Construction Accountant Jobs

Construction Accountant

Located in Mississauga, ON (in-office)

Salary is between $65k – $75k, great benefits and positive work culture

We have an exciting opportunity for a construction bookkeeper to join our client’s team and to get the opportunity to work in the real-estate industry. They are a full-service firm - handling the development, construction and management of their properties and they offer a good work life balance, positive work culture and good growth potential.

Responsibilities:

• Communicate with vendors and trade partners effectively and in a timely fashion.
• Produce and manage purchase orders, change orders, contract reconciliation, and trade and supplier payments. Monitor and report contract statutory holdbacks, maintenance and deficiency holdbacks to mitigate financial exposure to trades and suppliers.
• Assist in managing the short- and long-term cash management and cash flow projections, in conjunction with senior management and various banking institutions.
• File tax returns and handle all tax-related matters for all entities. Cooperate with senior management, and all external accountants, tax planning consultants and government agencies in the preparation of monthly and annual financial statements.
• Analyze and present meaningful financial information to senior management, as required.
• Perform general contract management including insuring that all contracts and agreements are fully complete and correct prior to execution.
• Manage all filing of accounting department including contracts, invoices, payments, close out documents, etc.
• Assist in maintaining all accounting records and complete the required accounting functions including remittances for government or other controlling bodies such as but not limited to T4, HST, Source Deductions, WSIB, EHT, Union reports and payments etc.
• Process employee payroll timesheets, tracking employee vacation entitlements, and tracking employee expense reports, gas mileage, etc.
• Manage and report on all property operating costs, together with the required payment recovery and payment to any trades and suppliers.
• Issue Notices of Non-Payment, Notices of Partial-Payment, Notice of Incomplete Invoice, Notice of Rejection of Invoice, all in accordance with the requirements of Prompt Payment Legislation.
• Assist with preparing and maintaining project job costing budgets, project budget vs. actual cost monitoring, and project funding.
• Perform the accounting functions for all entities including accounts payable, accounts receivable, vendor and trade partner payment processing, bank reconciliations, and credit card processing.
• Assist senior management in performing senior level accounting functions such as revenue accounting, general ledger, financial statement preparation and analysis, management information preparation, budgeting, forecasting and planning.
• Act as a technical accounting expert, support the day-to-day needs of the operational team, and perform all operational accounting functions.

Requirements:

• Prior experience in construction accounting
• Accounting knowledge
• Strong communication skills (both written and oral)
• Detail oriented
• Great problem solver/ multitasker

How to Apply

We would like to thank all applicants for your interest in working as part of our team. Only those applicants selected to move forward in the recruitment process will be contacted. If you’re interested, email your resume to [email protected]