Responsibilities

- Lead and develop the accounting team across corporate entities, projects, accounts payable, and payroll
- Run month-end and year-end close for all corporate and project entities
- Prepare and review journal entries, reconciliations, financial statements, reporting packages, and covenant calculations
- Account for joint arrangements, investments in related entities, intercompany billings, and settlements
- Own balance sheet reconciliations, weekly bank reconciliations, debt reconciliations, and debt schedules
- Oversee corporate accounting, project job costs, capitalization, statutory holdbacks, occupancy, final closings, revenue, and cost of sales recognition
- Own accounts payable and monthly construction draw cycles, including lender and partner funding coordination
- Review receivables, purchaser deposits, occupancy fee billing, closing adjustments, HST rebates, partner billings, and rental receivables
- Lead external audit fieldwork and resolve control deficiencies
- Own tax, HST, payroll, regulatory, lender, and covenant compliance filings
- Prepare budget, forecast, cash flow, and variance-analysis inputs for the Controller
- Drive lean accounting, AI workflow automation, ERP implementation, Power Query, Power BI, and process documentation
- Report to the Controller and work directly with principals on finance-function and ERP development

Requirements

- Completed CPA designation; in-progress candidates are not considered
- Seven or more years of progressive accounting experience, including at least two years leading and developing a team




- Experience leading a team of accountants while personally preparing statements, reporting packages, and covenant calculations
- Experience building and scaling a finance and accounting function
- Full-cycle close and complete financial statement ownership from end to end
- Real estate development or construction accounting experience, including multi-entity structures, job cost accounting, capitalization of development costs, holdbacks, construction draws, construction loan accounting, and Construction Act prompt-payment compliance
- Public accounting training preferred, ideally audit or assurance at a Big Four or national firm
- Multi-entity and intercompany accounting experience; consolidation, joint venture, or partnership accounting is an asset
- Working knowledge of corporate tax and HST for a development business
- Payroll ownership, including source deductions, remittances, and year-end filings
- Accounts payable and monthly construction draw management, including holdbacks, statutory declarations, and lien compliance
- Advanced Excel and financial modelling, including Power Query
- Lean thinking applied to accounting, with demonstrated process improvement and cycle-time measurement




- Proven experience applying AI to daily accounting workflows
- Experience with Sage 300 CRE, Sage Intacct, Yardi, TimberScan, or comparable construction or real estate ERP preferred
- ERP implementation experience is a significant asset
- Judgment to hold technical accounting positions under pressure and explain them plainly to non-financial audiences

Demonstrates expertise in leading accounting teams, managing full-cycle financial processes, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. Proficient in advanced financial modeling, ERP implementation, and applying AI to enhance accounting workflows.

Highest-signal resume keywords

- CPA Designation
- Full-Cycle Close Management
- Real Estate Development Accounting
- Advanced Excel and Financial Modelling
- ERP Implementation Experience

Hard Skills

- Financial Statement Preparation
- Journal Entry Review
- Balance Sheet Reconciliation
- Cash Flow Forecasting
- Covenant Calculation
- Job Cost Accounting
- Tax Compliance
- Payroll Management
- Lean Accounting
- Process Improvement

Soft Skills

- Team Leadership
- Judgment Under Pressure
- Communication with Non-Financial Audiences

Certifications & Qualifications

- CPA Designation

Industry Keywords

- Construction Accounting
- Multi-Entity Structures
- Intercompany Accounting
- Joint Venture Accounting
- Construction Act Compliance

Tools & Technologies

- Sage 300 CRE
- Sage Intacct
- Yardi
- TimberScan
- Power Query
- Power BI

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📌 Accounting Manager (Burlington)
🏢 Jobtailor
📍 Burlington