Property/Real Estate Accountant (Bilingual)

Our prestigious real estate client in Montreal, QC is looking for an experienced Property/Real Estate Accountant to join their dynamic team. This is an opportunity which offers a strong salary, bonus, excellent benefits package, pension plan, education reimbursement and work-life balance with hybrid working model requiring 4 days a week in office. If you are in the Real Estate industry, or open to learning and taking on new challenges with an interest in the industry, this may be the opportunity for you!

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Complete full cycle accounting for a portfolio of assets
• Maintain the general ledger, including review and preparation of journal entries, accrual of revenue, operating expenses, and capital expenditures
• Accurately complete required reports including monthly revenue and operating expense budget variance report and balance sheet analysis
• Co-ordinate and prepare full-year estimates and annual operating budgets with various internal teams
• Prepare year-end CAM and tax year end invoices and working paper files for external audit
• Set up and maintain Yardi final recovery module for timely completion of tenant final billings
• Monthly calculation of cash calls and distributions, where required
• Review Yardi tenant abstracts for accuracy and data integrity and approve property rent rolls
• Assist in acquisition and disposition process (due diligence)
• Assist in the coordination and implementation of training (when necessary)
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications and Skills:

• 4+ years of experience in full-cycle real estate accounting including final recoveries, year-end audits, exposure to forecasting and budgets, and lease interpretation - asset, not a requirement
• Full proficiency in French and English will be considered a strong asset
• Intermediate to Advanced MS Excel Skills
• Strong communication skills.

• Degree or diploma in Accounting required; enrolment in CPA program nice to have

• Experience working with Yardi 7S is considered an asset