Senior Financial Analyst – Real Estate

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Senior Financial Analyst – Vaudreuil-Dorion, QC – Indeed.com

Job Type

• Permanent, Full-time
• Monday- Friday

Location

• 11 Boulevard de la Cité-des-Jeunes, Vaudreuil-Dorion, QC

Job Summary

Reporting to the Director of Finance Real Estate, as Senior Financial Analyst – Real Estate you will play a key role in helping in the process improvement and monthly accounting activities. Comfortable in a growing environment you see opportunities in change. You are a strong accountant with significant experience with financial reporting, process improvement, reconciliations and consolidation. As a successful candidate you have a proven track record of identifying deficiencies, proposing and implementing improvements in a multicompany, multi-currency and multinational team environment. This is an influential role that requires a high level of professionalism, discretion, and organization skills.

Key Responsibilities

ACCOUNTING
Collaborate closely with the Finance Director regarding:

• General Accounting and balancing with balance sheet reconciliation
• Bank Reconciliation
• Accounts Receivables and Payables reconciliation partnering with AP/AR agent
• Internal control and establish internal procedures to fo9llow for the Real Estate team
• Collect data and reconcile the financial data necessary for the group’s real estate portfolio
• Consolidate companies financial result for internal review
• USD revaluation calculation
• Taxes process for each companies
• Keep financial system up to date
• Merge companies when needed
• Ensure the establishment, monitoring and compliance of regulatory reports with government authorities in each jurisdiction.
• Coordinate activities with external auditors

ACQUISITON/DISPOSITION MANAGEMENT
Management of new acquisitions and/or disposition of buildings:

• Obtain all legal information to register accurately each new acquisition and/or disposition
• Update the rent roll to include/remove the tenants income
• Create a new business in our accounting system if necessary

INFORMATION SYSTEM
Collaborate with Information System team for technology decision:

• Participate in the implementation of a building management system
• Ensure the application of governance rules regarding the protection and integrity of company data

FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

• Learning about company information systems
• Develop tools and processes for analyzing the profitability of each building owns
• Recommend any improvements related to company IT systems
• Develop dashboards and financial indicators for managers and make recommendations to improve the results

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND RISK MANAGMENT

• Coordinate the financial planning process and the budget for each building as well as the real estate department
• Collaborate to cash management
• Identify and manage business risks

Required Skills

• Good oral and written communication skills both in English and French
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong initiative and ability to manage multiple projects in a fast paced
• Resourceful
• Must be detail oriented with strong organizational and analytical skills
• Advanced knowledge of Excel
• Willingness and ability to evolve in a grow environment
• Knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics 365 (Great Plains)

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting
• Accounting title (CPA)
• Minimum 5 years experience in a similar position
• English (spoken and written)
• French (spoken and written)

Benefits

• Dental care
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• On-site parking
• Wellness program
• RRSP Plan