Welcome to Arpeg! Our team is growing again so we're looking for someone like you. With 65+ years in property management and real estate development, Arpeg is a Vancouver-based family business that leans into its values with everything we do. We pride ourselves on being local to every community we're in and ensuring we deliver a great environment to learn, grow, and contribute in ways that play to each of our teams' strengths. As our Controller you'll jump right in and play a key role in our next phase of growth - both internally and with a pipeline of exciting projects ahead.
You'll manage critical finance and accounting functions to support our growing business and maintain our value-driven culture. Our Controller will oversee the accounting functions for our Group of Companies and own responsibility for all aspects of financial management and analysis. This role is best suited for someone with strong Yardi Voyager skills who is detail oriented, highly productive, and maintains a systematic, task-focused working style. If you are looking to build your career and enjoy a dynamic work environment, read on!
Why we'll love you:
- You identify as an ambitious professional with a passion for Finance and Accounting, and are comfortable in change management relating to property management and development.
- Bring enthusiasm for planning and ensuring the effective implementation of systems and processes to enable scalable execution.
- Because you're capable of implementing sound problem-solving skills to assess systems issues and improve execution by a team of direct reports.
- Analytical and relentless while committing to quarterly goal-setting processes and solid feedback loops from team and customers alike.
- Act as a self-motivated individual able to lead a dynamic team, while nurturing strong relationships that contribute to a culture of continuous improvement.
- Organized, detail oriented and able to manage multiple activities and variables in a fast paced, deadline driven environment.
- Have prior experience in British Columbia multi-family residential real estate property management, with a strong knowledge of sector best practices.
- Strong knowledge of Yardi Voyager, MS Office 365, Sharepoint, Teams, and digital document management (PDF/Docusign).
- Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in business, accounting, finance, or related field.
- Professional certification, such as CPA (certified public accountant) or CA (chartered accountant), in good standing. CFA is a bonus!
- Minimum 5 years accounting experience in a senior accounting or financial management role with at least 2 years' experience in leading people.
Once you're here, you'll:
- Be naturally curious and helpful, willing to contribute their unique skills and attributes to the role and to continuously learn and further develop the professional skillsets of themselves and their team.
- Strong understanding of banking processes and financial data analysis.
- Working knowledge of provincial tax regulations and compliance reporting.
- Manage payroll, with focus on streamlining accounting processes.
- Deliver exceptional financial project management.
- Flawlessly maintain excellent communication and project management skills, with clear and concise delivery of important details and the ability to proactively anticipate needs.
- Interact with a variety of stakeholders and conduct your role with professionalism and high standards of accuracy, timeliness, and organization.
- Contribute to strata reporting - not essential but an asset.
Why you'll love us:
- Our value-driven team proactively takes ownership for their roles and is passionate about doing the right thing for our people and our communities.
- Each of our team members is a bit of a generalist, BUT are talented in their true strengths – the ones that get you to jump out of bed on a Monday morning. Be it taking initiative, deep focus, engaging others, or analyzing reports.
- Each of our team members speaks the truth – integrity and communication are bedrock core values.
- Each of our team members has grit – innate resilience, with enough tenacity to never give up. Our team appreciates diversity of thought and being, respecting the skills and professionalism of our colleagues.
- If all of that isn't enough…our team is REAL. They're imperfect. They make mistakes but they humbly play big with values guiding their way.
We provide our team with:
- Competitive compensation with the ability to participate in the financial success of our development projects.
- Health & Wellness benefits that support unique needs and provide a financial safety net in the event of unforeseen life circumstances.
- Continuous investment in professional and personal development through both formal and informal training and education support.
- Workplace flexibility appropriate to their role and with consideration given to individual circumstances.
- Opportunities to participate in industry associations, events and/or charitable causes that they are personally passionate about.
Remuneration:
- Base salary guideline is between $90,000 and $120,000, matched to evidenced skills and experience.
- Incentive-based comp will be tied to base salary, with a static 7.5% of base salary for recurring annual KPIs.
- Wellness will be $3,500 participation in Arpeg's Enhanced Health Benefit plan, supporting self-directed health.