Senior Accountant

**Highpoint Developments** is a Calgary\-based real estate development company with an active portfolio of development, construction, and investment projects across multiple legal entities. We are hiring a Senior Accountant to own the full accounting function under the direction of our Controller. This is a hands\-on role. You will be responsible for everything from daily transaction processing through to month\-end close and financial reporting across 5 – 10 entities. The person who succeeds here is fast, accurate, and able to work independently. **Responsibilities** **Full\-Cycle Accounting \& Financial Reporting** * Own the complete month\-end close process across all entities, including journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and preparation of financial statements. Target: close completed within 10 business days of month\-end. * Maintain the general ledger with a high standard of accuracy and compliance with GAAP/ASPE. * Prepare internal financial reports with variance analysis and commentary on project performance, trends, and budget deviations. * Prepare consolidated financial statements and manage intercompany eliminations across the entity structure. * Lead audit preparation, including producing clean, audit\-ready working papers and responding directly to auditor inquiries. * Support cash flow monitoring and short\-term liquidity forecasting. * Prepare and file GST returns and support CRA compliance and other regulatory reporting. **Project \& Construction Accounting** * Manage project cost accounting across active development projects, including accurate cost capitalization, allocation by phase, and tracking against approved budgets. * Prepare monthly construction draw packages in coordination with the operations team, ensuring documentation is complete and costs are properly capitalized before submission. * Maintain amortization schedules for leasehold improvements and tangible capital assets. * Allocate and reconcile shared expenses across projects and entities. * Track and reconcile intercompany loans, advances, and balances monthly. * Prepare monthly reporting on external debt, intercompany activity, and corporate credit card expenditures. **Accounts Payable \& Transaction Processing** * Manage the full AP cycle end\-to\-end: invoice receipt, coding, approval routing, and entry into QuickBooks Online across all entities. * Process vendor payment runs on a regular cycle, ensuring timeliness and accuracy. * Maintain the AP subledger, including reconciliations, aging analysis, corporate credit card coding, and employee expense reports. * Act as the primary contact for vendor inquiries, statement reconciliations, and discrepancy resolution. * Support payroll processing, including preparation, review, journal entry recording, and reimbursement workflows. **Budgeting \& Decision Support** * Assist the Controller in maintaining and updating project budgets and development pro formas. * Produce monthly budget\-to\-actual variance reports with meaningful commentary that flags issues early. * Identify and recommend improvements to accounting processes, internal controls, and reporting workflows. **Requirements** **Must Have** * CPA designation, or actively completing final modules/CFE with a clear completion timeline. * 5\+ years of progressive full\-cycle accounting experience, ideally reaching a senior level in a small to mid\-size organization. * Direct experience in real estate development, construction, or project\-based accounting with multi\-entity structures. * Experience preparing construction draw packages and managing project cost capitalization. * Proficiency in QuickBooks Online. Comfortable managing the chart of accounts, bank feeds, and reporting across multiple company files. * Experience with intercompany transactions, eliminations, and consolidated reporting. * Demonstrated ability to independently manage month\-end and year\-end close processes to a tight timeline. * Strong working knowledge of GAAP or ASPE, GST filing requirements, and CRA compliance. **What Sets You Apart** * Experience working as the sole or primary accountant in a lean finance team, where you owned everything from AP to financial statements. * Familiarity with Procore or similar construction management software. * Track record of improving processes, not just maintaining them. * Comfort working in a fast\-paced environment where priorities shift and speed matters as much as accuracy.