Project Accountant

K Group; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

York Group is seeking a Project Accountant to support financial tracking, analysis, and reporting for its commercial real estate portfolio. The role focuses on cost controls and timely financial insights to aid operational decisions.

Collaborating with Accounting and internal stakeholders, you will handle tenant improvements, landlord work, and related initiatives across properties, ensuring accuracy and timeliness in reporting and accruals.

Qualifications

• Diploma or degree in accounting.
• Minimum 5 years’ project accounting experience.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in construction or commercial real estate.
• Strong interpersonal and communication abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate project accounting across the commercial real estate portfolio.
• Support budget-to-actual tracking, variance analysis and reporting.
• Oversee budgets, forecasts and monthly/quarterly reporting.
• Track purchase orders, change orders, and cost commitments.
• Prepare monthly project accruals and ensure costs are recorded in correct periods.
• Prepare and distribute monthly and quarterly stakeholder reporting.
• Prepare project-related WIP reporting and support internal review processes.
• Draft project-related financing requests to lenders for draws.
• Assist with process improvements and implementation.
• Provide guidance to Property Administrators on charges and allocations.
• Support senior leadership with ad hoc tasks.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Problem-solving

Team collaboration

Education

Diploma/degree in accounting

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Reports to: Senior Project Accountant

Position Summary

The Project Accountant supports the financial tracking, analysis, and reporting of project-related activity across York Group’s commercial real estate portfolio. This role focuses on maintaining strong cost controls, improving internal processes, and providing accurate, timely financial information to support operational decision-making.

Working closely with the Accounting team and internal stakeholders, the Project Accountant delivers project-level financial insight related to tenant improvements, landlord work, and other property-related initiatives within a commercial real estate environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Senior Project Accountant/Controller to maintain accurate and detailed project accounting across the commercial real estate portfolio.
• Support the Senior Project Accountant with budget-to-actual tracking, variance analysis, and reporting for project-related costs.
• Maintain oversight of project budgets, quarterly forecasting, and monthly/quarterly reporting in collaboration with internal stakeholders.
• Track project-related purchase orders, change orders, and cost commitments.
• Project related accounting tracking of development project new builds, tenant improvements, and landlords work in new and existing buildings.
• Prepare monthly project accruals and ensure costs are recorded accurately and in the appropriate accounting periods.
• Prepare and distribute monthly and quarterly stakeholder reporting.
• Prepare project-related Work in Progress (WIP) reporting, where applicable, and support internal review processes.
• Draft project related financing requests to Quality Surveyors (QS) to facilitate draws from construction lenders.
• Assist with process improvements and implementation.
• Provide guidance to Property Administrators on project-related tenant chargebacks and cost allocations.
• Other ad hoc tasks as assigned by the Controller, VP Accounting, and COO.

What you bring to York

• Education with a diploma or degree majoring in accounting.
• Minimum 5 years’ project accounting preferred.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in construction or commercial real estate preferred.
• Ability to forge, grow and maintain positive relationships with multiple groups.
• Ability to remain objective and maintain a factual perspective when dealing with questions and inquiries.
• Sense of urgency and able to manage multiple priorities simultaneously and meet the time demands of unpredictable activities, capable of handling pressure and challenges in a dynamic business environment.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills, and a high degree of accuracy with attention to detail.
• Highly developed interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to deliver a message to a large group.
• Ability to work collaboratively with a positive attitude.

Core Competencies

• Microsoft Excel Skills
• Systematic
• Detail-Orientation
• Problem Solving
• Interpersonal Skills

Assumed Competencies

• Inquisitive and Curious