Senior Manager - Project Accounting
Vaco
Senior Manager - Project Accounting POST NUMBER: 427283
Our client is a private property development company. They are looking for a Senior Manager - Project Accounting to join a dynamic team environment.
Why Work Here
- Lots of opportunities to grow within the company
- Great area and space to work in
About the Opportunity
- Manage and oversee the full accounting cycle for multiple development projects.
- Perform timely month-end close and ensure recording all pertinent transactions including setting up of monthly accruals and properly document journal entries
- Perform regular bank, trust deposit and loan reconciliations
- Review and preparation of receivables and ensure timely collections
- Monthly reconciliation of intercompany accounts
- Monthly review of projects’ trial balances and maintenance of key schedules for letters of credit, loan amortizations, other and accrued liabilities, and equity roll; and ensures that all control accounts are reconciled to the subsidiary ledgers
- Manage cost ledgers for any misclassification of costs and record required cost accruals (invoices, interest, cost to complete, etc.)
- Record acquisition entries and analyze joint venture and management agreements
- Monitor the purchase order and contracts with change orders are in line with the commitments and budgets and processes are maintained.
- Prepare monthly draw requests (equity cash calls, deposits, and/or construction loan), coordinate, and respond to project monitor inquiries
- Maintain ongoing analysis of project budgets on a pro forma basis
- Cost variance analysis and accruals
- Track and analyze joint venture fees
- Recording of loan proceeds and ensure completeness of back-up information
- Manage home closing process and bank loan pay-out
- Review of purchasers’ files, prepare the interim and final closing worksheets, coordinate and approval of Statement of Adjustments, and post sales
- Record unit closing entries and loan payments
- Calculate cost of sales allocation on closed units, and cost-to-complete accruals
- Prepare cashflow forecast including waterfall distribution (return of capital and cash distribution)
- Reconcile property taxes by unit and calculate purchasers’ tax refund, if any.
- Facilitate mortgage and construction financing and maintain schedules.
- Manage projects’ reporting
- Prepare financial reports for submission to internal and external partners
- Assist in compliance reporting to lenders and government
- Monthly filing of projects’ HST return
- Prepare year-end working papers, review adjustments, and manage audit requirements
- Administration and process improvements
- Set up project budgets, change orders and estimates in the accounting system, as well as implement control and maintenance activities including the PUD accounts.
- Coordinate with the operations and other teams to process monthly property financials (i.e. invoice coding, purchase orders, project details and variance analysis) as needed.
- Identify and implement process re-engineering opportunities
- Ensure compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Standards (IFRS and ASPE), internal audit and client accounting services and internal review standards.
About You
- 5 years in project, development, and construction accounting as a manager.
- Experienced with construction draws and project closures.
- Worked with small to mid-sized developers.
- Proficient in real estate software (ex. JDE, Newstar, Yardi).
- Supervisory experience
- CPA is very nice to have
- Presentation experience
Salary Range
$130,000 - $140,000/year
How to Apply
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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 client’s requirements for this role.
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