Corporate Accounting Manager

We are seeking a highly skilled Corporate Accounting Manager to join our team at Chartwell. As a key member of our Corporate Accounting team, you will be responsible for providing financial reporting and accounting expertise to support the company's growth and success.

• Financial Reporting: Participate in the planning, automation, and preparation of quarterly and annual management discussion and analysis (MD&A) and consolidated financial statements for the company and its subsidiaries, and other external filings.
• Ensure Consistency: Ensure consistency among various quarterly reporting and regulatory reporting documents.
• Technical Accounting: Research and prepare technical accounting memos.
• Communication: Communicate key accounting matters and findings to tax and other teams that may be impacted.
• Auditor Liaison: Deal with senior-level auditors in explaining accounting issues.
• System Management: Manage system hierarchies and ensure they address corporate accounting needs.
• Financial Statement Preparation: Prepare the primary LP statements with proper understanding of the structure.
• Post-Close Process: Manage the quarterly post-close process and drive the reduction of post-close entries by advocating best practices and partnering with operations on a timely basis.
• Communication with Senior Management: Effectively communicate with senior management and executives.
• Liaison with External Auditors: Liaise with external auditors.
• Subsidiary Financial Statements: Prepare financial statements of various subsidiaries of the company that are subject to standalone audits.

• Participate in Daily Corporate Accounting and Reporting Activities: Participate in daily corporate accounting and reporting activities.
• Business Acquisitions and Dispositions: Perform analysis and determine appropriate accounting for business acquisitions and dispositions.
• Statement of Accounting Adjustments: Prepare Statement of Accounting Adjustments for acquisitions and dispositions and be responsible for recording the accounting entries by liaising with other teams.
• Setup Structures: Be proactive in setting up structures in HFM and Yardi for acquisitions.
• Fixed Asset, Development, and Acquisition Accounting: Ensure all fixed asset, development, and acquisition accounting for both corporate and operations items comply with corporate accounting policies and IFRS and drive the development of policies and procedures as needed.
• Subject Matter Expert: Act as the Subject Matter Expert and the main point of contact for any development accounting, capital assets, capital purchase orders, and capital policies-related inquiries to external auditors and internal clients.
• Review Work in Process Subledgers: Review the work in process subledgers for developments and discuss any unusual items with the development team on a monthly basis.
• Capital Lease Reconciliation: Review monthly capital lease reconciliation, depreciation expense analysis, insurance entries, and Sub-ledger vs GL reconciliation to ensure variances are resolved in a timely manner.
• Automation Ideas: Identify automation ideas and implement automation to improve the fixed asset process by working closely with the Yardi team.
• External Auditor Liaison: Be the main point of contact for the external auditors for all fixed assets-related queries.
• Quarterly Financial Statement Notes: Review quarterly financial statement notes and public filing disclosures related to Capital Assets, Leases, and other schedules as required.
• Impairment Testing: Provide support to the Senior Manager, Corporate Accounting for quarterly impairment testing and analysis.
• Disclosure Support Files: Ensure completeness of all disclosure support files for our public filings.
• Tie-in Files: Maintain well-documented tie-in files for the relevant sections for all quarterly published reports/documents.
• Process Efficiency: Recommend and implement efficiency in processes.
• Financial Accounting Compliance: Ensure all financial accounting for both corporate and operations items comply with corporate accounting policies and drive the development of policies and procedures as needed.
• Technical Accounting Research: Undertake technical accounting research and manage the implementation of new accounting standards.
• Budgeting and Forecasting: Participate in the budgeting and forecasting activities of Corporate Accounting.
• Other Projects: Other projects and ad-hoc activities as required.

• Team Leadership: Provide daily oversight and manage two report directs as leader of the Fixed Assets team, including recruitment, training, mentorship, and performance management. Perform ad-hoc projects as required as well as process improvement initiatives.
• Team Collaboration: Promote a spirit of cooperation and teamwork by taking the initiative to improve the team's effectiveness.
• Direct Report Development: Appropriately delegate and provide development experiences for direct reports.
• Technical/Financial Expertise: Serve as a source of technical/financial expertise and set meaningful objectives for direct reports.

• Canadian CPA Designation: Canadian CPA designation preferably with significant exposure to public company reporting.
• Experience and Education: Five to seven years of progressive accounting experience from leading accounting firms at the senior 2 accountant/manager level and 1-2 years of industry experience preferably in the seniors housing, real estate, hospitality, and/or health care sectors, with Canadian public companies.
• Advanced Knowledge: Advanced knowledge of financial reporting and accounting and experienced in resolving complex accounting issues.
• Accounting Systems: Experience using accounting systems, specifically Yardi, Oracle Hyperion HFM, and/or OneStream.
• Post-Secondary Degree: A post-secondary degree from a recognized institution in the field of accounting, finance, or business administration.

• Financial and Analytical Skills: Strong financial and analytical skills, as well as demonstrate attention to detail and accuracy.
• Communication Skills: Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, at all levels of the organization.
• Excel Proficiency: Excel proficiency (intermediate to advanced) is mandatory.
• Managerial and Mentoring Skills: Sound managerial and mentoring skills.
• IFRS Knowledge: Strong knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) is required.
• Big Picture Understanding: Ability to understand the big picture.
• Attention to Detail: Attention to detail.
• Task Ownership: Take full ownership of tasks on hand.
• Adaptability: Easily adapts to changes, delays, or unexpected events in the work environment.
• Problem-Solving: Able to work and solve problems independently.
• Organizational and Prioritization Skills: The ability to organize and prioritize work to meet defined deadlines in a large fast-paced work environment.
• Continuous Improvement: A focus on continuous improvement and quality.
• Chartwell's Values: Demonstrates Chartwell's values of RESPECT.

• Criminal Record Check: Presentation of criminal record check.
• Conferences and Educational Courses: Participation in all conferences and educational courses, as required.
• Flexibility: Flexibility in hours will be required during peak periods.