Posted 2 months ago
Operations & Business Controller
@ LaPrairie Group
Calgary, Alberta
Overview
LaPrairie Group is hiring an Operations & Business Controller at its Calgary corporate office, reporting to a Sr. Controller. The role oversees full-cycle accounting, operational reporting and a small accounting team, with 5+ years of financial management experience required. The posting states the role is in-office with no remote option.
Responsibilities:
- Oversee full-cycle accounting and weekly, monthly and annual financial reporting
- Provide operational analysis to improve day-to-day profitability and efficiency
- Manage accounts receivable, accounts payable and payroll staff
- Review service pricing, costing and margins with managers and owners
- Maintain fixed asset schedules and oversee equipment audits and insurance coverage
Requirements summary:
- 5+ years of experience in financial and accounting management
- Experience in construction and resource industries, especially cranes and trucking
- CPA or accounting designation considered an asset
- Excellent professional written and verbal communication
- Strong working knowledge of MS Word and Excel
- Good organizational and time management skills
Tools & skills
Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · bamboohr
- Employer posting date
- 2026-08-27
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-08
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-09
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Finance & accounting |
| Experience | 5+ years |
| Manages people | Yes |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
Summary and details written by AI from the posting; the employer’s posting is the authority.
LaPrairie Group
Saved company profile
Historical company information from a saved The Jobs API profile (LinkedIn/Crunchbase fields). It is not live-verified; figures may have changed. Missing values remain unknown.
Providing project solutions where you need them most.
Full company description
LaPrairie solves your project challenges with a highly skilled workforce, innovative thinking, and state-of-the-art equipment. Our operational team and comprehensive fleet of cranes, trucks, and heavy equipment are ready to deliver – anytime, anywhere. Whether it’s executing super-heavy engineered lifts, hauling extra-heavy loads, maintaining the safety of your roads, mining and trucking aggregates, or supplying and delivering quality frac sand products – LaPrairie gives you the advantage. LaPrairie Crane Our team of hoisting engineers and riggers bring “tons of experience”, along with professionally engineered lift studies, that make for an exceptional safety record. We are specialists in engineering and executing highly complex and extra-heavy lifts. LaPrairie Haul Heavy haul logistics specialists tackle jobs of all sizes and scope. We are highly skilled transportation and heavy haul professionals with broad experience in harsh, remote northern environments. LaPrairie Works LaPrairie Works provides expertise in highway and bridge maintenance, slope stabilization, and environmental remediation. We are proud to be formally recognized with industry and ministerial awards for innovation and environmental stewardship. LaPrairie Oilfield Our specialized trailer fleet of pneumatic, bottom dump, and live bottom trailers, coupled with multiple, strategically located trans-load centers enables LaPrairie to be first on site with just in time deliveries. Canadian Silica Industries Produces API Spec, 20/40, 30/50, 40/70 & 100 mesh frac sand with easy access to the Montney, Duverney, and Cardium Formations, with trans-load facilities conveniently located in Fort Nelson, and Dawson Creek BC. Our mining operation in Arcadia, WI produces washed sand delivered by barge or rail across North America. LaPrairie Rock Equipped to handle every phase of the materials engineering process, from initial exploration to delivery of the end product.
- LinkedIn followers
- 2,588
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 167
- Reported office locations
- Calgary, Alberta T2P 1N8, CA
- 427 Gregoire Dr, 201, Fort McMurray, Alberta T9H 4K7, CA
- Business categories
- Construction
- Residential
- Commercial Real Estate
- Transportation
- Rental
- Other recorded names
- LaPrairie Group
- LaPrairie Group of Companies
- Specialties
- Canadian Crane Rental Services
- Heavy Haul Solutions
- Highway Maintenance
- Transportation
- Aggregate Resources
- and Proppant Solutions in Canada and USA
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 0
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
LaPrairie solves your project challenges with a highly skilled workforce, innovative thinking, and state-of-the-art equipment. Our operational team and comprehensive fleet of cranes, trucks, and heavy equipment are ready to deliver – anytime, anywhere. Whether it’s executing super-heavy engineered lifts, hauling extra-heavy loads, maintaining the safety of your roads, mining and trucking aggregates, or supplying…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Transportation/Trucking/Railroad |
| Company size | 201-500 employees |
| Headquarters | Calgary, Alberta |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Specialties | Canadian Crane Rental ServicesHeavy Haul SolutionsHighway MaintenanceTransportationAggregate Resourcesand Proppant Solutions in Canada and USA |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 59 |
| View page |
LAPRAIRIE Crane is looking for an experienced Operations & Business Controller to join its Accounting and Finance team at its corporate office in Calgary, Alberta, reporting to a Sr. Controller.
LAPRAIRIE Crane is one of Canada’s largest family-owned crane and heavy lift companies with fleet capabilities ranging from 5 – 600 tones, including all-terrain, boom truck, carry deck crawler, hydraulic track, rough- terrain cranes. LAPRAIRIE Group of Companies has been operating in Western Canada for 45 years. (www.laprairiegroup.com)
Job Description:
- Oversee full-cycle accounting, deliver accurate financial reporting – weekly, monthly and annually.
- Provide operational analysis and data that will optimize and promote day-to-day operational profitability and efficiency.
- Manage accounting staff (accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll).
- Prepare, analyze and present regular operating results to operational managers.
- Review services pricing, costing and margins with managers & owners.
- Submit and maintain year-end working papers and spreadsheets.
- Maintain up-to-date electronic filing systems of bookkeeping and financial records.
- Maintain fixed asset schedules and oversee equipment audits.
- Ensure proper insurance coverage is in place for assets, garage policies and buildings.
- Perform other duties as required or assigned.
Requirements:
- 5+ years of experience in financial and accounting management.
- CPA or accounting designation is a definite asset, but not a requirement.
- Experience in construction & resource industries, in particular cranes and trucking.
- Ability to communication professionally – both verbally and in writing.
- Ability to build and maintain great relationships with managers and co-workers.
- Ability to maintain good customer and vendor relationships.
- Excellent working knowledge of MS Word and Excel.
- Good organizational and time management skills.
Interested candidates are invited to submit their application, including a resume and cover letter. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for further steps in the selection process.
This is an in-office role in downtown Calgary. Remote working options are not being offered.
Journal
Only you can see this. Kept on this device, and in your account when you sign in.