Real Estate- Part-time Bookkeeper / Accountant

Position: Bookkeeper / Accountant
Location: Sharer Rd Woodbridge(onsite)
Hours: 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM, 2 days per week (Tuesday and Thursday)
Pay Rate: 20-24/hr
Contract: 3 months, with potential for additional days or extension

We are seeking a detail-oriented and analytical Bookkeeper/Accountant to join our client's property management team. This role involves monthly reconciliations, HST reporting, report compilation, and general administration. The ideal candidate will assist in preparing month-end and year-end financial statements for multiple entities involved in construction services, property development, and leasing of commercial and residential properties. Strong analytical skills and proficiency with accounting software are essential for success in this dynamic environment.

Duties:

1. Prepare bookkeeping, bank reconciliations, and financial statements, ensuring accurate recording of operating activities. Prepare monthly working papers as required.

2. Process accounts payable and accounts receivable transactions. Prepare and verify general, sales, admin, and common area maintenance budgets, and analyze variances monthly.

3. Ensure investments in subsidiaries are recorded in compliance with ASPE and intercompany accounts are balanced at year-end. Prepare month-end accruals, deferrals, and other journal entries as necessary to ensure accuracy and completeness of financial statements in compliance with GAAP.

4. Maintain continuity schedules for GICs, property, equipment, and mortgages, including acquisitions, disposals, depreciation, amortization, and related journal entries. Prepare quarterly schedules and reconciliations to ensure depreciation and CCA amounts are consistent with accounting policies.

5. Prepare payroll using Sage 50 and outsourced payroll services such as ADP or Ceridian/Dayforce. Prepare and file payroll remittances, T4s, T5s, and summaries. Comply with CRA rules on taxable benefits and issue T2200s and ROEs as required.

6. Prepare a standardized set of monthly financial statements for review by the CFO and Board, including bank reconciliations, subledgers, trial balance, balance sheet, retained earnings/dividend schedule, and income statement.

7. Prepare year-end adjustments and financial statements for income tax preparation, ensuring retained earnings transactions are complete and accurate based on accounting firm adjustments.

8. Prepare HST filings, ensuring each return is reconciled to the CRA NOA on a timely basis and report discrepancies to the CFO.

9. Comply with the organization’s environmental, health & safety, and employee policies and standards.

10. Perform any other duties as required, including acting as backup for other accountants’ absences.

Qualifications:

• Minimum post-secondary diploma or degree in accounting.

• Minimum five years of hands-on, full-cycle accounting and financial reporting experience with Ontario small-to-medium sized businesses.

• Recent experience with payroll preparation and current knowledge of Ontario ESA and CRA rules on taxable benefits and allowances.

• Proficiency in Sage 50 is mandatory.

• Beginner-level Excel certification is an asset.

• Knowledge of ASPE and generally accepted accounting principles for the real estate industry is an asset.

• Excellent analytical skills with strong attention to detail and accuracy.

• Excellent administrative and communication skills (verbal and written).

• Must be able to work on-site in Vaughan, Ontario.

• CPA, CMA, CGA designation, or enrollment with CPA Ontario is an asset.