Accounting Manager

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The Accounting Manager supports the financial oversight, accounting, reporting, and cash management of a portfolio of real estate land development projects. Reporting to the Project Controller and working closely with the Finance & Project Management teams, this role provides review and guidance to the accounting team while supporting strong financial reporting and internal controls. The Accounting Manager applies strong analytical and business judgment to complex matters, connects information across projects and transactions, identifies interdependencies and downstream impacts, and contributes to process and systems improvements.

The ideal candidate is a proactive and intellectually curious problem solver with strong technical capabilities, sound judgment, and excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• Accountable for the day-to-day management of accounting and reporting for assigned real estate development projects, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with ASPE and internal policies;
• Ensure accurate and timely completion of:
  • externally prepared (PwC) year-end financial statements; review completed statements and support approval by the Project Controller;
  • Periodic investor financial reporting;
  • internally prepared investor stub period reporting;
• Review quarterly investor management reports to ensure timely and accurate reporting for all assigned projects;
• Work closely with the Project Managers to address project-specific matters as required;
• Conduct on-going corporation maintenance (e.g. new company set-up, dissolutions, amalgamations, etc.);
• Review loan, cash, and interest rate data supporting Sigma dashboard reporting, ensuring accuracy and consistency with underlying financing and banking information;
• Review project management fee calculations for accuracy and consistency with underlying agreements and project financial results;
• Review monthly bank reconciliations and investigate reconciling items and discrepancies;
• Review bookkeeping journal entries for accuracy, appropriate accounting treatment, and supporting documentation;

• Review loan draw packages and supporting documentation in accordance with credit facility requirements;
• Review monthly bank reporting packages, including financial and margin information;

• Review and approve invoices related to accounting expenditures and management company operations, ensuring appropriate coding, supporting documentation, and alignment with underlying services and agreements;
• Oversee monthly cash management activities, including cheque runs, EFT payments;
• Monitor treasury activities, including review of investor funding requests and distributions;
• Oversee government reporting and tax compliance (HST, T5018, etc.);
• Prepare head office tax projections, including identification and analysis of items impacting taxable income and applicable tax adjustments;
• Prepare HST self-assessments for land acquisitions and land exchanges, including analysis of applicable tax treatment and supporting calculations;
• Oversee A/R collections and aging analysis; provide guidance to team on…