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Who We Are: BGO is a leading, global real estate investment management advisor and a globally-recognized provider of real estate services. BGO serves the interests of more than 750 institutional clients with expertise in the asset management of office, industrial, multi-residential, retail and hospitality property across the globe. BGO has offices in 28 cities across twelve countries with deep, local knowledge, experience, and extensive networks in the regions where we invest in and manage real estate assets on behalf of our clients in primary, secondary and co-investment markets. BGO is a part of SLC Management, which is the institutional alternatives and traditional asset management business of Sun Life.
For more information, please visit www.bgo.com
BGO promotes a corporate culture that attracts and retains the highest caliber people. We encourage opportunities for growth, development, and promotion by providing our employees with the resources to work effectively and continually strive to perform better. We are committed to a safe and sustainable work environment.
The Opportunity: The role of the Accountant is to be accountable for the Client Finance payables, government remittances, preparation of various accounting reports and assist other team members on a regular basis for the BentallGreenOak (BGO) Prime Fund entities and its clients. The Candidate will work within the Client Finance team and liaison with the Property Accounting and Corporate Accounting teams, and report to the Accounting Manager, Client Finance with oversight by the Assistant Controller, Client Finance.
What You Will Do:
Financial reporting and internal schedules
- Prepare various quarterly reports, including Diversification, Asset Manager comments, Mortgage reporting, Property Income, Expiry Details, and Leasing Stats Summary
- Rollover annual internal working papers and internal schedules
- Prepare and assist with various monthly and quarterly reports and discuss property variances/issues with Senior Accountant/Assistant Controller/Controller
- Assist with completing Director's Reports including lease summary, charts & other reports
- Assist with budgeting process, including updating system with budget information
- Assist with the interim & year-end audits
- Accounts payable
- Review invoices for appropriateness, accuracy & authorization and provide coding
- Process Client Finance invoices, mortgages and other payments in Yardi
- Maintain accurate electronic filing of payables & remittances for department & auditors
- Prepare monthly/quarterly GST/HST/QST returns and file online tax remittances and refunds
- Process GST/HST/QST deposits
- Assist with compiling document support for CRA/Revenu Quebec audits
- Review Notice of Assessments and refunds and analyze government adjustments with filings
- Maintain current electronic mortgage files, including all legal documents and amortization schedules
- Prepare all monthly commercial real estate leasing activity reports
- Assist with special projects and building excel templates as required
- Liaise with applicable staff within Accounts Payable, Corporate / Property Accounting & Asset Management groups
- Utilize and develop skills such as problem solving, decision making, time management, effective communication, and delegation to achieve desired results
- Other duties as required
- Education: Bachelor's Degree and graduated or working towards your CPA designation including working towards progressive career growth
- Experience: Minimum 2+ years accounting experience required, commercial real estate industry background or similar industry considered an asset
- Communication: Excellent communication skills required, both spoken and written; A high level of client service is a priority; Must be able to develop and sustain cooperative working relationships; Required to be flexible and to be able to work with all types of personalities; Must be able to exercise discretion and keep sensitive information confidential
- Organization/Time Management: Must be able to allocate time effectively; work under time pressure and manage deadlines; Must be flexible to handle multiple demands, competing priorities; Be willing to learn and be able to adapt to change within a dynamic environment; Must be organized, extremely detail-oriented and a self-starter
- Decision Making Skills: Needs to be able to identify and analyze problems; take decisive action when needed and discuss/resolve issues in an efficient and timely manner
- Technology: Advanced skills are required in Microsoft Excel and Word. In addition, a good working knowledge of Yardi is considered an asset
- Police Clearance - A criminal verification check is required for employment.
At BGO, we recognize that each employee's unique experiences, perspectives, and viewpoints strengthen our ability to create and deliver the best value to our clients, partners and stakeholders/investors and therefore we strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientations and life experiences to apply.
BGO is committed to equitable hiring practices and we welcome the opportunity to discuss accommodation and ensure fairness and equity in our hiring process. If you require accommodation, please email us at accessibility@bgo.com and include: Job posting #, your name and your preferred method of contact.
We thank all applicants for their interest in employment with BGO, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
