Accountant, Construction

Job title: Accountant, Construction

Job description: Description :

Dream is looking for a Construction Accountant

We are always looking for the best and brightest to join our thriving community. Dream’s Property Accounting team is currently looking for a Construction Accountant to support both our Development team in Dream Industrial as well as the capital reporting team for Dream Office.

What will you do?

Below are some of the primary responsibilities you will be taking on in this role:

Construction & Accounting:

• Responsible for the setup of job cost, tracking and analysis ensuring costs are accurately reflected
• Analyse project costs versus budgets and document variance for discussions with project owners and management
• Monitor the status of active projects and ensuring completed projects are closed in a timely manner with appropriate supporting documentation
• Work closely with the development team to ensure accounting for pre-acquisition costs, development and predevelopment projects are accurate for progress reports and financial reporting
• Prepare quarterly construction draw packages for lenders as required and assist in compliance reporting to lenders, government and partners
• Ensure that holdbacks are recorded accurately and released correctly in accordance with our procurement process
• Ensure monthly accruals are recorded
• Entering of PO’s, ensuring GL coding is consistent with the project budget and timely daily/weekly accounts payable processing for projects
• Support team members with ad hoc analysis and special projects as required

General:

• Respond to queries from other departments and provide support and analysis are required
• Co-ordinate and provide audit related queries at year-end
• Review current policies and procedures to ensure current methods conform
• Participate in documenting current methods into policies and procedure where necessary

What type of experience do you have?

These are some of the things we would like you to bring to the table:

• Strong people skills. A team player with a proven ability to build relationships at all levels of an organization.
• Strong communication skills. Demonstrated in written and verbal reports, presentations, and meeting facilitation.
• Responsiveness. Ability to anticipate needs and commit to respond in agreed time frames.
• Innovator. Proven ability to identify, evaluate and develop new ideas and support with results.
• Deliver on commitments. Ability to set clear objectives and deliverable goals.

What knowledge would be key for this role?

• A minimum of 2+ years’ experience in construction and property accounting.
• Enrolled in intermediate level of professional accounting designation program
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially in Microsoft Excel
• Experience with JDE Edwards an asset

Who are we?

Dream is a leading developer of exceptional office and residential assets in Toronto, owns stabilized income generating assets in both Canada and the U.S., and has an established and successful asset management business, inclusive of $24 billion of assets under management across three Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”) listed trusts and numerous partnerships. We also develop land and residential assets in Western Canada.

We want to bring on someone who is eager to learn, work hard, and have fun. In other words, we want you to fit in here. This is an opportunity for you to take on responsibilities, build on your already strong skill set and help your team achieve its goals, all in a work environment that is fast-paced, dynamic and fun.

Our attitude and approach set us apart from our competitors. We are guided by our entrepreneurial spirit: we seize unconventional opportunities and try new things, approaching every project with passion and purpose.

We look forward to hearing from you, but please note; due to the high volume of applications, only candidates who qualify will be contacted.

Dream Unlimited is committed to workplace diversity and provides accommodations to applicants with disabilities throughout our hiring process

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