Do you have your CPA designation and are you looking for a permanent full-time position? We are seeking a Senior Financial Accountant to join our Finance team.

The Senior Financial Accountant, operating under the guidance of the Controller, plays an integral role in providing accounting guidance and ensuring compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Canadian Public Sector Accounting Standards (PSAS), and other relevant accounting legislation and institutional policies. With a focus on accuracy and timeliness, the Senior Financial Accountant manages the accounting and budgets for capital assets, supports the Controller with assessing and implementing accounting standard changes, and prepares a multitude of financial reports for internal and external stakeholders. They also investigate GST queries to ensure compliance with the Excise Tax Act, manage the financial recording and reporting of investment activities, and prepare various comprehensive year-end working papers and notes for the financial statements and annual audit.

This position demands a high level of accounting expertise to ensure that the financial results of the institution are prepared accurately and in accordance with the PSAS Framework.

Your responsibilities will include:

Red Deer Polytechnic offers a comprehensive benefits package including extended health and dental care through Blue Cross, access to a health spending account, pension plan, Employee & Family Assistance Program, generous vacation allotments, credit tuition waivers and opportunities for professional development funding. Additional time off due to Institution closures between Christmas and New Year general holidays.

*Eligibility to access the above mentioned benefits dependent upon the AUPE Collective Agreement and related RDP policies.

Focused on advancing the economic and social priorities of Alberta, Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP) provides more than 80 industry-relevant programs within a breadth of credentials to approximately 6,300 credit and apprenticeship students and 3,400+ learners with Continuing Education programming. With modern teaching and learning spaces, and state-of-the-art research and innovation centres in advanced manufacturing and energy innovation, the Polytechnic provides applied research opportunities, leadership in the social, economic, and cultural development of Alberta, and myriad lifelong learning opportunities.

Red Deer Polytechnic’s main campus is located on Treaty 7, Treaty 6 and Métis ancestral lands. This is where we will strive to honour and transform our relationships with one another.

Whatever brings you to Red Deer Polytechnic, we are glad you are here. And we look forward to having you as a valued member of our polytechnic community.

To fulfill Red Deer Polytechnic’s mission to enrich the intellectual, economic, cultural, and social development of Central Alberta, people representing diverse perspectives and experiences are required. We welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous persons, Black and racialized persons, women, persons with disabilities, persons with any sexual orientation, and persons of any gender identity or gender expression.

Red Deer Polytechnic will provide job applicants with accommodations in accordance with the Alberta Human Rights Code. To request an accommodation, please contact Peopleandculture@rdpolytech.ca. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.