Dream Industrial REIT is currently looking for a Senior Manager, Corporate Accounting
We are always looking for the best and brightest to join our thriving community. Dream's Industrial Corporate Accounting team is currently looking for a Senior Manager, Corporate Accounting who will be a key team member based in Toronto managing the corporate accounting and financial reporting, and supporting strategic initiatives for Dream Industrial REIT.
The successful candidate is a highly analytical, self-motivated and collaborative team member. You are not afraid to think outside the box to find the best approach to achieve results.
You constantly prove to take initiative, own a broad set of responsibilities, and be a business partner to various stakeholders. You are a quick learner and consider the bigger picture in managing various deliverables and initiatives, and you thrive in a complex and fast-paced environment. You are able to work independently on multiple projects with tight deadlines and pivot to new priorities.
What will you do in this role?
Below are some of the primary responsibilities you will be taking on in this role:
- Manage and contribute to quarterly financial reporting deliverables, including consolidated financial statements, MD\&A, press releases and investor presentations, ensuring accuracy and integrity of external disclosures.
- Review or prepare financial analyses for quarterly management reporting and Audit Committee packages, including analysis of key financial and operational performance metrics.
- Analyze quarterly financial packages from joint venture investments. Coordinate quarter-end close process with the accounting groups of the joint ventures.
- Manage and support monthly financial close process and analysis for corporate results, including review of journal entries, account reconciliations, intercompany allocations and reconciliations, G\&A analysis and balance sheet analysis.
- Manage the consolidated corporate budgeting and forecasting process, including quarterly analysis of actuals against budget and identification of cost optimization opportunities.
- Identify and implement financial systems and report automation as well as process improvement opportunities. Manage or support corporate accounting and cross-functional projects.
- Assist with quarterly and annual compliance reporting, including leading the preparation of statutory legal entity financial statements.
- Research complex accounting issues, corporate transactions and lease agreements, and draft technical accounting policies and documentation.
- Perform peer benchmarking of external disclosures and recommend best practices.
- Liaise with Tax to support compliance with reporting requirements and inquiries, and coordinate quarterly analysis of tax provisions.
- Liaise with external auditors to support the quarterly review and annual audit processes.
- Partner with other internal stakeholders to ensure the financial integrity of inputs to non-financial reports, including the Corporate Sustainability Report, Annual Information Form and Management Information Circular.
- Collaborate with strategic finance, operations finance, debt finance and investments teams to provide information and perform analysis as needed.
- Maintain strong internal controls and optimize financial systems and reporting.
- Excellent understanding of IFRS, experience with consolidations, acquisitions and dispositions, joint venture structures and multi-jurisdictional operations.
- Coach and mentor junior resources within the team.
What experience and skills are required?
These are some of the things we would like you to bring to the table:
- CPA, CA with minimum 5 years post-qualification experience, preferably with experience in public company reporting and managing teams;
- Strong technical knowledge of IFRS, preferably in a real estate environment;
- Strong financial acumen with the ability to interpret numbers into a business context;
- Strong analytical skills; experience working on complex transactions, including M\&A and equity/debt offerings;
- A strong communicator who can digest complex information and simplify concepts when presenting to a variety of audiences;
- Ability to juggle multiple projects while maintaining strong attention to detail;
- Ability to work independently and interact collaboratively with various functions;
- Self-motivated, energetic and hands-on professional with strong organization skills.
Dream Unlimited is an award-winning Canadian real estate investment, development and management company with approximately $27 billion of assets under management in North America and Europe. Our scope of business includes asset management and management services for four publicly listed funds.
Dream has grown substantially since its formation in 1994, becoming one of Canada's leading real estate companies with a diverse workforce in North America and Europe. We are one of Canada's largest developers, building communities for people to live in; developing land, homes, condominiums, retail centers and renewable power projects. We also build communities to work in, bringing office, industrial and retail spaces to life. We invest in and manage properties, enriching them for the people who work here and the greater community.
Our entrepreneurial spirit drives us to seize unconventional opportunities and approach every project with passion and purpose. At Dream, we care about our employees, provide exciting work opportunities, open work environments, and fun events, fostering an atmosphere where continuous learning and innovation thrive. Join us and make a difference.
Dream Unlimited is committed to workplace diversity and provides accommodations to applicants with disabilities throughout our hiring process. If you require accommodation through any aspect our process, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.
