Manager, Indigenous Advisory Services

The Role

At Treewalk, you'll run the day-to-day finance engine for the Indigenous governments, organizations and businesses we serve: clean books, a disciplined month-end close, timely funder reporting and year-end files that sail through audit. You'll own a portfolio of clients, acting as their fractional controller. Some will lean on you to keep operations running smoothly month to month; others will need you to get a backlog cleaned up and audit-ready. Either way, every file is yours to run.

Deadlines are real; overtime isn't a lifestyle. We staff sensibly, treat extra hours as the rare exception, and back that up with true schedule autonomy and remote flexibility, so your evenings stay yours.

If you've managed controllership or audit-prep engagements at a small- to mid-size firm, or run finance operations inside a First Nation, Tribal Council or Indigenous organization, and you're ready for high-impact work, tangible ownership and genuine balance, then we would love to hear from you.

How You'll Create Impact Day-to-Day

•         Run a disciplined close – Lead month-end and year-end close across your portfolio: reconciliations, accruals, deferred revenue, capital assets and journal entries, on time and review-ready.

•         Keep operations humming – Oversee AP, AR, payroll and cash management processes, and step in hands-on when a client needs a fractional controller's precision and speed.

•         Make audits painless – Build year-end audit files and lead schedules, prep airtight support, clear PBC lists and quarterback conversations with external auditors so leadership can sleep at night.

•         Get the hard files back on track – Clean up backlogs and prior-year issues, so clients go from catch-up mode to a clean, audit-ready position.

•         Run the engine of multi-entity groups – Keep the books straight across Nations' governments, economic development corporations, limited partnerships, trusts and societies, including intercompany and fund accounting.

•         Keep funding on track – Track funding by program, manage deferred and restricted funds, and prepare reporting for ISC, CIRNAC, FNHA and other funders.

•         Build strong controls – Design practical processes, internal controls and financial policies that hold up to auditor and funder scrutiny.

•         Grow the team – Coach and review the work of accountants, bookkeepers and CPA students, and build checklists and templates that scale across clients.

Result: clients see you as the calm, trusted voice who keeps their books clean, their funders satisfied and their audits uneventful, while you build deep, meaningful expertise without the grind of traditional public practice.

Our ideal candidate...

•         CPA designation required.

•         Significant experience in controllership, month-end close and year-end audit preparation, ideally with Indigenous governments, organizations or not-for-profits.

•         Strong working knowledge of PSAS / ASNPO, fund accounting and funding agreement reporting.

•         Experience leading engagements and supervising staff.

•         A respectful, relationship-based approach and an understanding of Indigenous histories, governance and the impacts of colonization.

•         After the base experience requirements are met, we hire first and foremost strong analytical thinkers and problem solvers.

Please mention these bonus skills if you have them

•         Audit experience at a firm serving First Nations or public-sector clients

•         Cloud accounting and payroll systems (e.g., QuickBooks Online, Sage, Xero)

•         FMB Financial Administration Law or certification experience

•         Lived experience as a First Nations, Métis or Inuit person, or connection to Indigenous communities