The Contract Bookkeeper will manage full-cycle bookkeeping, lead month-end close, maintain financial records, and ensure compliance with Canadian accounting practices.
Contract Bookkeeper
Remote, Canada | Contract
Finance and Accounting | Senior Level | Flexible Schedule
About GrizzlyTrek Group Ltd.
GrizzlyTrek invests in our people, relationships, and partners, ensuring motivated and ready-to-work individuals meet job opportunities that foster lasting success. We work across Canada in mining, construction, oil and gas, turnarounds, and shutdowns. Dedicated to sustainable employment, we emphasize career opportunities and empowerment for Indigenous communities across Canada. Join us and contribute to building a more inclusive future.The Role
GrizzlyTrek is seeking an experienced Contract Bookkeeper to support our internal finance function on a fully remote basis. This is a contract engagement built for a seasoned bookkeeper who is comfortable operating with controller-level judgment, owning the books end to end, and acting as a trusted financial partner to leadership.You will run the day-to-day accounting cycle, lead month-end close, maintain accurate banking and general ledger records, build short-horizon receivables and payables forecasts, and coordinate directly with our external accountant on year-end and tax matters. This role is ideal for a detail-driven professional who wants steady, meaningful work with a growing Indigenous-owned staffing company, with the flexibility of a contract arrangement.
What You'll Do
- Manage full-cycle accounts payable, including vendor invoice processing, coding, approvals, payment runs, and vendor account reconciliations
- Manage full-cycle accounts receivable, including client invoicing, application of receipts, aging review, collections follow-up, and dispute resolution
- Maintain and refine the chart of accounts to ensure accurate, consistent coding across departments, projects, and reporting segments
- Process and reconcile all banking transactions, including deposits, withdrawals, transfers, credit card activity, and electronic payments
- Perform monthly bank and credit card reconciliations, ensuring all activity is captured, coded, and tied out to source documents
- Prepare and post month-end journal entries, including accruals, prepaid expenses, deferred revenue, depreciation, and other recurring close adjustments
- Lead the month-end close process, including balance sheet account reconciliations, GL review, and preparation of internal financial statements
- Build and maintain rolling AR and AP forecasts to support cash flow planning, working capital decisions, and short-term liquidity visibility
- Provide fractional controller support, including internal reporting, variance analysis, cash flow oversight, internal controls, and process documentation
- Coordinate with our external accountant on year-end working papers, tax filings, GST/HST remittances, and any audit or review engagements
- Identify opportunities to streamline accounting workflows, automate repetitive tasks, and strengthen the financial operations of a growing business
What You Bring
- 5+ years of full-cycle bookkeeping experience, ideally including time spent in a controller, senior bookkeeper, or fractional finance role
- Strong working knowledge of Canadian accounting practices, GST/HST, payroll source deductions, and standard month-end close procedures
- Proven experience with QuickBooks Online or a comparable cloud accounting platform, including bank feeds, recurring entries, and reporting
- Solid command of Excel or Google Sheets for reconciliations, forecasting, and ad hoc financial analysis
- Demonstrated ability to maintain a clean, audit-ready general ledger and produce reliable monthly financial statements
- Experience preparing AR and AP forecasts and providing cash flow visibility to ownership or leadership
- Excellent attention to detail, organizational discipline, and the ability to manage deadlines independently in a remote setting
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to flag issues, ask questions, and present findings to leadership
- Self-employed status with the ability to invoice GrizzlyTrek as an independent contractor
Preferred Qualifications
- CPB (Certified Professional Bookkeeper) designation, or working toward a CPA, or equivalent senior bookkeeping credentials
- Experience supporting a staffing, construction, oilfield services, or other project-based business
- Familiarity with Western Canadian regulatory and tax environments, including Alberta payroll and WCB processes
- Experience working alongside an external accounting firm on year-end engagements and tax compliance
- Comfort working with an Indigenous-owned business and a values-driven leadership team
What We Offer
- Competitive contract rate based on experience and scope of engagement
- Fully remote work with flexible scheduling around your other commitments
- Direct collaboration with the CEO and leadership team, with real influence on financial operations
- Stable, ongoing engagement with a growing Indigenous-owned company in the staffing and workforce solutions sector
- Opportunity to scale your hours and scope as the business grows
- A finance function being modernized with strong systems, clean data, and a respect for professional judgment
Apply now at www.grizzlytrekgroup.com
Free AI Resume Enhancement Tool | AI Job Assistance available
Similar Jobs
Artificial Intelligence • Hardware • Healthtech • Software
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will enhance data pipelines, integrate with EHR systems, and mentor fellow engineers while ensuring scalable and reliable solutions for health technology.
Top Skills:
AWSDynamoDBFargateKinesisLambdaNode.jsPostgresServerless TechnologiesSnsSqsTypescript
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Computer Vision • Hardware • Internet of Things • Software
As an AI Engineer, you will develop and maintain data pipelines, manage data integration, and enhance data quality for analytics projects.
Top Skills:
AWSAws RedshiftAzureDatabricksDbtFivetranGCPGoogle Big QueryMs Sql-ServerMySQLOraclePostgresPythonSnowflakeSQL
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Computer Vision • Hardware • Internet of Things • Software
Build and evolve core AI platform capabilities: design shared execution patterns, APIs, and backend services to support multi-step GenAI workflows, model integrations, and scalable production systems. Collaborate with AI engineers, data scientists, and product partners to turn emerging AI use cases into reliable, extensible platform features.
Top Skills:
GoJavaLangchainLlmsMcpOpenai SdkPython
What you need to know about the Calgary Tech Scene
Employees can spend up to one-third of their life at work, so choosing the right company is crucial, not just for the job itself but for the company culture as well. While startups often offer dynamic culture and growth opportunities, large corporations provide benefits like career development and networking, especially appealing to recent graduates. Fortunately, Calgary stands out as a hub for both, recognized as one of Startup Genome's Top 100 Emerging Ecosystems, while also playing host to a number of multinational enterprises. In Calgary, job seekers can find a wide range of opportunities.
