Director of Accounting – 12 Months

The Mason Group - Strategic Search Partners; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Director of Accounting to lead financial operations in a hybrid role. This position requires overseeing comprehensive financial reporting, managing audits, and ensuring compliance across multiple regions. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in financial accounting, strong analytical skills, and proficiency in tools like Hyperion and JD Edwards. Join a dynamic team that values leadership and innovation, and contribute to the success of a multinational corporation in the real estate sector. If you are ready to take your career to the next level, this is the opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Accounting and Finance required.
• Strong financial accounting and analytical skills needed.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all aspects of daily, monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting.
• Manage the external audit process and regulatory reporting.

Skills

Financial Accounting

Analytical Skills

Microsoft Excel

Time Management

Communication Skills

Education

University degree in business/accounting

CPA, CA; CPA, CMA or CPA, CGA designation

Tools

Hyperion

JD Edwards (JDE)

Job description

The Mason Group - Strategic Search Partners provided pay range

This range is provided by The Mason Group - Strategic Search Partners. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

CA$85.00/hr - CA$85.00/hr

Our client, a multinational corporation with operations in Real Estate investment, development and property management managing a portfolio of commercial, residential and life sciences properties, is in search of a Director of Accounting to join them for a 12 month contract. The role is hybrid with 4 days a week in office located in downtown Toronto.

Our client is looking for a strong Director of Accounting with strong financial accounting and analytical skills responsible for overseeing the full-cycle accounting and certain financial planning and analysis functions for their management companies located in Canada, US, UK and Asia Pacific.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Overseeing all aspects of daily, monthly, quarterly and annual reporting for the businesses including month and year-end processes, remittances and reconciliations
• Quarterly and annual IFRS financial statements for the management companies
• Manage the external audit process
• External regulatory and statutory reporting/filings and final delivery to key stakeholders
• Annual statutory (tax) financial statements, support internal and external tax consultants as required
• Cash management initiatives and forecasting and ensuring sufficient funds to meet operational requirements
• Oversee monthly analysis of actuals to budget/forecast for the consolidated results of the management companies
• Certain aspects of quarterly reporting to parent company
• Assign financial statement line items for the budget/forecast process, liaising with internal departments to obtain reasonability of key inputs
• Review journal entry posts
• Provide leadership and coaching to a team

Requirements

• University degree in business/accounting
• Designated with either CPA, CA; CPA, CMA or CPA, CGA
• 10+ Years of experience in Accounting and Finance
• Experience with Hyperion, particularly with HFM and JD Edwards (JDE) a must
• Advanced Microsoft Excel Skills
• Real Estate industry experience a strong asset
• Strong time management, organization skills and the ability to handle multiple competing priorities
• Strong communication/interpersonal skills (both written and verbal) as this position involves frequent communications with all levels of management and other departments
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize and troubleshoot/determine solutions where required

If you are already registered with The Mason Group, please contact your Recruiting Consultant directly with reference to job #19885.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Accounting/Auditing and Finance

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