Manager, Corporate Accounting

Dream is looking for a Manager, Corporate Accounting!

We are always looking for the best and brightest to join our thriving community. Dream’s Corporate Accounting team is currently looking for a Manager, Corporate Accounting to join their team.

Who Are You?

The successful candidate is a highly analytical, self-motivated and collaborative team member. You are not afraid to think outside the box to find the best approach to achieve results.

You constantly prove to take initiative, own a broad set of responsibilities, and be a business partner to various stakeholders. You are a quick learner and consider the bigger picture in managing various deliverables and initiatives, and you thrive in a complex and fast-paced environment. You are able to work independently on multiple projects with tight deadlines and pivot to new priorities.

What will you do in this role?

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

• Manage and contribute to quarterly financial reporting deliverables, including consolidated financial statements and MD&A, ensuring accuracy and integrity of external disclosures;
• Contribute to the monthly and quarterly financial close process for internal and external reporting;
• Research complex accounting issues, corporate transactions, and draft technical accounting policies and documentation;
• Review or prepare financial analyses for monthly and quarterly management reporting, including analysis of key financial performance metrics;
• Manage and contribute to the corporate accounting process, including review of journal entries, account reconciliations, intercompany allocations and reconciliations, G&A analysis, debt and interest analysis, and balance sheet analysis;
• Support the corporate G&A budgeting and forecasting process;
• Assist with quarterly and annual compliance reporting, including statutory legal entity financial statements;
• Maintain strong internal controls, including updating and maintaining the documentation of controls, and optimize financial systems and reporting;
• Identify report automation and process improvement opportunities and manage/support corporate accounting and cross-functional projects;
• Support the Tax department on compliance reporting information requests and financial inquiries;
• Liaise with external auditors to support the quarterly review and annual audit processes;
• Coach and mentor junior resources within the team.

What experience and skills are required?

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

• CPA, CA with minimum 3+ years post-qualification experience, preferably with experience in public company reporting;
• Experience in leading/ managing a small team of finance professionals;
• Strong technical knowledge of IFRS, preferably in a real estate environment;
• Experience with consolidations, complex accounting issues, acquisitions and dispositions, and joint arrangement structures;
• Experience with financial accounting systems – JD Edwards experience considered a strong asset but not a requirement;
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including the use of complex formulas;
• Strong financial acumen with the ability to interpret numbers into a business context;
• Strong analytical skills; experience working on complex transactions, including M&A and joint arrangement structures;
• A strong communicator who can digest complex information and simplify concepts when presenting to a variety of audiences;
• Ability to juggle multiple projects while maintaining strong attention to detail;
• Ability to work independently and interact collaboratively with various functions; and
• Self-motivated, accountable, energetic and hands-on professional with strong organization skills.