will contribute to financial reporting, revenue recognition processes, and provide input for commercial bids.

Requirements

Candidates must have post-secondary education in Finance, Accounting, or Business and experience supporting financial activities within projects. Strong Excel skills and the ability to perform variance analysis and forecasting are essential for this role.

Benefits

• Flexible work
• Work-life balance

Listed skills

• Data analysis · Preferred
• Microsoft Excel · Preferred
• Microsoft Office · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Financial reporting
• Project budgeting
• Cost estimation
• Revenue recognition
• Variance analysis
• Forecasting
• Excel
• Microsoft Office
• Financial advisory
• Data analysis
• Project management support
• Commercial decision support
• Employment Equity
• Portfolio Analysis
• Business Operations
• Variance Analysis
• Resilience
• Project Performance
• Accounting
• Accruals
• Budgeting
• Disabilities
• Finance
• Pivot Tables And Charts
• Financial Data
• Innovation
• Project Management
• Systems Development Life Cycle
• Revenue Recognition
• Environment Health And Safety
• Detail Oriented

Job areas

• Finance & Accounting
• Consulting
• Engineering
• Management & Leadership
• Project Accountant
• Accountants
• Accountants and Auditors

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