Loans accounting analyst supporting institutional investors’ North American fixed - income portfolios at global asset manager. Managing reporting, controls, reconciliations and Tableau dashboards.
About the role
- Accounting Manager leading close, project accounting, construction draws and finance transformation. Building scalable systems for a Canadian real estate developer and builder.
Responsibilities
- Report to the Controller and run the day-to-day accounting function across corporate and project entities
- Lead and develop the accounting team and set objectives aligned with the department strategy
- Maintain development plans and train team members on systems and standards
- Run month-end and year-end close; prepare judgment entries, financial statements, reporting packages and accounting for joint arrangements and related-entity investments
- Review intercompany billings and settlements and own monthly balance-sheet reconciliations
- Review weekly bank reconciliations and monthly debt reconciliations; maintain current debt schedules
- Oversee corporate accounting, including entries, reconciliations, HST returns and supporting schedules
- Oversee project accounting, including job costs, budgets, commitments, change orders, actual costs and cost to complete
- Prepare capitalized interest and cost entries and ensure statutory holdbacks are properly accounted for
- Review occupancy and final closings and prepare revenue and cost-of-sales recognition
- Own accounts payable, approve payment runs and ensure timely monthly AP close
- Own monthly construction draws for active projects, review draw packages, manage cost-monitor escalations and ensure lender/partner funding delivery
- Review receivables, cash receipts, purchaser deposits, occupancy fee billing, closing adjustments, HST rebates, partner billings and rental receivables; manage collections escalations
- Lead audit fieldwork, prepare judgment areas, assemble working papers and act as day-to-day external-auditor contact
- Resolve control deficiencies and maintain internal financial-reporting control documentation
- Own the compliance calendar, review HST returns and rebate claims, and ensure corporate returns are filed on time
- Prepare tax-planning schedules, regulatory and lender filings, and covenant calculations
- Review and approve payroll, source-deduction remittances and year-end filings
- Drive lean accounting, process standardization and continuous improvement across close, draws, AP, reconciliations and reporting
- Adopt AI for invoice intake, reconciliations, working papers and recurring reporting, measuring results
- Support finance ERP implementation, including chart of accounts, process design, migration validation, user acceptance testing and cutover
- Apply Power Query and Power BI to manually prepared reporting
- Document procedures, close checklists and reconciliation templates
- Prepare monthly inputs for budget, rolling forecast and cash-flow models, plus variance commentary
Requirements
- Completed CPA designation; in-progress candidates are not considered
- 7+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 2+ years leading and developing a team
- Experience leading accountants while personally preparing statements, reporting packages and covenant calculations
- Experience building and scaling a finance and accounting function
- Full-cycle close and complete financial statement experience, with accountability for issuance
- Real estate development or construction accounting preferred, including multi-entity structures, job cost accounting, development cost capitalization, holdbacks, construction draws, construction loan accounting and Construction Act prompt-payment compliance
- Public accounting training preferred, particularly audit or assurance at a Big Four or national firm
- Multi-entity and intercompany accounting experience; consolidation, joint venture or partnership accounting is an asset
- Working knowledge of corporate tax and HST for a development business
- Payroll ownership, including source deductions, remittances and year-end filings
- Accounts payable and monthly construction draw management, including holdbacks, statutory declarations and lien compliance
- Advanced Excel and financial modelling, including Power Query
- Lean accounting experience eliminating waste, reducing variability and standardizing processes; ability to demonstrate before-and-after cycle times
- Proven experience applying AI to daily workflows and quantifying savings
- Experience with Sage 300 CRE, Sage Intacct, Yardi, TimberScan or comparable construction/real estate ERP preferred
- ERP implementation experience is a significant asset
- Judgment to maintain technical accounting positions under pressure and explain them to non-financial audiences
Benefits
- Employee Home Ownership Program, with eligible team members able to live in company-built communities at a discount off the purchase price
- Learning and development reimbursement, including CPA dues and professional development
- Substantial paid vacation, wellness and sick days
- Comprehensive benefits for employees and dependents, including dental, prescriptions, vision, paramedical practitioners, life insurance and more
- Health, lifestyle and wellness spending account for fitness, gym memberships, family and pet needs, and additional health benefits
- Dedicated online mental health partner with access to an online therapy provider 24/7
- 15% target bonus
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