Digital Real Estate Advisory Managing Director

PwC; Montreal; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in Montreal is seeking an experienced Real Estate Managing Director to lead their digital real estate practice. You will drive Yardi systems implementations and enhance operational efficiency for clients. The ideal candidate has strong technical skills in Yardi, experience in team leadership, and a background in property management. This role offers competitive compensation and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Competitive compensation package

Inclusive benefits

Flexibility programs

Qualifications

• Strong technical skills implementing and supporting Yardi software modules.
• Experience managing diverse teams and encouraging innovation.
• Proactive and takes ownership of tasks.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the growth of the digital real estate practice.
• Lead Yardi systems implementation team.
• Conduct operational gap evaluations.
• Define future state requirements.
• Oversee testing and implementation of new systems.
• Manage relationships with existing clients.

Skills

Implementing Yardi software

Managing multiple project workflows

Team leadership

Dynamic entrepreneurial style

Preparing complex materials

Education

Chartered Professional Accountant

Job description

Overview

A career in our Digital Real Estate Practice, within our Real Assets Group, will provide you with the opportunity to leverage specialist expertise in the real estate market supporting ITIM systems modernizations and deliver property management operational services.

As part of our team, you will be involved in real estate matters where we offer various kinds of services including operational gap evaluations, systems assessments, operational model design, future state requirements definition, current and future state process design, systems design, testing and implementation, post go live support, provisioning of real estate managed services and support the broader real estate and capital projects team. PwC is fortunate to review and work on some of the largest and highest quality real estate across Canada spanning core and alternative asset classes. We are passionate about helping clients modernize systems, information and business processes, consolidating data and enabling teams with analytic capabilities that allows leaders to make decisions quickly with accurate information. Our clients trust us to help them understand the value of their real estate portfolio and modernize practices that drive efficiency and stay ahead of their competitors.

Responsibilities

As a Real Estate Managing Directory, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve business issues, deliver high quality client service and operational efficiency.

• Contribute to the growth of the digital real estate practice through leveraging the firm’s network and your own sphere of influence, establishing business development verticals you will lead and grow sales.
• Lead our Yardi systems implementation team, implementing efficiencies across the implementation lifecycle model, developing frameworks and standards for requirements, design, construction, testing and support capabilities, identifying skills gaps and providing recommendations to support practice growth objectives.
• Conduct operational gap evaluations to identify areas for improvement in current processes and systems for our clients and perform comprehensive systems assessments to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of existing real estate management systems.
• Define future state requirements to ensure that real estate operations are strategically positioned for growth and success.
• Create detailed current and future state process designs to streamline workflows and improve overall efficiency and develop systems design specifications that meet the unique needs of the organization and its clients.
• Oversee the testing and implementation of new systems to ensure seamless integration and functionality, establish post-go-live support to address any issues and ensure successful system adoption.
• Grow relationships with existing clients by demonstrating subject matter expertise and knowledge in the industry and providing guidance and resolving problems to address client challenges as they transform business operations and adopt new technology solutions.
• Manage the provisioning of real estate managed services to deliver high-quality, reliable solutions to clients.
• Participate in our deals ecosystem by supporting our real assets, restructuring, and value creation practices which often have projects with real estate scope.
• Contribute to thought leadership, pitches, proposal development and other business development activities, lead digital real estate project teams, and contribute to team development through coaching and sharing technical knowledge across the national and global PwC network.

Qualifications

• Strong technical skills implementing and supporting Yardi software modules and a strong commitment to identifying and addressing client needs.
• Dynamic, entrepreneurial style to identify and execute on new market opportunities.
• Proven ability to manage multiple project workflows and deliver on time.
• Proactive, takes ownership of tasks and assignments, accepts responsibility for outcomes.
• Experienced at preparing and coordinating complex written and verbal materials.
• Considerable experience as a team leader: leading diverse teams to create an atmosphere of trust, seeking diverse views to encourage improvement and innovation, and coaching staff including providing timely meaningful written and verbal feedback.
• Familiarity with operating model design, system selection, delivery of operational managed services (support, accounting, regulatory compliance) is favorable.
• A chartered Professional Accountant with accounting experience in the Real Estate Industry is an asset.
• Industry experience in property management, construction and investment and financial accounting is desired.
• A demonstrated commitment to valuing differences, developing and coaching diverse teams, and ensuring diverse perspectives are heard.

Why you’ll love PwC

We’re inspiring and empowering our people to change the world. Powered by the latest technology, you’ll be a part of diverse teams helping public and private clients build trust and deliver sustained outcomes. This meaningful work, and our continuous development environment, will take your career to the next level. We reward your impact, and support your wellbeing, through a competitive compensation package, inclusive benefits and flexibility programs that will help you thrive in work and life.

Employer Commitment to Inclusion & Diversity

PwC Canada acknowledges that we work and live across Turtle Island, on the land that is now known as Canada, and we recognize the systemic racism, colonialism and oppression that Indigenous Peoples have experienced. We commit to allyship and solidarity and are dedicated to creating an equitable and inclusive community where everyone feels they truly belong.

Job Details

Travel Requirements: Not Specified

Visa Sponsorship: No

Government Clearance Required: No