Accountant Fixed Assets Jobs

Corporate / Fixed Assets Accountant is an integral part of the Corporate Accounting team whose primary responsibilities will be to maintain the Yardi Fixed Assets (“YFA”) system and to providing fixed assets reporting for the Company.

Corporate / Fixed Assets Accountant is an integral part of the Corporate Accounting team whose primary responsibilities will be to maintain the Yardi Fixed Assets (“YFA”) system and to providing fixed assets reporting for the Company.

Key Accountabilities

• Identify and implement automation in fixed assets processes to improve efficiency;
• Participate in the budgeting and forecasting activities of fixed assets;
• Continuously strive to develop recommendations and provide oversight for process and YFA;
• Responsible for preparing derecognition journal entries;
• Completion of monthly depreciation analysis;
• Responsible for Statistics Canada quarterly and annual financial and capital expenditures surveys;
• Responsible for tracking and maintaining capital leases for the Chartwell portfolio, including creation of amortization schedules;
• Tracking and posting of required journal entries in the YFA and the general ledger;
• Verify coding and accounting classification of fixed assets purchase orders;
• Participation in special projects as requested.
• Assist in preparing WIP to Operations entries;
• Assist in preparing monthly insurance clearing entries;
• Creation of assets into the YFA system;
• Ensure that proper controls are in place and adhered to;

Qualifications

Education:

• A post-secondary degree in accounting, finance, or business administration;

Experience:

• 1-3 years of experience in general accounting;
• 1-3 years of experience in accounting for capital assets preferred.

Skills & Abilities:

• The ability to organize and prioritize work to meet defined deadlines in a large fast-paced work environment;
• Strong analytical skills and possesses a natural interest towards analytical activities and investigation, as well as strong attention to detail and accuracy;
• Advanced excel proficiency is mandatory;
• Flexibility in hours will be required during peak periods.
• Knowledge of IFRS;
• Easily adapts to changes, delays, or unexpected events in the work environment;
• Ability to manage and validate large amounts of data;
• A focus on continuous improvement and quality;
• Excellent interpersonal communications and the ability to present ideas in a user friendly format;