Why join us?

Are you looking to join an innovative, global real estate company who builds communities and connects people to exceptional places? If so, we would love to tell you our story.

At Oxford, our culture is truly one of a kind. Across business lines and around the world, we embrace the complex and tackle opportunities with speed and agility. We are ambitious and humble, forward looking and service-focused. We get stuff done, and have fun doing it! We take great pride in contributing to the communities where we live. We believe that what is good for the environment is good for business. Together we deliver exceptional experiences to our over 2 million daily customers.

Are you looking to join an innovative, global real estate company who builds communities and connects people to exceptional places? If so, we would love to tell you our story.

At Oxford, our culture is truly one of a kind. Across business lines and around the world, we embrace the complex and tackle opportunities with speed and agility. We are ambitious and humble, forward looking and service-focused. We get stuff done, and have fun doing it! We take great pride in contributing to the communities where we live. We believe that what is good for the environment is good for business. Together we deliver exceptional experiences to our over 2 million daily customers.

We are looking for highly motivated students to join our North American, Corporate and Property Accounting teams at our downtown Toronto head office. In these roles you will have the opportunity to put your accounting and analytical skills to work, assisting the team with full cycle accounting (e.g. month-end and quarter-end closing entries, bank reconciliations, account reconciliations, cash distributions, payments, variance analysis), financial statement preparation (for non-consolidated structures), various group projects and initiatives and our forecasting and budgeting process. Our Accounting teams support our real estate management platform and reporting for our real estate assets in Canada, the U.S., Europe and Asia Pacific. As such, you will have the opportunity to learn about a world class real estate portfolio and the dynamic organization that manages it.

We are looking for a candidate with strong attention to detail, analytical skills, problem solving abilities and overall business acumen who can research issues, assist with ad hoc projects and requests, and multitask in a complex environment. In your role, you will have the opportunity to support activities related to Oxford's Finance and Strategy Team's Learning and Culture platforms.

Oxford is also a pre-approved training office for our Property Accountant and Financial Analyst roles, as such, if you are a registered CPA student your experience during your work term will immediately count as relevant experience towards the CPA designation.

In addition, if you complete two four-month work terms with us, you will be eligible to apply for a two-year Accounting Rotational Program upon graduation.

To succeed in this role, you have:

• Currently pursuing an undergraduate degree in Business, preferably in an Accounting stream
• Tech savvy - highly proficient in Microsoft Office Suite; Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Very strong communication skills - high level of interpersonal skills, verbal and written communication;
• Resourceful - strong analytical and problem solving skills and the ability to research;
• Hard working and you learn quickly - self-motivated individual with a strong work ethic and high level of attention to detail;
• Adaptable to change – you thrive in organizations that constantly evolve and adapt;
• A team player – you embrace collaborative sharing of knowledge within a teamwork environment; and
• High performing - driven to achieve results and continuously striving to deliver the highest performance through creative thinking.

What's in it for you:

A team that is ready to focus on your growth and development

Continuous learning across different areas of the business

Opportunity to be part of the student community at OMERS & Oxford

An orientation program to set you up for success during your work term!

Networking and educational session with different leaders across the business

We believe that time together in the office is important for OMERS and Oxford, the strength of our employees, and the work we do for our pension members. In delivering on our pension promise, keeping us connected to our work and each other, our flexible hybrid work guideline requires teams to come in to the office 3 days per week.

IMPORTANT: Application Instructions:

To ensure your application is submitted to our applicant tracking system accurately, please follow the instructions below.

Please include all required documents (Resume, Cover Letter, Unofficial Transcript, etc.) in one combined file. Your application may be submitted in PDF of Microsoft Word format.

Our story:

Oxford Properties Group ("Oxford") is a leading global real estate investor, asset manager and business builder. It builds, buys, and grows defined real estate operating business with world-class management teams. Established in 1960, Oxford and its portfolio companies manage approximately C$87 billion of assets across four continents on behalf of their investment partners. Oxford's owned portfolio encompasses office, logistics, retail, multifamily residential, life sciences, hotels, alternatives and credit in global gateway cities and high-growth hubs. A thematic investor with a committed source of capital, Oxford invests in properties, portfolios, development sites, debt, securities, and real estate businesses across the risk-reward spectrum. Together with its portfolio companies, Oxford is one of the world's most active developers with over 80 projects currently underway globally across all major asset classes. Oxford is owned by OMERS, the Canadian defined benefit pension plan for Ontario's municipal employees.

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OMERS is committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities in which we live and work. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to a barrier-free recruitment and selection process. At OMERS inclusion and diversity means belonging. How we create a sense of belonging is through our employees and our vast network of Employee Resource Groups. Whether you are passionate about gender, pride, or visible minorities, we have groups that are focused on making a difference in all of our lives. #J-18808-Ljbffr