Senior Property Accountant
The Taggart Group of Companies•Ottawa, ON
•CA$79,000 - CA$90,000•Onsite
About The Position
The Senior Property Accountant plays a key role in managing the full-cycle accounting process for a portfolio of properties, with a primary focus on residential assets. This position is responsible for the monthly, quarterly, and year‑end financial reporting, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and meaningful analysis to support strategic decision‑making. This role also provides leadership and mentorship to junior team members and will partner closely with Operations and Asset Management, to contribute to the overall financial performance and operational success of TRM’s property portfolio.
Requirements
- Post-secondary degree in accounting
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in financial accounting
- Proficient in Microsoft Office suite- Intermediate level MS Excel skills are required for this role.
- Demonstrated expertise with Yardi accounting system
- Demonstrated initiative, detail oriented with a strong work ethic
- Excellent communication and organizational skills
- Ability to multi-task while meeting time sensitive deadlines
Nice To Haves
- CPA designation is an asset
Responsibilities
- Prepare monthly accounting package that supports the financial statements including balance sheet schedules and reconciliations and income statement analysis ensuring the completeness and accuracy of the general ledger
- Preparation of bank reconciliations, HST remittances, intercompany reconciliations, accruals and amortization schedules to help with the month end close
- Preparing a monthly analysis of the revenue including rent rolls and operating and capital expenses
- Ensuring the proper classification of revenue and expenses in the monthly financial statements
- Recording journal entries, charges, receipts and payables to support the financial deliverables
- Ensure accurate and timely month end close and all reporting deadlines are met
- Issuing the monthly financial statements to stakeholders
- Assist in the preparation of annual budgets and forecasts
- Assist in the preparation of the year end files that support the annual financial statements
- Acting as the first contact within the portfolio to support stakeholder questions
- Coordinate, along with the Accounts Receivable Clerk, to process billing and collection transactions and reporting activities according to specific deadlines and policies
- Coordinate, along with the Accounts Payable Clerk, to process cheques, invoices and cheque requisitions in accordance with specific deadlines and policies
- Act as a team lead to the other Property Accountants, AR and AP clerks to train, coach and otherwise assist them with the preparation of the finance team deliverables
- Assist management with driving process improvements and system optimization, ensuring Yardi best practices are functioning across the finance team
- Support TRM operations requests by providing financial information to the Operations, Leasing and Asset Management teams upon request
- Support the finance team in handling of external service providers such as insurers, lenders, auditors and other key stakeholders in the year end process
- Perform related clerical duties, such as word processing, maintaining filing and record systems, and photocopying/scanning
- Manage multiple projects concurrently
- Perform other duties as required.
Benefits
- The salary range shown reflects expected total annual compensation, including base pay, bonuses, and/or commissions.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
