Staff Accountant, Corporate Accounting

Location

Key Tower - 127 Public Square

At Brookfield Properties, our people are the foundation of our success.

The Brookfield Corporate team brings together subject matter experts who lead with confidence, adaptability, and resourcefulness. The corporate group works across all sectors of Brookfield’s real estate business – including housing, logistics, hospitality, office, and retail – collaborating with our best-in-class asset managers.

Efficiency is at the core of what we do. We seek to simplify, standardize, automate, and optimize—creating smarter solutions and maximizing value across every facet of Brookfield’s business. When you join the Brookfield Corporate team, you become part of a high-performing, collaborative environment where innovation and impact thrive.

We are seeking a Staff Accountant to join the Brookfield Properties Corporate Division in Cleveland. In this role, you will play a key part in inspiring change and continual improvement. If you are committed to excellence and ready to contribute to a dynamic culture, we would love to meet you.

The Staff Accountant focuses on the generation, preparation, and communication of information that is complete and accurate to support effective decision making, management, internal controls, and financial reporting. Staff Accountants are responsible for completing a wide range of corporate accounting, real estate accounting, and reporting activities within the Corporate Accounting & Reporting department, under the guidance and supervision of the Accounting Director and/or Manager.

Staff Accountants may be responsible for corporate/service/management entities depending on the level of accounting complexity involved.

• Preparing and analyzing journal entries on both GAAP, IFRS, and tax basis including but not limited to: standard entries, applicable reclassifications / adjustments, review of all income and expenses, accruals, overhead allocations, consolidations and eliminations, and intercompany transactions. Collaborating with business unit and property level colleagues to obtain necessary data and documentation to prepare and support journal entries.

• Preparation of financial statements and analyses for reporting requirements and corporate communications needs including but not limited to:
  Reporting templates, Investor reports, lender presentations, budgets, projections, schedules, reconciliations, footnotes, board books, earnings calls, and analysts requests and performing variance analysis, as required.

• Preparing and distributing periodic reports for various legal entities (properties, management services companies, partnerships), lending institutions (banks, institutional investors), and external auditors. Required periodic reports include but are not limited to:
  Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, Cash Flows statements, and debt reporting.

• Preparing reconciliations of general ledger accounts, as required. Ensuring completion of periodic accounting close checklists for respective entities.

• Supporting preparation of SOX 404 package including but not limited to: expense and income review, journal entries / supporting documentation, accounts payable and accounts receivable support, and fixed asset analysis. Performing tests of internal controls under SOX 404.

• 1-2 years of Public Accounting or Real Estate Accounting experience preferred

• Certified Public Account (CPA) Licensing or Candidate Preferred

• Advanced GAAP Principles and Processes

• Proficient Variance Analysis skills

• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Primarily Excel)

• Working knowledge of Journal Entry Creation and Analysis

• Working knowledge of Monthly, Quarterly and Year End Accounting Close Duties

At Brookfield Properties, your career progression is important to us. As a successful employee, you will have the opportunity to grow within your team, department, and across the Brookfield organization. Our leadership teams are dedicated to the accomplishments of their employees. We also invest time into training and developing our people. We take pride in knowing that 70% of our employees have more than 5…