Staff Accountant

Brookfield Properties•New York, NY

7d•Onsite

About The Position

We Are Brookfield Properties: At Brookfield Properties, our people are the foundation of our success. The Brookfield Properties Corporate team brings together subject matter experts who lead with confidence, adaptability, and resourcefulness. The corporate group works across all sectors of Brookfield’s real estate business – including housing, logistics, hospitality, office, and retail – collaborating with our best-in-class asset managers. Efficiency is at the core of what we do. We seek to simplify, standardize, automate, and optimize—creating smarter solutions and maximizing value across every facet of Brookfield’s business. When you join the Brookfield Properties Corporate team, you become part of a high-performing, collaborative environment where innovation and impact thrive. We are seeking a Staff Accountant to join Brookfield Properties in New York. The Staff Accountant will be a member of the Corporate Accounting team, focusing on maintaining the books and records for our U.S. Core Office corporate legal entities. In this role, you will play a key role in inspiring change and continual improvement. If you are committed to excellence and ready to contribute to a dynamic culture, we would love to meet you.

Requirements

Minimum Bachelor’s degree
1–2 years of experience desired.
Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, and confident working with large amounts of data.
Strong interpersonal skills, and ability to build relationships and work with professionals around the organization.
Flexible, able to work with changing priorities, meets deadlines, prioritize, and work well independently.
Ability to handle a large volume of work with tight deadlines, and ad-hoc requests as required.
Team player with positive attitude and pro-active approach to work.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to describe complex accounting concepts in a clear and concise manner.
Strategic thinker with ability to think outside the box, to improve upon existing processes or the implementation of new processes.

Nice To Haves

Pursuing CPA desired.
Experience with IFRS desired, but not required.
Experience with Yardi and OneStream desired.

Responsibilities

Maintain closing balance support and roll-forward reconciliations for relevant balances within corporate entities.
Prepare entries based on steps memos as it relates to the corporate entities, coordinating with treasury, tax, legal and other impacted finance teams on any required changes.
Coordinate monthly intercompany confirmations with the U.S. Core Office regional contacts and prepare monthly reconciliations.
Work with treasury on corporate cash management, engaging tax and legal to ensure appropriate treatment and timely documentation of cash movements and transactions.
Prepare information for BPY custody audits, ensuring relevant cash account and investment information are provided and reconciled in a timely manner.
Assist in the preparation of analysis for the submission of the quarterly results for the purposes of BPY listed reporting.
Assist with the preparation of legal entity financial statements for tax and compliance quarterly and ad hoc requirements, including lender statements and IFRS tax provision.
Provide tax with information required for the annual tax return process, including support for historical filings in the event of an audit.
Respond to requests from external auditors relating to the corporate ledgers.
Assist Senior Management on routine and special projects as needed.