Finance Manager

Do you enjoy bringing clarity to complexity and helping leaders make better business decisions?

On behalf of our client, Michael Green Architecture (MGA), we are seeking a Finance Manager to help guide the financial health and performance of one of the world’s leading sustainable design firms in Vancouver, BC.

At MGA, architects, designers, and changemakers are tackling some of the most complex challenges facing our built environment. From mass timber innovation and cultural landmarks to Indigenous community projects, hospitality spaces, educational campuses, and civic buildings, their work is grounded in a simple belief: design can create a better future for people and the planet.

Behind every great project is a strong business foundation.

As Finance Manager, you’ll help MGA make smarter decisions, strengthen project performance, and improve financial visibility across the studio. You’ll lead forecasting, reporting, project financial performance, and accounting operations while serving as a trusted advisor to senior leadership.

You’ll partner closely with Principals, Studio Leaders, and Project Managers, translating financial information into meaningful business decisions that support both creative excellence and sustainable growth.

What You’ll Do

• Lead budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and cash flow planning
• Partner with Project Managers and Studio Leaders to monitor project performance and profitability
• Provide strategic financial analysis and recommendations that support business decisions
• Oversee project billing, collections, and revenue management
• Champion the effective use of CMAP to improve reporting, forecasting, and project insights
• Lead and support an Accountant responsible for bookkeeping and payroll
• Strengthen financial systems, reporting processes, and internal controls across the studio
• Help create the financial clarity that allows great projects to thrive

What You’ll Bring

• CPA designation required
• 7+ years of progressive finance or accounting experience
• Experience within architecture, engineering, consulting, construction, or other project-based professional services environments
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, project accounting, and financial reporting expertise
• The ability to translate numbers into stories, insights, and action
• A systems-oriented mindset and passion for continuous improvement
• Experience leading or mentoring accounting professionals
• Experience with CMAP or similar project management systems is an asset

Why MGA?

MGA is a practice built on curiosity, innovation, and the belief that design can create a better future. As Finance Manager, you’ll help provide the foundation that allows that work to flourish.

You’ll join a globally recognized studio where sustainability, innovation, and curiosity shape everything they do. Recent work includes a surf pool clubhouse, a Gulf Island hotel, an airport terminal and restaurant, a children’s library, headquarters for an electric boat company, a new Ronald McDonald House, and community projects developed alongside First Nations partners.

You’ll have a seat at the table, visibility across the business, and the opportunity to contribute to projects that leave a lasting impact on communities around the world.

MGA offers:

• Competitive salary of $110,000-$140,000
• Comprehensive benefits package
• MGA’s unique Adventure Bonus program
• Meaningful, purpose-driven work
• A collaborative, high-performing team
• The opportunity to contribute to one of the world’s leading sustainable design firms

If you’re looking for a role where your expertise will be valued, your ideas will be heard, and your work will directly influence the success of the business, we’d love to hear from you.

How to apply:

We encourage you to review the Job Description and forward your resume that clearly outlines how your skills and experience meet the requirements of this role to TallSky Consulting.

TallSky is committed to supporting our clients in building inclusive cultures that embrace differences. Our approach reflects professional employment equity practices, and we believe in celebrating each candidate’s uniqueness. Diverse teams learn how to communicate respectfully, deliver more innovative solutions, and are better positioned for long-term success.

This position will remain open until it is filled. We thank all applicants; however, after initial acknowledgement, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.