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The Opportunity

The Manager, Corporate Accounting plays a highly visible role on the Corporate Accounting team, leading critical accounting, financial reporting, and analytical activities for the corporate function. This role also provides drives process improvement, focus on automation opportunities, accountability, and operational excellence across the team.

Key Activities

• Lead the preparation and review of quarterly financial statements and related note disclosures 
• Lead the preparation and review of MD&A inputs for assigned areas, ensuring clarity, consistency, and insight
• Lead the monthly corporate close process, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and strong execution
• Review, prepare, and analyze monthly reconciliations for various corporate general ledger accounts
• Review monthly accounting entries
• Review corporate head office bank reconciliations
• Identify and summarize impact of monthly entries to FFO
• Review acquisitions and disposition agreements and assist with systems set up required for financial statement reporting
• Record complex entries as they relate to acquisitions and dispositions
• Assist with recording of statement of adjustments as they relate to acquisitions and dispositions
• Review and prepare joint venture accounting entries required for financial statements
• Research, prepare and review technical accounting memos
• Prepare balance sheet analysis at financial statement level 
• Review published documents such as financial statements, MDA, MIC, AIF, investor presentation, press release for accuracy and consistency
• Manage the oversight of administration and accounting of debt instruments including swaps 
• Review and interpret debt documentation
•  Coach, develop, and empower team members to build capability, accountability, and engagement
• Review preliminary debt related reports for the board
• Review and prepare separate audit legal entity financial statements
• Liaise with external auditors and internal audit team to provide the documents needed for review and audit
• Liaise with operations finance and property managers to ensure proper understanding of results and transactions, while providing guidance over complex accounting items and other issues
• Support the effort to prepare annual budget for areas of responsibility
• Support corporate accounting projects and business plan initiatives
• Play a key leadership role in the day-to-day management of the team, setting performance expectations and supporting development
• Support financing, acquisition and divestiture activities
• Implement and maintain compliance with appropriate accounting and internal control framework(s)
• Review and prepare complex journal entries
• Identify opportunities for financial and operational process improvements and help drive implementation of approved changes with a focus on automation
• Other adhoc activities as assigned

Experience & Education:

• 8-10 years of progressive accounting experience, including financial statement preparation and review, account reconciliations, and analytical review
• Post-secondary degree in accounting, finance, or business administration
• Possess professional accounting designation (CPA)
• Strong knowledge of IFRS and its practical application in a corporate reporting environment
• Experience with accounting software, specifically OneStream and Yardi

Skills & Abilities:

•  Strong technical accounting and analytical capabilities, with exceptional attention to detail and accuracy
• Excel proficiency is mandatory
• Proven experience leading, coaching, and developing team members
• Ability to manage and validate large amounts of data
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with a collaborative, consultative approach and the ability to build strong partnerships across teams.
• High degree of integrity and professionalism. Excellent judgment and decision-making skills
• Easily adapts to changes, delays, or unexpected events in the work environment
• The ability to organize and prioritize work to meet defined deadlines in a large fast-paced work environment
• A strong focus on continuous improvement, quality, and operational excellence
• Demonstrates Chartwell's values of RESPECT.

Special Requirements

• Presentation of criminal record check
• Participation in all conferences and educational courses, as required
• Flexibility in hours will be required during peak periods

Direct Reports

Two direct reports

At Chartwell, we're all about Making People's Lives BETTER: the lives of our residents and their families, and the lives of our employees. Join an exceptional group of diverse, inspiring, and caring people who are empowered to provide personalized, human experiences for our residents and staff through the connections they make every day within our communities. 

Chartwell's commitment to diversity and inclusivity is a commitment to hiring people whose skills and abilities contribute the most to the success of the organization and who reflect the communities in which we live and work. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from a wide range of qualified candidates, including people with disabilities. If you have questions or require assistance with the application process, please email accessibility@chartwell.com or call 1-888-663-6448. 

Chartwell may use artificial intelligence to assist in screening and assessing applicants for this position. 

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.