Senior Project Accountant
North York, ON – Onsite
$75,000 – $90,000 Plus Great Benefits
The company is a full integrated real estate company. They are currently accepting applications for the role of Senior Project Accountant to deal with the tremendous growth they are experiencing. They have a number of interesting new projects coming up this summer that will last for 5-6 years. This role will eventually take supervisory responsibilities over an AP Specialist. The business has a very relaxed, calm atmosphere where individuals are respected by trusting and kind owners.
The role of the Senior Project Accountant or Project Accountant will be managing the costs and budget for several projects. The accountant will report to a Controller and will be responsible for ensuring best practices are implemented and adhered to. This includes reviewing and analyzing job profitability, reviewing payables and receivables for accuracy, ensuring timely payments and collections, analyzing budget variances, and working closely with the AP Specialist.
Responsibilities
- Review payables for accuracy
- Assess any escalated payable matters and discuss resolutions with Project Management team
- Provide, maintain, and record any issues/concerns about payables
- Ensure timely and accurate billings by working with PM team to ensure all deadlines are met, and all billings are reflective of percentage of completion
- Work closely with clients to ensure demands are met, ensuring valid documentation and variance analysis
- Ensure variances are accounted for
- Ensure change orders are billed correctly and in full, in a timely manner
- Prepare monthly project summary of the cost and revenue details with analysis
- Schedule and run monthly meetings with PM team to troubleshoot any issues and ensure targets are being met
- Analyze monthly payroll and post journals
- Prepare monthly bank reconciliations and report to the Controller on cash health
- Review, prepare and Netfile monthly HST
- Assist with ad hoc projects as required, including year-end working paper preparation, and assist with annual external review by responding to auditor inquiries
- Assist with monthly forecast preparation
Requirements
- Diploma or university degree
- 2-3 years of project accounting experience minimum
- Strong organizational skills with an ability to prioritize tasks with a keen attention to detail
- Strong communication skills – written and oral
- Priority will be given to individuals coming from construction or development but it is not required
- Proficient in data entry and document management
If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity, please apply now by sending your resume to elan@winchesters.ca. Unfortunately, due to the high volume of applicants, only those individuals chosen for interview will be contacted.