Manager, Indigenous Advisory Services

Treewalk Consulting

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About The Position

Treewalk is hiring a Manager, Indigenous Advisory Services to run the day-to-day finance operations for a portfolio of Indigenous governments, organizations, and businesses as a fractional controller. The role owns each client file, from routine monthly operations to backlog cleanup and audit preparation, with responsibility for accurate books, disciplined closes, timely funder reporting, and audit-ready year-end files. The position offers schedule autonomy and remote flexibility; overtime is described as a rare exception.

The manager leads month-end and year-end close, oversees accounting operations, prepares audit support, and manages finance across multi-entity groups. The role also tracks funding by program, prepares reporting for funders, develops practical controls and policies, and coaches accountants, bookkeepers, and CPA students. Treewalk’s Indigenous Services group supports Nations and Indigenous organizations so their leadership can focus on community priorities.

Requirements

• CPA designation.
• Significant experience in controllership, month-end close, and year-end audit preparation, ideally with Indigenous governments, organizations, or not-for-profits.
• Strong working knowledge of PSAS / ASNPO, fund accounting, and funding agreement reporting.
• Experience leading engagements and supervising staff.
• A respectful, relationship-based approach and an understanding of Indigenous histories, governance, and the impacts of colonization.
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills, once the base experience requirements are met.

Nice To Haves

• Audit experience at a firm serving First Nations or public-sector clients.
• Experience with cloud accounting and payroll systems such as QuickBooks Online, Sage, or Xero.
• FMB Financial Administration Law or certification experience.
• Lived experience as a First Nations, Métis, or Inuit person, or a connection to Indigenous communities.

Responsibilities

• Lead month-end and year-end close across a portfolio, including reconciliations, accruals, deferred revenue, capital assets, and journal entries.
• Oversee accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and cash management, providing hands-on fractional controller support as needed.
• Prepare year-end audit files, lead schedules, and supporting documentation; clear PBC lists and coordinate with external auditors.
• Clean up accounting backlogs and prior-year issues to bring clients to an audit-ready position.
• Manage accounting across multi-entity groups, including Nations’ governments, economic development corporations, limited partnerships, trusts, and societies; handle intercompany and fund accounting.
• Track funding by program, manage deferred and restricted funds, and prepare reporting for ISC, CIRNAC, FNHA, and other funders.
• Design practical processes, internal controls, and financial policies that meet auditor and funder expectations.
• Coach and review the work of accountants, bookkeepers, and CPA students.
• Develop checklists and templates that can be used across clients.

Benefits

• Treewalk pays 100% of CPA modules, annual dues, and selected professional development courses, with no repayment requirement if the employee leaves.
• Schedule autonomy and flexibility, including freedom to shape work hours around personal commitments.
• Extended health benefits beginning on the first day.
• Dental benefits beginning on the first day.
• Vision benefits beginning on the first day.
• Parental-leave benefits beginning on the first day.
• Remote flexibility.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed