Position Summary

The Project Accountant provides analysis and reporting of Yorks properties, leading to the improvement of internal cost controls and efficiency, and driving fact-based decision-making. This individual provides financial analysis to a collaborative team focused on constant improvement to provide best in class service to our tenants and internal clients.

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Jr Controller to maintain a strong level of detail over day-to-day project accounting, development accounting and some corporate accounting requirements.

• Assist the Jr Controller in maintaining budget to actual reporting and tracking.

• High involvement of project budgets, quarterly forecasting and quarterly reporting and support in preparation of project plans with various stakeholders.

• Maintenance of project tracking purchase and change orders.

• Project related accounting tracking of development project, new builds, tenant improvements, and landlords work in new and existing buildings.

• Prepare monthly project accruals as required

• Prepare and distribute monthly and quarterly stakeholder reporting.

• Prepare and collaborate with the Construction Manager on monthly Work in Progress (WIP) reporting.

• Drafting project related financing requests to Quality Surveyors (QS) to facilitate draws from construction lenders

• Assist with process improvements and implementation.

• Direct property administrators in project related chargebacks to tenants as required.

• Other ad hoc tasks as assigned by the Senior Accountant, VP Accounting, and COO

What you bring to York

• Education with a diploma or degree majoring in accounting

• Minimum 5 years project accounting preferred

• Minimum 2 years experience in construction or commercial real estate preferred

• Ability to forge, grow and maintain positive relationships with multiple groups

• Ability to remain objective and maintain a factual perspective when dealing with questions and inquiries

• Sense of urgency and able to manage multiple priorities simultaneously and meet the time demands of unpredictable activities, capable of handling pressure and challenges in a dynamic business environment

• Strong analytical, critical thinking, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills, and a high degree of accuracy with attention to detail

• Highly developed interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills