Controller

Our client is a leader in the Real Estate Development space. The Controller will ensure that day-to-day financial activities are completed accurately and efficiently while making continuous improvements to streamline processes and accounting controls. The person will collaborate with other departments and the operations team.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with executive team and operations across the organization
• Plan, direct, and coordinate operational accounting functions, surfacing recommendations for continuous improvements and implementation of new processes
• Partner with CFO to develop, maintain and improve all necessary accounting policies, standard work processes, systems and controls, including general ledger and financial reporting
• Coordinate, prepare and review monthly, quarterly, and annual reports
• Manage financial resources, reporting requirements, budgeting targets
• Ensure the accurate completion of monthly and year-end reporting
• Partner with CFO to develop and monitor business performance metrics
• Partner with CFO and HR to hire, train, and retain finance/accounting team members as well as develop career path plans for team members
• Manage all aspects of accounting operations, oversee all transactions related to general ledger, AP/AR, financial reporting, project accounting
• Oversee regulatory reporting and compliance
• Ensure that records are maintained in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
• Ensure accounting systems deliver on draw payments
• Other duties as required.

Requirements:

• Ideally experience in a finance function within real estate development and/or private equity real estate
• Bachelor degree in finance/accounting/business administration or closely related
• CA designation is a must
• Experience building and/or managing a high performing finance team, with proven examples of developing/promoting team members
• Proven experience building out accounting controls/processes
• Progressive mindset with respect to using technology to manage finance; experience preferably with Sage, Procore, Timberscan, Argus Developer, Salesforce
• Solid technical accounting skills, advanced Excel

What we love:

• Focused on Customers: understands we exist to deliver value to both our internal and external customers and look for ways to exceed expectations
• Integrity and Respect: do what you say you will; your word is your bond. Shows a humble respect for all.
• Willingness to question entrenched mindset; to debate to find the best solution and be comfortable maneuvering outside your range of experience.
• Confident communicator.
• Earns and Builds trust with all stakeholders, customers and team members
• Focused on Delivering Results
• Strategic mindset, can recognize opportunities and investigate accordingly.
• Highly motivated, independent, driven, goal-oriented but not at the expense of collaboration and creating a team that enjoys working together to achieve results.
• Resilient and tenacious, can take the highs and the lows, bounce back and move on.
• Insists on Excellence – A leader who is uncomfortable with status quo

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• Job ID / No. du Poste: 21723
• Open Positions / Postes Ouverts: 1