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Position reporting to

Financial Controller (PACE Group)

Role

PACE Canada is seeking a highly skilled and technically proficient Finance Manager with a CPA designation to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in financial reporting, particularly under IFRS and ASPE, and will be adept at leveraging technology to streamline financial processes. 

This role will play a key part in supporting the Financial Controller and the Board of Directors, managing the financial operations across multiple entities, and developing enhanced reporting tools and processes.  The role offers hands-on experience of a wide range of finance and commercial related tasks and activities in a rapidly growing company.

You’ll have the autonomy and freedom to set your own path towards achieving your goals, with the trust and independence to make key decisions and manage your responsibilities.

Company

PACE Canada is entering an exciting period of growth and evolution. Our business strategy is to use our international solar PV and energy storage project pipeline as the foundation to build a platform that includes asset ownership and investment management. We have a pipeline of over 1.5GW of projects in the UK, Canada and Poland and aim to construct over 200MW of projects in 2024 and 2025 and continue to grow the operations side of the business.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial analysis such as tracking against business plan and managing the liquidity requirements of assets including payment approvals

• Provide commercial finance support to the Financial Controller and Board

• Involvement in relationship and reporting to joint venture partners, where PACE’s ownership is not 100%

• Reporting for assigned entities – monthly closing of accounting books, forecasting, business planning, liquidity, statutory accounts and tax compliance, and other supplementary reporting

• Reviewing existing management information to find efficiencies and improvements.

• Occasional meets with the wider Canadian team based in Calgary, Alberta.  

• Occasional further travel may be required from time to time.

• Create a forward looking finance and accounting function that uses all available and new technologies, AI etc.

Why Join PACE?

• Opportunities for professional growth and development

• Collaboration including internationally

• Competitive compensation package

• Remote role with the freedom to achieve your goals

Required

• Canadian citizenship or right to work in Canada

• CPA or equivalent

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or related field

• Technically strong in IFRS & ASPE reporting

While the qualifications below are considered an asset, they are not mandatory and encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every requirement. PACE is an equal opportunity employer and we are fully committed to the development of positive policies and procedures to eliminate discrimination and actively promote equality of opportunity for our employees. We welcome applications from appropriate candidates regardless of their age, gender, race, sexuality or any other protected characteristic.

Ideal

• Appropriate training in financial modelling including Excel

• Experience of and willingness to embrace digital accounting and platforms such as Xero

• Digitally capable with the ability to work with PACE IT systems and collaborative tools, i.e. Google apps, Xero, GAccon, including ability to implement macros, coding, etc.

• Experience in the renewables sector

• International exposure

• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail

• Understand the importance of process and procedures, paying attention to detail and fully documenting work

• Commitment to getting things right the first time

• Willingness to take proactive responsibility for achievement of corporate goals

• Willingness to commit to challenging work targets and to deliver work assignments reliably on schedule and to a high quality

• Willingness to take responsibility for driving and managing complex processes involving multiple parties and to see things through to completion

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams

• Ability to maintain effective communication with colleagues in multiple locations

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment

• Willingness to work in a flexible, dynamic, and non-siloed way, and seek out additional responsibilities within a small team

• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as required