Job Description

About the Company
Our client is a private property development company. They are looking for a Controller to join their team!Why Work Here

• Lots of opportunities to grow within the company
• Great area and space to work in
• Collaborative and dynamic team environment

About the Opportunity
Accounting (Corporate / Project)

• Support, monitor and review the preparation of journal entries and accounting reports.
• Perform reconciliations of general ledger accounts.
• Process complex journal entries.
• Investigate and explain variance in financial statements.
• Prepare and review year-end working papers, financial statements, consolidated financial statements and other financial reports in accordance with GAAP, IFRS and ASPE.
• Develop audit plan and co-ordinate all year-end requirements with joint venture partners.
• Identify and resolve issues with internal and external auditors.
• Review Project cashflow analysis.
• Finalize financial statements including presentation and notes.
• Be a primary point of contact for other teams within Finance (AP, AR, Treasury etc.)
• Work with auditors on data submission and transactions inquiries.
• Supervise, train, and provide guidance to accounting team.

Financial reporting

• Prepare and review annual operating budgets for holding companies.
• Review monthly financial statements, operating and construction reports.
• Review construction loan draws prepared by accounting staff and liaised with cost consultants where required.
• Ensure accuracy of ongoing analysis of project budgets, job cost reports, and pro formas,
• Conduct cash distribution/contribution reconciliation and analysis for joint venture projects.
• Perform financial analysis for existing investments and calculate IRR and NPV analysis for the projects.
• Review of cash call, cash distribution, asset management fees calculation, incentive fees calculation and semi-annual project reporting.

Taxation

• Review HST returns
• Review annual federal and provincial corporate tax returns from auditors for active companies.
• File federal and provincial corporate tax returns for bare Trustee companies.
• Conduct analysis upon receipt of notice of re-assessment from the government.
• Liaise with tax and finance auditors.
• Ensure compliance of all other reporting requirement (WSIB, EHT, T5, NR4 etc)

Other

• Prepare corporate reporting packages for board meeting and ad-hoc reports as required by management.
• Liaise with property managers, lawyers, government agencies and joint venture partners personnel.
• Experience in the Yardi administrative role.
• Ad-hoc analysis, as directed by management in making key business decisions.
• Implement automation and process improvements to reduce redundancy.

About You

• CPA preferred.
• 7+ years of accounting experience, within a real estate company experience.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and other spreadsheet applications required; experience with real estate accounting software a plus (JDE, NEWSTAR, YARDI).
• System conversion experience a plus.

Salary Range
$130,000 - $150,000/yearHow to Apply
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When referencing this job, quote #435183.You must currently reside within the Greater Toronto Area and be permitted to work in Canada to be considered for this opportunity. A recruiter will be in touch with you if your profile meets our clients requirements for this role.

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