Manager, Finance

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**Dream is currently looking for a Manager, Finance**

We are always looking for the best and brightest to join our thriving community. Dream’s Industrial Finance Team is currently looking for a Manager, Finance who will be a key team member based in Toronto managing the finance, accounting and strategic initiatives for Dream Industrial REIT.

You constantly prove to take initiative, own a broad set of responsibilities, and be a business partner to various stakeholders. You are a quick learner and consider the bigger picture in managing various deliverables and initiatives, and you thrive in a complex and fast-paced environment. You are able to work independently on multiple projects with tight deadlines and pivot to new priorities.

**What will you do in this role?**

Below are some of the primary responsibilities you will be taking on in this role:

- Manage and contribute to quarterly financial reporting deliverables, including consolidated financial statements, MD&A and press releases, ensuring accuracy and integrity of external disclosures.
- Review or prepare financial analyses for quarterly management reporting and Audit Committee packages, including analysis of key financial and operational performance metrics.
- Manage monthly and quarterly financial close process for regional and joint venture submission of financial results and analyses.
- Manage and support monthly financial close process and analysis for Corporate results, including review of journal entries, account reconciliations, intercompany allocations and reconciliations, G&A analysis and balance sheet analysis.
- Identify report automation and process improvement opportunities, and manage/support Corporate Accounting and cross-functional projects.
- Support the consolidated corporate budgeting and forecasting process.
- Assist with quarterly and annual compliance reporting, including statutory legal entity financial statements.
- Research complex accounting issues, corporate transactions and lease agreements, and draft technical accounting policies and documentation.
- Maintain strong internal controls and optimize financial systems and reporting.
- Perform peer benchmarking of external disclosures and recommend best practices.
- Liaise with Tax to support compliance reporting requirements and inquiries.
- Liaise with external auditors to support the quarterly review and annual audit processes.
- Partner with other internal stakeholders to ensure the financial integrity of inputs to non-financial reports, including the Corporate Sustainability Report, Annual Information Form and Management Information Circular.
- Collaborate with strategic finance, debt financing and investments teams to provide information and perform analysis as needed.
- Excellent understanding of IFRS, experience with consolidations, acquisitions and dispositions, joint venture structures and multi-jurisdictional operations.
- Coach and mentor junior resources within the team.

**What experience and skills are required?**

These are some of the things we would like you to bring to the table:

- CPA, CA with minimum 3+ years post-qualification experience, preferably with experience in public company reporting and managing teams;
- Strong technical knowledge of IFRS, preferably in a real estate environment;
- Strong financial acumen with the ability to interpret numbers into a business context;
- Strong analytical skills; experience working on complex transactions, including M&A and equity/debt offerings;
- A strong communicator who can digest complex information and simplify concepts when presenting to a variety of audiences;
- Ability to juggle multiple projects while maintaining strong attention to detail;
- Ability to work independently and interact collaboratively with various functions; and
- Self-motivated, energetic and hands-on professional with strong organization skills.

**About Dream**

Dream is a leading Canadian real estate company with approximately $23 billion of assets under management. We develop, manage, and invest in master-planned communities, income properties, and urban intensification. We proudly build communities from the ground up: from land development to buildings homes and condominiums, and from providing retail centres and driving renewable energy projects to managing assets across the country.

Our attitude and approach sets us apart from our competitors. We are guided by our entrepreneurial spirit: we seize unconventional opportunities and try new things, approaching every project with passion and purpose.

We care about our employees. We want everyone to have a rewarding career and to work with people they like, so we provide exciting work opportunities, open work environments, and fun events. We hire constant learners, so we make sure to provide them with engaging work and to encourage them to share their ideas that will help us shape the company.

Once you join us, it won’t take long to figure out why y