Project Accountant

CORE Linepipe Inc•Calgary, AB

22h•Onsite

About The Position

CORE Linepipe is growing and looking for a Project Accountant to join their team. CORE is a privately held oilfield pipeline manufacturing and service company founded in 2012. The Company manufactures and installs a unique factory build pipe-in-pipe corrosion-resistant pipeline system. CORE’s Linepipe product called CORE Liner® uses an outer steel pipe for structural integrity and damage-resistance with a polymer liner inserted in the pipe for a reliable and durable corrosion-resistance barrier. During pipeline construction, welding is eliminated by coupling the steel pipe with a patented mechanism called ClickWeld® which provides a strong, efficient method of joining the steel pipe without compromising the internal plastic liner. Reporting directly to the Controller, the Project Accountant is responsible for the full cycle accounting of CORE’s manufacturing and installation projects including review of contracts, cost capture and analysis, progress tracking and billing, work-in-progress accounting, and project close-out. This role partners closely with Sales, Production, Service, and Supply Chain to ensure project results are captured accurately and timely. This is a hands-on role with strong cross-functional exposure and meaningful influence on how CORE manages its largest customer commitments.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, commerce or related discipline.
3 - 5 years of progressive accounting experience, with at least two in project accounting, job costing or cost accounting.
Strong job costing and variance analysis skills; comfort working with multi-element contracts.
Working knowledge of an ERP-based job costing module (Microsoft Dynamics NAV preferred).
Advanced Excel (PivotTables, lookups, structured workbook design).
Demonstrated ability to communicate financial concepts clearly to non-finance stakeholders in Sales, Production and Operations.
Eligible to work in Canada and based in the Calgary area.
High attention to detail with the judgement to know when to stop and ask.
Discretion - handles commercially sensitive customer and margin data confidentially.

Nice To Haves

CPA designation (Chartered Professional Accountant) or in progress.
Industry experience in manufacturing, oilfield services, EPC or construction-adjacent project work.
Practical familiarity with revenue recognition.
Hands-on experience with Power BI or similar dashboard/operational workflow tools.
Exposure to multi-entity and multi-currency reporting (CAD / USD), including FX revaluation and intercompany eliminations.
Exposure to oil-and-gas customer e-invoicing portals (Cortex, OpenInvoice, Ariba) and to AFE-driven cost tracking.
Digital resiliency and keeping in-the-know on trends and effective tools to carry out or improve duties.

Responsibilities

Set up and maintain project structures in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018 (NAV).
Monitor all costs charged to projects, including inventory consumption, labour, direct overhead, and third-party freight and logistics costs.
Calculate project costs-to-complete and estimated margin at completion monthly. Compare actual costs to budget and flag potential overruns to stakeholders.
Review approved change orders to ensure cost and revenue impacts are reflected in the project budget and contract value.
Validate vendor invoices and subcontractor billings against purchase orders and service tickets and ensure proper coding.
Ensure timely facilitation and completion of service tickets and third-party pass-through billings (cost-plus) such that tickets are reconciled and billed in a timely manner.
Review and issue progress invoices in line with contract milestones (e.g. manufactured, shipped, installed) and customer-specific terms.
Oversee the submission of invoices through customer e-invoicing portals (Cortex, OpenInvoice, Ariba and similar) and reconcile portal statuses to the AR ledger as needed.
Partner with Sales to ensure billing aligns with executed agreements and negotiated payment plans and pursue commercial sign-off where milestones are disputed.
Coordinate with Sales and the GL Accountant on collections for outstanding project accounts.
Maintain monthly WIP, Contract Asset and Contract Liability (deferred revenue / customer deposit) schedules tying to the GL.
Track unbilled revenue and accrued costs; ensure clean cutoff between accounting periods, including alignment with the service revenue accounts and systems.
Investigate variances between order value and actual cost-to-deliver; categorize drivers (scope, productivity, price, FX, scrap / CAPA) and quantify each.
Support the Goods received Not Invoices (GRNI) accrual at month-end for project-related receipts not yet invoiced by vendors.
Manage intercompany project flows between operating entities, including transfer pricing on materials and elimination support for consolidation.
Support audit interim and year-end fieldwork on revenue, WIP, AR, inventory and projects.
Drive continuous improvement in project accounting by standardizing templates and checklists (project setup, billing packages, close-out), automating repeatable reporting (Power Query/Power BI refresh routines), and implementing simple KPI/exception monitoring (unbilled revenue aging, GRNI aging, margin-at-completion variances) with regular retrospectives and training to embed best practices.