Controller

Minted Search Group; Toronto; On-site; CAD 145,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Group insurance after three months

Annual CPA dues paid

Professional development costs

Job summary

Minted Search Group in Toronto is seeking a hands-on Senior Accountant to lead multi-entity financial reporting and the accounting team. You will prepare financial statements, year-end files, and budgets under the CFO's guidance.

The role requires strong Excel skills, experience supervising staff, and the ability to manage multiple entities and tight deadlines. A clear path to broader financial leadership within a family-owned real estate group is offered.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience preparing financial statements and year-end working papers for multiple entities.
• Advanced Excel with complex formulas and large data analysis.
• Experience supervising accounting staff.
• Ability to manage detailed work across multiple entities and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Prepare financial statements and full working-paper files for the portfolio's companies, joint ventures and partnerships.
• Prepare year-end files for the external CPA firm; respond to questions. Mainly compilations, some reviews, no audits.
• Prepare annual property budgets and set tenant charges in Yardi Voyager.
• Direct and support the accounting staff; review work and coordinate deadlines.
• Improve accounting procedures, controls and recurring reporting with the CFO.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Hands-on financial statements

Staff supervision

Multi-entity accounting

Tools

Yardi Voyager

Job description

Our client is a family-owned real estate group in Toronto with a substantial portfolio of commercial, industrial and residential properties, most of which they developed themselves. The accounting function supports a multi-entity structure of companies, joint ventures and partnerships.

Why this role is different

They are looking for someone who wants to build a long career here and take on broader financial leadership over time. You will work closely with the CFO from day one, and the responsibilities are designed to expand as you earn them.

The role is both hands-on and team management. You prepare the financial statements yourself, and you lead the accounting team doing the day-to-day.

What you will own

• Prepare financial statements and full working-paper files for the companies, joint ventures and partnerships in the portfolio
• Prepare year-end files for the external CPA firm and respond to their questions. Compilations mostly, a few reviews, no audits
• Prepare annual property budgets and set tenant charges in Yardi Voyager
• Direct and support the accounting staff, review their work and coordinate deadlines
• Improve accounting procedures, controls and recurring reporting alongside the CFO

What we are looking for

• Strong, recent, hands-on experience personally preparing financial statements and complete year-end working-paper files. You need to be comfortable doing this work yourself, not only reviewing it
• Advanced Excel, including complex formulas, lookups and analysis of large data sets
• Experience supervising or mentoring accounting staff
• Ability to manage detailed work across multiple entities and hit recurring deadlines
• Interest in a long-term role with growing responsibility

Compensation and benefits

• Base salary of $145,000 to $175,000, depending on relevant experience
• Discretionary year-end bonus
• Group insurance after three months
• Annual professional development costs and CPA dues paid