About York

At York, we are bold, fast, and relentlessly focused on what matters: our clients.

While others get lost in bureaucracy and outdated thinking, we cut through the noise. We challenge the status quo, move with urgency, and make decisions that serve our clients, not just our bottom line. We take full ownership, work together to solve complicated problems, and executeno excuses, no shortcuts.

This is not the place for complacency. Our team thrives in a high-performance, no-BS environment we are a group of high performers who think critically, move fast, and follow through. The success of our business depends on the willingness of our team to ditch antiquated ways of operating and adapt new methods for achieving excellent results.

This is how we work. This is how we win.

Position Summary

The Project Accountant provides analysis and reporting of Yorks properties, leading to the improvement of internal cost controls and efficiency, and driving fact-based decision-making. This individual provides financial analysis to a collaborative team focused on constant improvement to provide best in class service to our tenants and internal clients.

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Jr Controller to maintain a strong level of detail over day-to-day project accounting, development accounting and some corporate accounting requirements.
• Assist the Jr Controller in maintaining budget to actual reporting and tracking.
• High involvement of project budgets, quarterly forecasting and quarterly reporting and support in preparation of project plans with various stakeholders.
• Maintenance of project tracking purchase and change orders.
• Project related accounting tracking of development project, new builds, tenant improvements, and landlords work in new and existing buildings.
• Prepare monthly project accruals as required
• Prepare and distribute monthly and quarterly stakeholder reporting.
• Prepare and collaborate with the Construction Manager on monthly Work in Progress (WIP) reporting.
• Drafting project related financing requests to Quality Surveyors (QS) to facilitate draws from construction lenders
• Assist with process improvements and implementation.
• Direct property administrators in project related chargebacks to tenants as required.
• Other ad hoc tasks as assigned by the Senior Accountant, 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