Senior Accountant, Corporate Accounting (Vancouver, BC)

Let’s face it, you love numbers: reporting, analyzing and providing insights.  You love getting into the details and the data and finding solutions to complex problems. You have strong communication skills and can convey your message clearly and concisely and relish the opportunity to work as part of a broader team. 

We’re a highly collaborative and supportive group that prides ourselves in delivering accurate, insightful financial reporting that drives real decisions across the business. What makes our team special is the way we support each other, challenge each other to grow, and genuinely enjoy the work we do together. If you’re someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and loves digging into the details, we’d love to hear from you.

You are

• Resourceful and comfortable managing a high volume of transactions while maintaining accuracy, organization, and strong attention to detail
• Highly motivated and goal-oriented
• Proud of your strong work ethic
• Technically skilled, with the ability to prioritize effectively and manage expectations
• Skilled at balancing competing priorities while communicating effectively with stakeholders
• Committed to driving continuous improvement

You will

• Lead full-cycle accounting for multiple entities and business units, including monthly close, financial reporting, eliminations, FX translation, allocations, and intercompany reconciliations.
• Support the onboarding and accounting needs of new business units and strategic initiatives as the business continues to grow and evolve.
• Prepare timely monthly management reports, consolidated and non-consolidated financial statements, variance analyses, commentary, and supporting working papers.
• Provide guidance and oversight for subsidiary accounting and review work prepared by junior team members and peers.
• Partner with accounting and cross-functional teams to resolve complex accounting matters and ensure financial reporting complies with applicable standards.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, cash flow forecasting, and funding processes, including data gathering, review, analysis, reporting, and coordination with internal stakeholders.
• Identify and implement improvements to processes, reporting, policies, systems, and documentation to enhance efficiency, quality, and accuracy.
• Support financial systems initiatives, including system updates and conversions.
• Support internal control compliance by identifying control gaps and implementing practical solutions.
• Support real estate compliance and reporting activities, including (but not limited to) filings with BC Land Titles, Alberta Land Titles, and BC Online, trust reporting, and other entity related requirements.
• Research and prepare technical accounting analyses.
• Support the year-end external audit by preparing schedules, reconciliations, and required documentation.
• Mentor, coach, and develop junior team members.
• Complete ad hoc analysis and projects and support Corporate Accounting team members as needed.

You have

• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, preferably within a complex, multi-entity organization, with exposure to operational accounting, financial reporting, and consolidated financial statements

• A CPA designation (required)
• Strong technical understanding of ASPE
• Experience with REALpac (an asset)
• Advanced Excel skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office applications
• Strong relationship-building skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams, influence outcomes, and communicate recommendations with clarity and confidence
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Real Estate industry experience (an asset) 
• Yardi experience (an asset)

We have

• Great, diverse, authentic people!
• Unlimited career growth opportunities
• Mentorship from the ‘best in the biz’
• Corporate Giving Strategy supporting community development
• Annual salary reviews and performance bonuses
• A robust Benefit Plan and Employee Assistance Program
• Educational Assistance Program
• ‘Dress for your day’ policy… and more! 

Salary range: $80,000 - $85,000 per year estimated, based on experience and qualifications 

Founded in 1991, Anthem is a team of 850+ people driven by creativity, passion and direct communication. Anthem has invested in, developed or managed – alone or in partnership – more than 400 residential and commercial projects across North America.

Our growing residential portfolio includes 44,000 homes that are complete, in design or under construction, from mixed-use residential to townhome, rental and single-family homes.  We own, co-own, manage or have previously owned 12 million square feet of retail, industrial and office space, and our land portfolio includes more than 60 communities, spanning 9,100 acres across Canada and the United States.

Anthem is a real estate development, investment and management company that strives, solves and evolves to create better spaces and stronger communities. We are Growing Places.

Please, no unsolicited resumes or phone inquiries from agencies. View our Policy on Unsolicited Resumes on our website.