Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant

At Brookfield Residential, a leading North American land developer and homebuilder for over 65 years, we have had one goal in mind creating the best places to call home. From the development of award-winning, master-planned communities to the creation of well-designed homes, we are committed to cultivating exceptional life experiences for our customers, partners, employees, and members of the community. As part of Brookfield one of the largest alternative asset managers in the world we harness our resources to bring a fresh approach, unparalleled creativity, relentless innovation, and sound Sustainability practices to the planning, development, and management of buildings everywhere. From offices, retail spaces, and logistics facilities to multifamily residences, hospitality establishments, and mixed-use structures we are reimagining real estate from the ground up.

The Senior Accountant is responsible for completing monthly accounting, job cost management and financial reporting for selected land projects and related entities. They will be responsible to critically evaluate on-going performance, efficiency, reporting, and internal controls, Joint Venture reporting for both Operations and Finance. In addition to these duties, they will be working on cross-functional teams and collaborating with other groups.

Key Deliverables:

• Record and calculate sales, cost of sales, land acquisition, and accruals.
• Monitor, record, and reconcile cash activity (banking, wire transfers, loan draws, capital calls, etc.).
• Track property taxes and prepare payments.
• Prepare entries for consolidation, elimination, sales billings, reimbursements, and month-end closing.
• Reconcile accounts, including intercompany transactions and working capital.
• Collaborate with internal departments on purchase orders, change orders, budgets, and reclasses.
• Handle special projects (procedures, forms, templates, reconciliations).
• Evaluate and implement internal controls, policies, and procedures for compliance.
• Review and update process documentation regularly.
• Liaise with auditors, providing requested information and responding to queries.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and year-end working papers, including balance sheet reconciliation and journal entries.
• Verify accuracy of land development budgets across systems and department reports.
• Prepare reports, tax filings, and general ledger account analysis.

What You Bring:

• A Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field required. CPA or CPA-track a plus. An equivalent combination of education and directly relevant land/homebuilding accounting experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Experience in financial reporting and working paper preparation, full-cycle and job cost accounting.
• Developed business acumen and willingness to learn, including an exceptional work ethic and goal-oriented perspective.
• Self-motivated, comfortable taking initiative, possesses superior organizational skills and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently in an efficient and effective manner to meet deadlines and work with multiple departments/managers and assignments simultaneously.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Suite, including Excel, Word and Outlook.
• Utilize intermediate Excel formulas to develop ad-hoc templates and streamline processes for automation.

Your Opportunity

• Base Salary Range: $85,000 - $110,000
• Bonus Potential: Up to 20%
• Excellent extended medical, dental and vision benefits beginning day 1.
• 401(k) matching, vesting begins day 1.
• Career development programs.
• Charitable donation matching.
• Paid Volunteer Hours.
• Paid parental leave.
• Family planning assistance including IVF, surrogacy and adoptions options.
• Wellness and mental health resources.
• Pet insurance offering.
• A culture based on our values of Passion, Integrity and Community!

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be an extensive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required.

Brookfield Residential participates in the E-Verify process to confirm the eligibility of candidates to work in the United States.

We are proud to create a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are grateful for your interest in this position, however, only candidates selected for pre-screening will be contacted.