Your new company

A leading development and real estate management company is in search of a Finance Business Partner for their Commercial Division in Edmonton.

Your new role

What you'll need to succeed

• Interviews and trains new staff.
• Oversees the daily workflow of the department.
• Provides constructive and timely performance evaluations.
  
  
• Handles discipline of employees in accordance with company policy.

• Financial analysis of projects, including the evaluation of revenue and work in progress. Identification of financial risks and opportunities and work with other leaders to mitigate risks and realize opportunities.
• Facilitate collaborative financial project review meetings with leadership.
• Designated liaison with broader shared services group; distilling, filtering and translating operational requests and Shared Services responses.
• Support Project Managers and Directors with the analysis of various operational reports, including variance analysis.
• On a monthly basis provide variance analysis for actuals vs. budget and forecast, focus is on interpretation of the data.
• Communicate and provide regular weekly reports to stakeholders.
• Prepare various types of analysis as required by management.
• Maintain and update various information systems and databases with project data.
• Responsibility for the billing process.
• Participate in the month-end and year-end close process for financial statements and certify all revenue is properly taken based on a revenue recognition policy.
• Facilitate the annual budget and financial forecast process from an operations' perspective.
• Verify and validate project opening and project modifications.
• Ownership of the accounting information system and data connectors.
  Facilitate training related to the accounting information system and other digital management tools.
• Assist operational lead in conducting performance reviews for subordinates, participate in setting objectives and identifying staff training requirements.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong supervisory and leadership skills.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate.
• Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.
• Desire for continuing education and personal development.
• High proficiency with Yardi, Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, Dynamics, and complicated databases
• Ability to work in a fast-growing organization with a matrix reporting structure

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance or equivalent practical experience.
• CPA, CFA, MBA, CA or equivalent qualification.
• At least eight years of accounting or financial analysis experience.
• Experience of operating in a matrix reporting structure.
• Experience of leading and managing teams.
• Experience in internal controls and processes is an asset.
• Prior experience in Income-Producing Properties (Office, Retail, Residential) is preferred.

What you'll get in return

You will be joining a hugely successful and still-growing company and, specifically, one of their key divisions that is crucial to the scheduled growth which will offer many opportunities for development and promotion in the future.

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.

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