Manager, Property Accounting

iRent Inc; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

CLV is seeking a Property Accounting Manager to join our team at a pivotal growth stage. You will own the end-to-end accounting for a defined property portfolio, lead close cycles, and drive process improvements in a high-volume environment.

You will oversee a small team, ensure timely financial reporting, and collaborate with property management to explain results and support portfolio transitions. This is a hands-on role with growth potential within CLV.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field.
• CPA designation preferred.
• Five or more years of progressive accounting experience, with strong preference for direct property accounting or real estate portfolio experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing full cycle accounting for multiple properties or entities.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge and understanding of internal controls.
• Advanced proficiency with Yardi; experience optimizing modules and improving reporting workflows strongly preferred.
• Proven ability to redesign and strengthen accounting processes.
• Bilingual English/French is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own the full cycle accounting process for an assigned portfolio of properties, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes across multiple assets.
• Review journal entries related to operations, capital activity, and renovations.
• Oversee bank and general ledger reconciliations and ensure proper supporting documentation.
• Deliver complete and accurate financial statements with variance analysis.
• Maintain schedules for recoveries, property taxes, utilities, and capital expenditures.
• Ensure transactions align with lease terms, internal controls, and accounting policies.

Skills

Strong accounting knowledge

Attention to detail

Team leadership

Bilingual English/French (preferred)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field

Tools

Yardi

Job description

An Exciting Update About Our Organization

Thank you for your interest in joining InterRent REIT at a truly exceptional moment in our organization’s history.

On July 9, 2026, InterRent officially became part of CLV, bringing together two accomplished organizations, talented teams and a shared commitment to our people, residents, partners and communities across Canada.

Together, we are building something remarkable. We are growing at significant scale, advancing some of the most ambitious projects in our history and creating an organization where talented people can do meaningful work, learn from some of the best people in the industry and build careers with extraordinary potential.

What Does This Mean for Your Application?

Your application will now be reviewed by CLV’s Talent Acquisition team for opportunities across our rapidly growing organization. Candidates selected for employment will join CLV.

Who We Are

For more than 50 years, CLV has acquired, developed and managed residential communities across Canada, earning a reputation for the quality of our work, the strength of our teams and our commitment to the communities we serve.

Today we are building one of Canada’s most dynamic and integrated real estate platforms, with the scale, talent and vision to deliver outstanding projects and make a meaningful impact across the country. Our work spans investments, acquisitions, development, asset management, property management and corporate services. That breadth creates opportunities for our people to contribute across the full real estate journey, work alongside some of Canada’s most exceptional talent and take on challenges that accelerate their growth.

This is an extraordinary time to join CLV. We are growing quickly, investing boldly and building for the future of our organization. We are looking for exceptional people who want to be part of something significant, contribute to work they are proud of and do some of the best work of their careers.

We are excited to learn more about you and the role you could play in what we are building together.

Learn more about CLV: https://www.clvgroup.com/about-us/.

Learn more about our recent acquisition of InterRent REIT: https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/carriage-hill-properties-acquisition-corp-and-clv-asset-management-inc-complete-privatization-of-interrent-reit-817106432.html.

About the Role

We are confirming our search for a Manager, Property Accounting to join our team at a pivotal stage of growth and operational evolution.

This position is process led and execution focused. It is less about managing a large team and more about owning, strengthening, and modernizing the end-to-end property accounting process across a defined portfolio. You will oversee a small team, but your primary impact will come from building discipline, improving workflows, optimizing systems, and ensuring reporting integrity in a high-volume environment.

In addition to the duties typically expected of an accounting professional, responsibilities will include:

Property Accounting Ownership

• You will own the full cycle accounting process for an assigned portfolio of properties, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and timeliness.
• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes across multiple assets
• Review journal entries related to operations, capital activity, and renovations
• Oversee bank and general ledger reconciliations and ensure proper supporting documentation
• Deliver complete and accurate financial statements with clear variance analysis
• Maintain schedules for recoveries, property taxes, utilities, and capital expenditures
• Ensure transactions align with lease terms, internal controls, and accounting policies

Process Design and Control Discipline

• Standardize close timelines and deliverables across properties
• Identify inefficiencies, recurring errors, or control gaps and implement practical improvements
• Strengthen documentation and create repeatable, scalable workflows
• Ensure audit readiness through organized working papers and reconciliations
• Reduce reliance on manual work by redesigning processes for clarity and accountability

Technology and System Optimization

• Maximize Yardi functionality to enhance reporting accuracy and workflow efficiency
• Improve system configuration and reporting outputs to reduce manual adjustments
• Introduce automation where appropriate to streamline reconciliations and recurring entries
• Support system enhancements and integration of newly acquired properties
• Develop clearer reporting tools and dashboards to track close progress and portfolio performance

Team Oversight

• Provide direction on priorities and review work for accuracy and completeness
• Ensure timelines and documentation standards are consistently met
• Support skill development related to systems, controls, and technical accounting
• Create clarity around roles and accountability within the close process

Operational Partnership

• Work closely with property management to explain financial results and resolve discrepancies
• Provide structured financial insight into operating and capital activity
• Support portfolio transitions and acquisition integration from an accounting perspective

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field
• CPA designation preferred
• Five or more years of progressive accounting experience, with strong preference for direct property accounting or real estate portfolio experience
• Demonstrated experience managing full cycle accounting for multiple properties or entities
• Strong technical accounting knowledge and understanding of internal controls
• Advanced proficiency with Yardi; experience optimizing modules and improving reporting workflows strongly preferred
• Proven ability to redesign and strengthen accounting processes
• High attention to detail with a disciplined, structured approach to execution
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast paced, growth oriented organization
• Bilingualism in English and French is preferred

Most importantly, we are a small yet mighty team. This is a roll up your sleeves, help where you are needed kind of role. We are looking for a new team member who will be a culture builder, someone who will lean in to help us build an engaged and positive work environment, and someone who will support our success when and as needed, as our team will do for you when you need it.

This role is based in our offices five days a week, giving you the opportunity to work closely with your colleagues, learn from experienced professionals, and grow in a highly engaged team environment.

Growth at this scale creates meaningful opportunity. Opportunity to bring teams together with purpose. Opportunity to continue building a high-performing, values driven organization that is equipped to serve residents and communities with care, consistency, and excellence.

Our Commitment to an Inclusive and Accessible Hiring Process

We are committed to diversity in our workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are excited to work with talented people.

All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national or ethnic origin, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital or civil status, political affiliation, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the jurisdictions in which we operate.

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