Senior Project Accountant

The company is seeking a Senior Project Accountant to join the Accounting team and support the financial management of its high-rise residential development portfolio across the Greater Toronto Area. This role plays an important part in the financial oversight of multiple active projects, ensuring accurate reporting, funding coordination, and financial transparency throughout the development lifecycle.

The Senior Project Accountant will work closely with project managers, cost consultants, lenders, and internal leadership to manage the monthly accounting and reporting cycle for residential condominium and purpose-built rental developments. This position requires a highly organized and detail-oriented professional who can operate in a fast-paced environment, manage competing priorities, and maintain a high degree of accuracy across project financial reporting.

This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated accounting professional to gain exposure to large-scale real estate development projects while working within a lean, high-performing organization.

Key Responsibilities
Project Accounting & Financial Reporting

Develop and maintain accurate financial reports for internal and external stakeholders across company’s development projects.

Prepare and review monthly Job Cost reports, monitor project budgets and actual costs, and identify and recommend budget transfers where appropriate.

Perform monthly bank reconciliations and HST reconciliations, and ensure all filings are completed in accordance with CRA requirements.

Construction Funding & Financial Coordination

Liaise with cost consultants and lenders to ensure monthly project monitor reports are completed accurately and funding is issued on schedule.

Monitor working capital balances and analyze project cost requirements.

Prepare funding schedules and capital call documentation for project partners.

Invoice & Payment Administration

Review invoices entered by Accounts Payable staff to ensure accuracy and completeness of supporting documentation.

Review monthly construction progress billing packages to ensure they are prepared accurately and include all required statutory documentation.

Financial Analysis & Internal Support

Provide financial analysis and information to internal project teams on an ad-hoc basis.

Support project managers and leadership with financial reporting requests and cost tracking.

Participate in ad hoc initiatives focused on process optimization, internal control enhancements, and automation improvements to drive efficiency and accuracy

Year-End Reporting & Project Close-Out

Prepare year-end financial and tax schedules, and provide required information to external accountants for the preparation of financial statements and tax filings.

At project completion, prepare final closing trackers and review Statements of Adjustments (SOAs) prepared by lawyers, to confirm accuracy.

Reconcile closing proceeds to company records, and provide accurate, timely and detailed closing updates to the executive team.

Perform other accounting and financial reporting duties as required.

Key Qualifications

CPA designation required.

Strong experience in project accounting, development accounting, or real estate finance, ideally within real estate development, construction, or infrastructure projects.

Strong understanding of job cost reporting, project budgets, construction funding, and financial reporting processes.

Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, with strong financial analysis and reporting capabilities.

Exceptional attention to detail and the ability to maintain accuracy across large volumes of financial data.

Strong organizational and planning skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines simultaneously.

Ability to operate independently in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Strong communication skills with the ability to present financial information clearly to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.

High level of integrity, professionalism, and accountability.

The salary range for this role is $90K-$100K. All applications are reviewed by real people — we do not use AI or automated screening tools in our recruitment process.