Senior Accountant, Land Development (Calgary, AB)

Anthem Properties Group; Calgary; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Anthem Properties Group is seeking a senior real estate accounting professional in Calgary to lead full-cycle accounting for a portfolio of projects. You will manage budgets, cash flow projections, and proformas while ensuring timely reporting and audit readiness.

The role emphasizes accuracy, advanced Excel skills, and experience with Yardi or similar ERP systems in a fast-paced real estate environment. Join a growing team committed to disciplined financial management.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a senior full-cycle role.
• 2+ years in budgeting and forecasting.
• Real estate accounting experience.
• Advanced Excel with large workbooks (indirect, match, vlookup).
• Experience with cash management, budgeting and financial reporting.

Responsibilities

• Maintain knowledge of all project aspects in your portfolio and meet with project teams.
• Manage project proformas and job cost reports, including scenario modelling and cash flow projections.
• Prepare and analyze monthly variance analyses on budgets and cash flows.
• Monitor, review, and reconcile budgets.
• Prepare/ review monthly loan draw packages and liaise with cost consultants/lenders.
• Monitor cash to ensure funds for payables and debt obligations.
• Collaborate with project teams for accurate financial reporting.
• Maintain all financial records for projects, including journal entries and reconciliations.
• Support audit preparation and respond to inquiries.
• Undertake ad-hoc analyses and projects as required.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Yardi ERP

Real estate accounting

Team collaboration

Education

Professional Accounting Designation

Tools

Yardi

Job description

Let’s face it, you love numbers. You love finding solutions using your pragmatic yet persistent approach. You are known for your attention to detail, friendly manner and ability to multi-task while staying organized in a busy environment. You are a self-starter with a strong worth ethic and are keen to apply all you have learned. You know how to collaborate and work in a team.

You

• Are agile and adaptable
• Welcome challenges and enjoy wearing different hats on a daily basis
• Are friendly and approachable
• Take pride in ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures
• Are accurate and detail oriented
• Are very organized and able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment

You will

• Maintain a thorough knowledge of and status of all aspects of the projects in your portfolio and regularly meet with project teams
• Manage and maintain project proformas and job cost reports, including scenario modelling and cash flow projections
• Prepare and analyze monthly variance analysis on project budgets and cash flows
• Monitor, review, and reconcile budgets
• Prepare and/or review monthly loan draw package and liaise with cost consultants/lenders
• Monitor cash to ensure project has sufficient funds to satisfy payables and debt obligations
• Work closely with project teams to ensure accuracy of cost and financial reporting for projects
• Responsible for maintaining all financial records for projects within your portfolio, including:
  • Prepare monthly journal entries relating to project entities
  • Prepare monthly working paper files, including bank and balance sheet reconciliations
  • Ensuring that financial information provided is timely and relevant for effective decision making
  • Prepare monthly and quarterly reports for internal and external stakeholders as required
• Experience in audit preparation and being a contact for audit inquiries
• Ad-hoc analysis and projects as required

You have

• 5+ years of experience in a senior full-cycle role
• 2+ years of experience in a budgeting and forecasting role
• A Professional Accounting Designation or actively pursuing
• Real Estate accounting experience
• Advanced Excel skills and experience working with large, formulaic workbooks (i.e. indirect, match, vlookups, etc.)
• Experience with Yardi or similar ERP system
• Experience with cash management, budgeting, and financial reporting
• Proven ability handling high volume in a fast-paced work environment with multiple demands

• Exceptional oral and written communication skills; must have the ability to communicate effectively in a team environment
• The ability to present project information to various levels of Anthem management and are comfortable taking an active role in project meetings

Founded in 1991, Anthem is a team of 850+ people driven by creativity, passion and direct communication. Anthem has invested in, developed or managed – alone or in partnership – more than 400 residential and commercial projects across North America. Our growing residential portfolio includes 44,000 homes that are complete, in design or under construction, from mixed-use residential to townhome, rental and single-family homes.

We own, co-own, manage or have previously owned 12 million square feet of retail, industrial and office space, and our land portfolio includes more than 60 communities, spanning 9,100 acres across Canada and the United States.

Anthem is a real estate development, investment and management company that strives, solves and evolves to create better spaces and stronger communities. We are Growing Places.