Posted 10 days ago
Accounting Manager
@ Robert Half
Vancouver, British Columbia
Overview
Robert Half is hiring a temporary Accounting Manager to oversee full-cycle accounting operations and deliver financial insights for project performance and business planning. The role covers accounts receivable and payable, revenue recognition, project costing, payroll administration, and period-end close. The posting asks for hands-on accounting leadership, a process-improvement mindset, and experience with Canadian payroll, with construction or project-based experience strongly preferred.
Pay:
$40–$55 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Lead full-cycle accounting operations and financial records
- Manage AR, AP, revenue recognition, WIP and project costing
- Coordinate period-end, year-end and tax reporting
- Provide financial analysis to leadership and project managers
- Improve finance procedures, controls and scalability
Requirements summary:
- Proven hands-on full-cycle accounting experience
- Knowledge of revenue recognition and WIP accounting
- Canadian payroll experience, including unionized environments
- Advanced Excel and Sage or comparable software
- Construction or project-based experience strongly preferred
Tools & skills
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-27
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-22
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-28
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Job details
| Seniority | Mid level |
| Department | Finance & accounting |
| Manages people | Yes |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
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🔒 At Robert Half, we prioritize your security—if you believe you've encountered a scam or fraudulent recruiter, please report it immediately to https://www.roberthalf.com/us/en/fraud-alert. All Robert Half recruiters communicate using their corporate email address, ending in roberthalf.com. 👋 Welcome to Robert Half. We're the world’s first and largest specialized talent solutions firm, connecting opportunities at great companies with highly skilled job seekers. We provide dynamic contract, temporary, and permanent placement solutions across finance, accounting, technology, marketing, creative, legal, and administrative sectors. 🏆 In the last 12 months, Robert Half has been recognized as one of America’s Most Innovative Companies by Fortune, and with Protiviti, has been named one of the Fortune® World's Most Admired Companies™ and 100 Best Companies to Work For. 🏦 Traded on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol: RHI), we’re at the forefront of innovation in talent acquisition.
- LinkedIn followers
- 4,724,671
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 27,769
- Reported office locations
- 2884 Sand Hill Road Suite 200, Menlo Park, CA 94025, US
- 2613 Camino Ramon, San Ramon, California 94583, US
- Robert Half International, Avenue Louise, 250 - 5th floor, Brussels, 1050, BE
- Robert Half International, 10th floor, The Shard, 32 London Bridge Street, London, London SE1 9SG, GB
- Robert Half International, Av. Dr. Cardoso de Melo, 1184, 11° andar, Sao Paulo, SP 04548-004, BR
- Robert Half International, Level 24, 1 Martin Place, Sydney, NSW 2000, AU
- 140 William St, Melbourne, VIC 3000, AU
- Avenida Doutor Cardoso de Melo 1184, São Paulo, BR
- 2613 Camino Ramon, San Ramon, CA 94583, US
- 20, Avenue André Prothin, Tour Europlaza, Courbevoie, Île-de-France 92400, FR
- Business categories
- Skill Assessment
- Human Resources
- Information Technology
- Employment
- Consulting
- Recruiting
- Marketing
- Security
- Advertising
- Staffing Agency
- Other recorded names
- Robert Half
- Robert Half
- Specialties
- consulting services
- accounting jobs
- finance jobs
- administrative jobs
- legal jobs
- IT jobs
- recruitment
- recruitment agency
- creative jobs
- staffing
- hiring
- employment agency
- contract talent
- contract professionals
- talent solutions
- contract employment
- permanent placement
- customer support jobs
- and marketing jobs
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- Yes
- Reported total investment
- 0
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
🔒 At Robert Half, we prioritize your security—if you believe you've encountered a scam or fraudulent recruiter, please report it immediately to https://www.roberthalf.com/us/en/fraud-alert. All Robert Half recruiters communicate using their corporate email address, ending in roberthalf.com. 👋 Welcome to Robert Half. We're the world’s first and largest specialized talent solutions firm, connecting opportunities at…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Staffing and Recruiting |
| Company size | 10,001+ employees |
| Headquarters | Menlo Park, CA |
| Organization type | Public Company |
| Year founded | 1948 |
| Specialties | consulting servicesaccounting jobsfinance jobsadministrative jobslegal jobsIT jobsrecruitmentrecruitment agencycreative jobsstaffing |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 502 |
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We are looking for an Accounting Manager to join our team on a contract basis. This position will oversee the organization’s accounting operations while delivering accurate financial insights that support project performance and business planning and support growth. The successful candidate will bring a hands-on approach to full-cycle accounting, strong business partnering skills, and the confidence to strengthen processes as the company continues to grow.
Responsibilities:
• Lead day-to-day accounting activities across the organization, ensuring financial records are complete, accurate, and up to date.
• Manage end-to-end accounting duties, including accounts receivable, accounts payable, revenue recognition, work-in-progress tracking, project costing, payroll administration, budgeting, and variance review.
• Coordinate period-end and year-end close activities, including the preparation of corporate tax, payroll tax, and sales tax reporting requirements.
• Provide financial updates and meaningful analysis to leadership and project managers to support informed and timely operational decisions.
• Evaluate existing finance procedures and recommend practical improvements that enhance controls, efficiency, and scalability.
• Mentor and support team members by sharing technical knowledge, offering guidance, and encouraging skill development.
• Build and maintain tools and spreadsheets in Excel to improve reporting accuracy and support business-specific financial analysis.
• Support the effective use of accounting and project-related systems and contribute to process enhancements where needed.
• Proven experience managing full-cycle accounting in a hands-on capacity within a growing organization.
• Strong understanding of revenue recognition, work-in-progress accounting, project costing, and financial reporting obligations.
• Experience processing Canadian payroll, including payroll considerations within a unionized environment.
• Demonstrated ability to assess finance operations, identify gaps, and introduce best practices that strengthen performance and support growth.
• Confident communicator who can explain financial information clearly to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Ability to lead initiatives independently, influence process improvements, and constructively challenge existing approaches when needed.
• Prior experience in construction, project-based, or similar operational environments is strongly preferred.
• Advanced Excel skills and working knowledge of Sage or comparable accounting software.
If you are an experienced accounting and financial professional, please submit your resume to Robert Half Management Resources today. Please contact our Vancouver office by submitting your resume and noting "Accounting Manager" in the subject line. Please quote Job Order number 05060-0013529587 in all correspondence.
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