Our Story

About You:
You are a high achiever looking to thrive in a fast-paced environment. You take pride in your own work but are comfortable collaborating with a team of highly motivated individuals. You can communicate clearly and concisely with teammates and clients, and you enjoy strong company culture and camaraderie. You can navigate multiple corporate functions, including global lines of service and corporate centers of excellence. You possess strong interpersonal skills and are willing to take on diverse tasks to achieve the team’s common goal. You value personal and professional growth and are ready to take the next step in advancing your career.

If this sounds like you, well, then you will love the culture at Avison Young!

About Us:
Avison Young is a global commercial real estate brokerage and advisory firm, offering transaction, management, financial and consulting services. We’ve designed our corporate structure to best serve our clients by enhancing collaboration across our organization.

Real estate can have an enormous positive impact on people’s lives – and we’re in the business of making spaces and places work better for people. Our purpose is to create real economic, social and environmental value as a global real estate advisor, powered by people.

We care about each other and we have each other’s backs. This makes Avison Young a great place to be a client, and a great place to work. We support the whole person and their complete wellness – economic, mental and physical – because what’s best for our business comes from our people bringing their whole selves to work.

Of course we love it here, but outsiders think we’re pretty great too! Avison Young has been recognized as one of Canada's Best Managed Companies for the 15^th year in a row, with a Platinum Club designation! 

The Senior Accountant will share responsibility for internal financial reporting activities, month end close processes, commission calculations, managing internal controls to adhere to audit requirements, and updating our accounting documentation as we implement best-practices. 

The base salary is aligned with market data and is estimated to be between $75,000 to $95,000 with the ability to achieve additional compensation through a bonus. This salary range reflects base compensation for the position across all Canadian locations. Within this range, individual pay is determined by work location and other factors, including relevant education/training, experience, and internal equity. This posting is for an existing vacancy withing our organization.

• Accounting support for Canada Consulting, Valuation & Advisory, and Project Management services
• Review and verify revenue recognition for service lines listed above
• Process and review commission calculations for Valuation and Consulting practices
• Assist with month-end close to ensure results are prepared in accordance with the Company’s policy (i.e., reviewing output from the NetSuite G/L, prepare balance sheet reconciliations to identify potential errors or omissions, compiling financial statements and their related support)
• Review GL activity of accuracy, create accruals as required
• Support preparation of timely and accurate financial reports including variance analysis
• Complete bank reconciliations
• Assist with special projects and other functions as required by manager
• Assist in the preparation of schedules provided to external auditors and other external financial subject matter experts
• Assist with annual budget and forecast process

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting from an accredited institution
• Certified Public Accountant / or in process of gaining certification, strongly preferred
• 5-7 years of experience required; public accounting and Real Estate experience ideal
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Extremely strong organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple priorities and deadlines, with attention to detail and the ability to work independently
• Proven ability to respond within short time constraints and meet deadlines, while maintaining accuracy
• Proficiency in Excel and other Microsoft Office products
• Experience drafting and/or editing financial statements and footnotes
• High technical accounting proficiency, with experience auditing account reconciliations and revenue recognition; exposure to US GAAP a Plus
• Multi-national experience, or exposure to accounting in a multi-currency environment a plus
• NetSuite, Adaptive, Solution 7, and Active Disclosure experience ideal but not required

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