Financial Controller
Location: Justin Gray Homes Head Office
Position Type: Full-Time, Permanent
About Justin Gray Homes
Justin Gray Homes is an award-winning and rapidly growing residential home builder committed to delivering exceptional quality, innovation, and customer experience. As our organization continues to expand, we are seeking an experienced and forward-thinking Financial Controller to lead our finance function and help build the financial infrastructure required to support long-term growth.
This is a key leadership role responsible for overseeing all aspects of financial management, reporting, cash flow planning, construction financing, land development accounting, and operational financial controls. The successful candidate will bring a strong foundation in accounting and finance, combined with experience in residential construction and land development, and a passion for driving continuous improvement.
Reporting directly to ownership, the Financial Controller will serve as a strategic business partner while maintaining hands-on oversight of day-to-day financial operations.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Leadership & Reporting
- Lead all financial operations, including accounting, reporting, budgeting, forecasting, treasury management, and financial planning.
- Prepare and deliver accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements and management reports.
- Develop meaningful financial dashboards, KPIs, and performance metrics to support business decision-making.
- Provide profitability analysis and financial insights across homebuilding and development projects.
- Support ownership and senior leadership with strategic planning, investment analysis, and growth initiatives.
Accounting Operations
- Oversee day-to-day accounting activities, including:
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Payroll
- General Ledger
- Bank Reconciliations
- Month-End and Year-End Close
- Ensure financial records are accurate, complete, and maintained in accordance with applicable accounting standards.
- Coordinate annual reviews, audits, tax filings, and relationships with external accounting firms.
Cash Flow, Treasury & Financing
- Develop and maintain detailed short- and long-term cash flow forecasts.
- Monitor liquidity requirements across active homebuilding and land development projects.
- Manage banking relationships and financing arrangements.
- Oversee construction lending facilities, draw requests, covenant reporting, and lender compliance requirements.
- Assist ownership with capital planning, financing strategies, and growth initiatives.
Construction & Development Accounting
- Oversee job costing systems and project cost tracking across all residential construction projects.
- Monitor work-in-progress (WIP) reporting and project profitability.
- Track construction budgets against actual costs and identify cost variances.
- Ensure accurate accounting for land acquisition costs, development expenditures, lot inventory, and project allocations.
- Manage lot payables and development obligations, ensuring compliance with contractual commitments and reporting requirements.
- Collaborate closely with construction, purchasing, and operations teams to improve forecasting, cost management, and project reporting.
Systems, Controls & Process Improvement
- Drive continuous improvement of financial systems, reporting processes, and internal controls.
- Lead the implementation and optimization of ERP systems, automation initiatives, and reporting tools.
- Develop scalable financial policies and procedures to support organizational growth.
- Ensure compliance with GST, payroll, corporate tax, and other regulatory requirements.
- Support risk management initiatives, insurance administration, and internal control processes.
Team Leadership
- Lead, mentor, and develop accounting and finance team members.
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Establish clear performance expectations and support professional development within the finance function.
Qualifications & Experience
Required
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline.
- Minimum 8 years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including leadership responsibilities.
- Strong understanding of financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, treasury management, and financial analysis.
- Experience managing full-cycle accounting operations and month-end/year-end reporting.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and accounting software platforms.
- Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
- Proven ability to improve processes and implement financial controls within a growing organization.
Preferred
- CPA designation.
- Experience within residential homebuilding, construction, land development, or real estate development.
- Strong knowledge of:
- Job costing
- Work-in-progress (WIP) reporting
- Construction financing and lender draws
- Holdbacks and progress billing
- Project profitability analysis
- Land development accounting
- Lot inventory and lot payable management
- Experience implementing ERP systems, automation tools, or business intelligence reporting solutions.
- Experience supporting organizational growth and scaling financial operations.
Why Join Justin Gray Homes?
- Join an award-winning and rapidly growing Alberta homebuilder.
- Play a key leadership role with direct access to ownership and decision-makers.
- Influence strategic growth initiatives and operational performance.
- Opportunity to modernize systems and build scalable financial infrastructure.
- Collaborative, entrepreneurial, and team-oriented culture.
- Competitive compensation package and comprehensive benefits.
- Long-term career growth potential within an expanding organization.
Justin Gray Homes is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where all employees are treated with respect and dignity. We encourage applications from qualified individuals of all backgrounds and experiences. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Pay: $120,000.00-$140,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
